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AN ALL-ROUND "BONHEUR-DU-JOUR", STAMPED BY GUILLAUME CORDIÉ …
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AN ALL-ROUND "BONHEUR-DU-JOUR", STAMPED BY GUILLAUME CORDIÉ …
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Estimate €2,500 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
AN ALL-ROUND "BONHEUR-DU-JOUR", STAMPED BY GUILLAUME CORDIÉ (1725-1785), LOUIS XV PERIOD
in rosewood, violetwood and sycamore veneer, inlaid with reserve frames and fillets. It opens at the waist with two small drawers and on the top with a flap revealing a green leather-covered writing tablet, two compartments and a secret drawer. It is topped by a gallery top opening on to a sliding flap with slats, two drawers and a locker. It stands on cambered legs ending in hooves with castors.
With maker's mark
(Damage, cracks and restorations to the veneer)
A KINGWOOD AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY LOUIS XV BONHEUR-DU-JOUR, STAMPED BY GUILLAUME CORDIÉ (1725-1785), 18TH CENTURY
102 x 65 x 65,50 CM - 40,2 x 25,6 x 25,8 IN.
Guillaume CORDIÉ (1725-1785) was awarded the title of Master in 1766. He had a clear predilection for small pieces of furniture with simple, elegant veneers. To be compared with our bonheur-du-jour : Christie's Paris, 16 October 2012, lot 48 and Millon, 18 June 2010, lot 168. Bibliography: "Guillaume Cordié, le maître des bonheur-du-jour", L'Estampille/L'Objet d'Art no. 470, pp. 66-77.
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