Lot n° 280
Estimation :
2500 - 3000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 10 400EUR
Desk and organ in mahogany and mahogany veneer. The upper pa - Lot 280
Desk and organ in mahogany and mahogany veneer. The upper part features a clock signed by
J_S_Bourdier. It opens with two mirrored leaves, a drawer with a flap forming a writing desk and a side door for a mechanical roller organ signed J.S. Bourdier Mécanicien horloger in Paris. The detached column uprights rest on a wide plinth base. Chased and gilded bronze ornamentation such as foliage friezes, capitals and column bases, palmette or foliate escutcheons and double knotted cornucopia flanked by a lyre.
Early 19th century
Height 199 cm - Width: 94 cm - Depth: 40.5 cm (as is)
Provenance
Étude Ader-Tajan, Paris, Drouot, Sale of March 20, 1992, lot 159.
Jean-Simon Bourdier (1760-1839) was a Parisian clockmaker-mechanic.
Mechanic in Paris. He became a master watchmaker in Paris on September 22, 1787, and established himself on the Quai de l'Horloge until around 1806, when he moved to the Rue Mazarine. Bourdier became renowned for the perfection of his movements, which were housed in the finest and most elaborate cases, capable of furnishing a number of royal palaces. In the early 19th century, he worked with the watchmaker Godon, the draughtsman Dugourc and the sculptor Pierre Julien, producing several remarkable pieces for the Spanish king Charles IV. At the same time, he worked with the most influential merchants of the time, notably Daguerre and Julliot, carefully selecting the craftsmen who collaborated with him to produce fine clocks. Among them were cabinetmakers
Lieutaud and Riesener, as well as bronzemakers Galle, Thomire and Rémond, cabinetmaker Schwerdfeger and enamellers Dubuisson and Cotea.
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