Lot n° 418
Estimation :
8000 - 10000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 12 350EUR
Mahogany and mahogany veneer pedestal table, the circular to - Lot 418
Mahogany and mahogany veneer pedestal table, the circular top in Bardiglio Forito marble rests on a baluster shaft centered on a double plinth base with four curved sides. Rich ornamentation in chased and gilded bronze, decorated with flowers, palmettes, leafy garlands, stars and heart-shaped friezes.
Empire period, attributed to Alexandre Maigret (1780- 1825)
Height 80 cm - Diam. 97.5 cm
Alexandre Maigret was one of the most important founisseurs of the Imperial Gardemeuble from 1805 until his retirement in 1826. He began his dual activity as upholsterer and cabinetmaker in 1775 at number 20 rue Vivienne in Paris. He supplied furniture for the châteaux of Versailles, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau (Madame Mère's apartment) and the Tuileries.
Madame Mère) and the Tuileries, as well as the Laeken palace near
Brussels. His activity gradually declined under the Restoration, and he sold part of his stock and the Savonnerie carpets to the
Savonnerie to the Garde Meuble Royal in 1826, before retiring.
Two similar guéridons stamped Maigret were sold: one at Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, January 19, 1988, lot 132, and the second at Christie's London, July 4, 1996, lot 231. Another pedestal table, stamped four times but lacking rich ormolu ornamentation, was sold in the Lord Barnard collection at Christie's, Raby Castle, London.
Christie's, Raby Castle, October 10-11, 1994, lot 127.
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