LOT 885
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Lot 885
A VERY FINE FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE BURRWOOD GILT BRONZE AND PAINTED PORCELAIN BONHEUR-DU-JOUR FOR THE ENGLISH MARKET, CIRCA 1870S, PROBABLY BY GILLOWS. Ebonized mahogany with burrwood veneers, gilt bronze mounts and Sevres style porcelain hand painted plaques. The mirrored central display niche flanked with cupboards mounted with oval hand painted porcelain portraits and raised on a stand with three drawers. The central drawer with pull-out tilting writing top. Lock brasses stamped "patent". Height 59.5 inches (151 cm), width 47 inches (119.5 cm).
Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000
€ 2,310 - 3,850
It is speculated that the English furniture company Gillows made French reproduction furniture in Paris for the English market. In which the veneered carcasses were shipped unfinished to England, where they were later assembled with English mounts and Staffordshire porcelain plaques. For additional reference of similar examples see: "19th Century European Furniture" by Christopher Payne, page 313, illustration 960.
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