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69 - A carved wooden cabinet from Sumène; the two panels and the …
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Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
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A carved wooden cabinet from Sumène; the two panels and the false door frame are decorated with floral baskets and plant motifs; on the pediment, an eagle in the round surmounts an openwork design featuring a figure in a central niche and foliage scrolls and tritons on either side - H. 265 x W. 189 x D. 64 cm - Sumène, c. 1700 - (restored and altered, particularly on the sides and in the recesses) The cabinet’s identification file contains, amongst other things, three handwritten letters dating from 1928 to 1938 (difficult to read: a transcription of the first letter is attached) from Mr Henri Bauquier, founder of the Musée du Vieux Nîmes in 1921 and its first curator. Based on a stylistic comparison with a signed cupboard in the collections of the Musée du Vieux Nîmes, Henri Bauquier attributes the cabinet to Jacques BRES (1620–1717), a renowned joiner and sculptor from Sumène (Gard), and specifies that the artistic execution places the work between 1685 and 1710. Bibliographical reference for the cabinet cited for comparison: M. NOUGAREDE, P. TRARIEUX, L. PUECH, D. TRAVIER, A. CHEVAL – Les Armoires figurées du Bas-Languedoc – La Bibliothèque des Métiers and the Musée du Vieux Nîmes, Oct. 2000 – p. 29
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About the sale WORKS OF ART – SILVERWARE – WINES – PAINTINGS – JEWELLERY – WATCHES – FURNITURE
Auction location
Auction time 07/29/2026 at 9:30 AM
Ref. : 4094 - 1
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