BY HUNSINGER & WAGNER, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A French Renaissance style enamel-mounted ebony, ebonised and satinwood cabinet
By Hunsinger & Wagner, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
The breakfront dentil-carved pediment above a recessed guilloche frieze centred by a plaque depicting a female nude and putti, above a cupboard door inset with two small plaques depicting a putto and a circular plaque with initials RR, above an arched plaque depicting Galatea in her dolphin-drawn chariot, signed to the left M. Puisoye, above a further rectangular foliate-decorated plaque, the interior fitted with an adjustable shelf, the lockplate engraved Hunsinger, Paris, the sides each with a circular plaque depicting Cupid, the angles with acanthus carved columns, above a frieze drawer supported by circular columns, on a stepped base, the back with similarly-carved decoration and further circular plaques, on bun feet
69 in. (175 cm.) high; 43½ in. (110,5 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Born in 1823 at Dossenheim, Bas-Rhin, Charles Hunsinger (d. 1893) established his business in rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine circa 1859, as fabricant de meubles de luxe et de fantaisie. He specialised in ivory-inlaid furniture as well as in marquetry. He relocated to rue Keller in 1863, rue de la Roquette in 1867, and rue Sedaine in 1874, opening a second shop rue des Pyramides circa 1882. On 31 December 1872, he founded a new company with Charles-Adolphe-Frédéric Wagner, which prospered for approximately ten years under the name of Hunsinger & Wagner. He exhibited at the 1865, 1867, 1878 and 1889 Expositions Universelles. He was awarded a Gold Medal at the 1881 Brussels exhibition and a Médaille de Progrès et de Mérite at a Vienna exhibition.

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