OF EMPIRE STYLE, CIRCA 1900

Details

A mahogany and ormolu-mounted tabouret
Of Empire style, circa 1900
Some mounts missing

Special notice

Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 23.205% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €110,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €110,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 23.205% of the first €110,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €110,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The design for these X-shaped tabourets is included in Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine's Recuil de Décorations Intérieures, which was published in 1801. The design includes two views of the tabouret, from the front and the side and illustrates the precious passementerie with bejewelled tassles and fringes. The description specifies that the tabourets were executed in Paris and were destined for the château de St. Cloud (L. de Groër, Les arts décoratifs de 1790 à 1850, Freibourg, 1985, p. 151, fig. 286.)

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