The Michel Rullier Collection: A Love of Beautiful Objects
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by
Claire Papon and Sophie reyssat
Auction on
11 October 2022 - 14:15 (CEST) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Curiosity is an attractive failing and Michel Rullier would say no differently, as one who is now selling his nutcrackers, candle snuffers, tobacco graters, boxwood carvings, antique cutlery, pastry wheels and more.
Antwerp, late 17th century. Rosewood veneered ceremonial furniture inlaid with pewter motifs and scenes inspired by the engravings of Johann Nieuhof's Gesandtschaft der Ost Indischen Gesellschaft, published in 1669, 131 x 95 x 62 cm/51.6 x 37.4 x 24.4 in. stimate: €25,000/45,000
Antwerp, late 17th century. Rosewood veneered ceremonial furniture inlaid with pewter motifs and scenes inspired by the engravings of Johann Nieuhof's Gesandtschaft der Ost Indischen Gesellschaft, published in 1669, 131 x 95 x 62 cm/51.6 x 37.4 x 24.4 in. stimate: €25,000/45,000
"A page is now being turned: these objects will take on a fresh life in new, welcoming homes, in collections with the same eternal mission: to enhance the knowledge of future generations and be grateful to those of the past," writes Michel Rullier. The son of a pharmacist, he became an antique dealer in Poitiers after studying fine arts and specializing in the Renaissance , Early Baroque and the 18th century . The discreet, courteous Rullier, for whom "only madness is…
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