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Master Cabinetmaker Charles Topino’s Trademark

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 27 September 2020 - 14:00 (CEST) - 19, rue André-Tempez - 80600 Doullens

The furniture-maker’s signature pieces included small Transition-style bonheurs-du-jour inlaid with dainty marquetry of vases, bowls, cards and other utensils of lettered people.

Attributed to Charles Topino (ca. 1742-1803), Transition period bonheur-du-jour in...  Master Cabinetmaker Charles Topino’s Trademark

Attributed to Charles Topino (ca. 1742-1803), Transition period bonheur-du-jour in rosewood veneer and precious wood, decorated with utensil inlay, 110 x 73 x 44 cm.
Estimate: €25,000/35,000

This desk features all the cabinetmaker's refinement when his mastery of precious wood marquetry—in this case, rosewood—was at its peak. A similar model was reproduced in Pierre Kjellberg's reference work Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle (Les éditions de l'amateur,…
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