Marquetry’s Glory Days Under Louis XIV

Result EUR55,022

Published on 07 November 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 26 October 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 5, rue Vincent-Courdouan - 13006 Marseille

Remarkable antique furniture and sun-drenched 19th-century paintings shared the spotlight at a fine sale in Marseille.

Louis XIV period, c. 1685-1690, attributed to Renaud Gaudron (c. 1653-1727). Mazarin-style... Marquetry’s Glory Days Under Louis XIV

Louis XIV period, c. 1685-1690, attributed to Renaud Gaudron (c. 1653-1727). Mazarin-style eight-legged desk in marquetry on an ebony background, with seven drawers and a niche with door in front, 79 x 116 x 69 cm/31.1 x 45.7 x 27.2 in.
Result: €55,022

This eight-legged Mazarin desk, which brilliantly illustrates the virtuosic heights achieved by leading cabinetmakers at the court of Louis XIV, topped its high estimate garnering €55,022. It is true that the piece was attributed…

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Tableaux anciens et modernes, céramiques, mobilier et objets d'art

Wednesday 26 October 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live

5, rue Vincent-Courdouan - 13006 Marseille

De Baecque et Associés (Marseille)

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All the Exuberance of Louis XIV in a Desk by Gaudron

This Mazarin desk with its profuse marquetry of flowers, butterflies, birds, acanthus leaves, grotesques and foliage masks is attributed to cabinetmaker Renaud Gaudron.