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Lot 248TP
A Franco-Flemish provincial late 18th century Louis XVI carved walnut buffet a deux corps almost certainly made in Liege
15 – 16 February 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£3,000 - £5,000
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A Franco-Flemish provincial late 18th century Louis XVI carved walnut buffet a deux corps
almost certainly made in Liege
1780-1800, with ribbon-and-reel, beaded, lotus-leaf and bead-and-reel moulded surrounds, with fluted angles, the frieze centred by an ivy leaf trail tablet carved with a high-relief ribbon-tied oak leaf swagged oval tablet inset with a flaming torch, above a pair of twin panelled glazed doors, the upper panels with patera block angles, enclosing three shelves, with a central stop-fluted pilaster, over two short drawers and a brushing slide, with a pair of re-entrant panelled doors below each centred by a ribbon-tied oak-leaf wreath, enclosing one shelf, over a fluted apron with a central carved floral bouquet, on fluted feet headed by paterae, branded at least three times: 'C.F', 142cm wide x 66cm deep x 244cm high, (55 1/2in wide x 25 1/2in deep x 96in high)
1780-1800, with ribbon-and-reel, beaded, lotus-leaf and bead-and-reel moulded surrounds, with fluted angles, the frieze centred by an ivy leaf trail tablet carved with a high-relief ribbon-tied oak leaf swagged oval tablet inset with a flaming torch, above a pair of twin panelled glazed doors, the upper panels with patera block angles, enclosing three shelves, with a central stop-fluted pilaster, over two short drawers and a brushing slide, with a pair of re-entrant panelled doors below each centred by a ribbon-tied oak-leaf wreath, enclosing one shelf, over a fluted apron with a central carved floral bouquet, on fluted feet headed by paterae, branded at least three times: 'C.F', 142cm wide x 66cm deep x 244cm high, (55 1/2in wide x 25 1/2in deep x 96in high)
Footnotes
A comparable Liege bureau cabinet incorporating many similar elements to the present lot is illustrated in J. Philippe, Le Meuble Liegeois a Son Age d'Or, (le XVIIIeme Siecle), 1990, Liege, fig. 156, p. 84. Among their shared characteristics are; the sequence of stop-fluted pilasters to the upper section; re-entrant paterae angles; carved floral garlands; closely related panel mouldings; and similar ribbon tied wreaths or medallions.
Unfortunately it has not been possible to identify the maker or patron referred to by the initials: 'C.F.' which interestingly appear branded several times on the offered piece of furniture.