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A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 1
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 2
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 3
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 4
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 5
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 6
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 7
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 8
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 9
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 10
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 11
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 12
A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit Emmanuel Zwienerfourth quarter 19th century image 13
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A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit
Emmanuel Zwiener
fourth quarter 19th century

17 March 2014, 10:00 PDT
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A fine and rare Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and rosewood table de nuit
Emmanuel Zwiener
fourth quarter 19th century

The en arbalette shaped crest centering a gilt coquille issuing acanthus scrolls above a floral scroll banded inset Levanto Vert marble top over a coved frieze inlaid with meandering floral vines edged with ribband bound reeded mounts above a fall front opening to a marble lined interior, each of the four sides centering a characteristic Zwiener coeur inlaid with floral vines and water reeds, each corner mounted with espagnolettes cast as maids with ribbon tied bows continuing to chutes joined by crinoline stretchers centering a berried finial ending in acanthus sabots; top of lock plate stamped E ZWIENER.
height 39in (100cm); width 15in (38cm); depth 15in (38cm)

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Provenance:
Butterfield & Butterfield, July 19, 1971, lot 519, sale 2727

Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, born in 1849 in Germany, established his workshop in Paris in 1880. Known for exceptional bronze mounts, marquetry and exquisite craftsmanship he was one of the most successful of the ebenistes a that time. Francois Linke is believed to have worked for him early in his career. Leon Message, the renowned sculptor, provided bronzes to both Zwiener and Linke. Zwiener counted Emperor Wilhelm II as one of his most devoted clients.

An important bedroom suite including an identical table de nuit with the same levanto vert marble was sold Sotheby's, New York, October 26, 2006, lot 138. The suite was noted as being similar to one made by Zwiener and delivered to Kaiser Wilhelm II, in 1898. A second identical table de nuit was sold Sotheby's New York, April 15, 2011 for $128,500.

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