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132 - A cabinet-style secretary desk in rosewood, amaranth, green-…
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Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
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A cabinet-style secretary desk in rosewood, amaranth, green-stained holly and boxwood veneer, decorated with Queen’s marquetry. It opens via a drawer in the top panel, a drop-down flap and side panels. The front features three panels inlaid with a background pattern comprising a sinuous latticework adorned with fleurons within double composite fillet frames decorated with Greek fret motifs. The drop-down panel, upholstered in red leather embossed with a fine gold pattern, reveals six inlaid drawers and six compartments. The sides are similar. The upright posts, which are slanted towards the front, are decorated with simulated fluting and rest on feet with decorative plates. Chiselled and gilded bronze fittings: mouldings, a frieze of interlaced rosettes enhanced with pedestals, lock plates and decorative plates. Top in Aleppo breccia marble with a recessed edge. Stamped. P. PIONIEZ. Pierre PIONIEZ (?–1790). Certified as a master in 1765. Guild hallmark JME H_145 cm W_96 cm D_38 cm Routine restoration work. Marble repaired. H_146.5 cm W_99 cm D_40.5 cm Pierre PIONIEZ He began his career around 1758 as a favoured craftsman in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. At that time, he is listed in the accounts of the merchant Migeon for various supplies, including a large rosewood paperweight intended for the Abbé de Gouffier. After qualifying as a master craftsman on 14 August 1765, Pioniez moved his workshop to Rue Michel-le-Comte, where he remained for the rest of his life. This skilled cabinetmaker, who signed his work ‘P. PIONIEZ’, devoted himself primarily to the production of luxury furniture. The South Kensington Museum displays a charming example of his work in the transitional style between Louis XV and Louis XVI. It is a lady’s writing desk, in the form of a jewellery box, adorned on the lid with a painted porcelain medallion. Pioniez left behind many fine examples of mosaic marquetry decoration—in lattice, geometric and shaded patterns—such as the small chest of drawers formerly owned by Baron Jérôme Pichon, the dressing table from the former T. Broët, and another small table from the estate of Eugène Kraemer. Bibliography: French Furniture of the 18th Century. Dictionary of Cabinetmakers and Joiners. Pierre KJELLBERG. Edition de l’amateur, 1998. Pages 655 and 656. Expert: Stéphane Pepe. - Expert: PEPE Stephane
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About the sale Classical Art #13
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Auction time 07/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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