Lot 1009* ♣ - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday, 28. November 2024, 10.00 AM
IMPORTANT BOULLE VITRINE CABINET
Louis-Philippe style, Paris, ca. 1840/50. Attributed to Alexandre-Louis Bellangé (1797–1861). Some of the bronzes are monogrammed on the back bT.
Ebony and tortoiseshell with red underlay, decorated with engraved brass inlays in the form of geometric fillets, arabesques, birds and flowers. Rectangular body on a cut-out frame, merging directly into stepped feet. Glazed, single-door front between slightly flared pilaster strips. Rich, finely chased and gilt bronze decoration in the form of leaf masks, allegorical trophies, satyr heads, rocailles, leaf and acanthus friezes, rosettes and mesh. Escutcheon with rocaille mask. 1 key. Restoration plaque on the back.
131 × 57.5 × 207 cm.
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In good restored condition. Minor losses to the veneer. Scratches to the glass.
According to Sylvain Cordier, author of the extensive monograph on the cabinetmaker dynasty Bellangé, this vitrine cabinet is characteristic of Alexandre-Louis Bellangé's furniture production of the 1840s and 1850s.
We are grateful to Mr. Sylvain Cordier for helping us to catalog this piece and for confirming the attribution to the Ebenist on the basis of photographs (Zurich, July 26, 2024).
Literature:
Sylvain Cordier: Bellangé, ébénistes: une histoire du goût au XIXe siècle. 2012, pp. 639–640, ALB 13.
According to Sylvain Cordier, author of the extensive monograph on the cabinetmaker dynasty Bellangé, this vitrine cabinet is characteristic of Alexandre-Louis Bellangé's furniture production of the 1840s and 1850s.
We are grateful to Mr. Sylvain Cordier for helping us to catalog this piece and for confirming the attribution to the Ebenist on the basis of photographs (Zurich, July 26, 2024).
Literature:
Sylvain Cordier: Bellangé, ébénistes: une histoire du goût au XIXe siècle. 2012, pp. 639–640, ALB 13.
CHF 55 000 / 75 000 | (€ 56 700 / 77 320)