Auction on
02 July 2021 - 14:30 (CEST) -
Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The Simeoni collection, containing museum-quality 18th-century furniture by Bernard II Van Risen Burgh (B.V.R.B.), Boulle and Pierre Roussel, received the hoped-for acclaim.
Bernard II Van Risen Burgh (after 1696-1765), folio cabinet in end-grain wood marquetry on a rosewood ground, Aleppo breccia marble top (repaired), bronze ornamentation with a crowned "C", Louis XV period, 99 x 168.5 x 48 cm (38.97 x 663.38 x 18.89 in). Result: €1,264,000
Bernard II Van Risen Burgh (after 1696-1765), folio cabinet in end-grain wood marquetry on a rosewood ground, Aleppo breccia marble top (repaired), bronze ornamentation with a crowned "C", Louis XV period, 99 x 168.5 x 48 cm (38.97 x 663.38 x 18.89 in). Result: €1,264,000
As might be expected, and was certainly deserved, the top three prices for the collection assembled by René Simeoni over nearly 30 years went to a folio cabinet by BVRB, a commode by Pierre Roussel and a cabinet attributed to Charles-André Boulle. The first of these is "an icon of 18th-century furniture", to quote the expert and the auctioneer, and…
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