Lot 1042* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday, 28. November 2024, 10.00 AM
VITRINE
Transition style, Paris, ca. 1900. In the style of Sormani or E. A. Barrié.
Mahogany and gilt bronze. Trapezoidal body with glazed sides, on a cut-out frame and curved legs with sabots. Oval glazed, single-door front between rounded corner studs. Finely chased gilt bronze decoration in the form of bows, flower garlands, musical trophies and hunting trophies, acanthus leaves, fillets and pearl friezes. Grey/white veined breccia marble top with shaped edge. Mirrored back wall, one glass shelf and 1 key.
90 × 44.5 × 131 cm.
In good restored condition. Bronzes a little tarnished. Scratches to the leaf.
Cf. a very similar vitrine cabinet by the little-known Parisian furniture company E. A. Barrié, but with two additional vitrine cabinet fronts, in: Christopher Payne et al: Paris Furniture, The Luxury Market of the 19th Century. Saint-Rémy-en-L'Eau 2018, p. 254.
Cf. a very similar vitrine cabinet by the little-known Parisian furniture company E. A. Barrié, but with two additional vitrine cabinet fronts, in: Christopher Payne et al: Paris Furniture, The Luxury Market of the 19th Century. Saint-Rémy-en-L'Eau 2018, p. 254.
CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)
Sold for CHF 6 250 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.