Lot 1600 - A192 Collection Müller-Frei - mardi, 16. juin 2020, 14h00
TABLE À COMBINAISONS (TABLE À LA BOURGOGNE)
Louis XV, France, ca. 1760. Signed by Denis Genty. Maître from 1754 onwards.
Tulipwood and purpleheart in veneer. The front-half of the top, hinged; the inside of the hinged part, lined with red, gold-impressed leather, serves as a writing surface. To the rear, a drawer with secret compartments. The rear-half of the top can be raised, and features 4 smaller and 2 larger drawers. Opulent bronzes and lateral handles.
70 x 55 x 41 cm.
Provenance:
- Christie's Paris, Auction 6.11.2014.
- Private collection, Berne.
The "table à la Bourgogne", or combination desk, may have been a creation by the famous Parisian cabinet maker Roger Vandercruse La Croix or his contemporary Jean François Oeben, of whom a piece of furniture similar in form is in the Museum Nissim de Camondo, Paris. The Parisian ebenist Denis Genty, by whom the desk on offer is signed on the bottom of the frame, was an outstanding cabinet-maker and merchant. He sold his furniture to cabinet-maker colleagues and worked for them as well. Genty also maintained close business relations with Roger Vandercruse, who, as mentioned above, was possibly the inventor of this type of furniture. The writing desk on offer is a particularly fine example of the Rococo style. Cf. Clarisse Roinet. Roger Vandercruse dit La Croix, 1727-1799. Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 2000. pp. 42-44.
- Christie's Paris, Auction 6.11.2014.
- Private collection, Berne.
The "table à la Bourgogne", or combination desk, may have been a creation by the famous Parisian cabinet maker Roger Vandercruse La Croix or his contemporary Jean François Oeben, of whom a piece of furniture similar in form is in the Museum Nissim de Camondo, Paris. The Parisian ebenist Denis Genty, by whom the desk on offer is signed on the bottom of the frame, was an outstanding cabinet-maker and merchant. He sold his furniture to cabinet-maker colleagues and worked for them as well. Genty also maintained close business relations with Roger Vandercruse, who, as mentioned above, was possibly the inventor of this type of furniture. The writing desk on offer is a particularly fine example of the Rococo style. Cf. Clarisse Roinet. Roger Vandercruse dit La Croix, 1727-1799. Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 2000. pp. 42-44.
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)
Vendu pour CHF 22 260 (frais inclus)