Charles-Guillaume DIEHL (1811-1885), Cabinetmaker... Lot 34

Charles-Guillaume DIEHL (1811-1885), Cabinetmaker & Emmanuel FRÉMIET (1824-1910) Sculptor, Planter with quadrangular body in blackened wood decorated with ormolu snakes on the sides and a terra cotta bas-relief with a crowned dragon motif. Quadripod base with four circular feet decorated with gilt bronze elements. Removable pewter receptacle. Circa 1870. H. 18 cm, W. 39 cm, D. 27 cm Our planter is similar to the cigar box kept in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam under the number BK-2011-6. Reference: Bibliography: Jules Mesnard, Les merveilles de l'Exposition Universelle de 1867, Imprimerie générale de Ch. LALURE, 1867 for the cigar box reproduced. Reiner Baarsen, Paris 1650-1900: Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, Yale University Press, 2013, cigar box reproduced as #133 pp.544-547. Jenny Reynaerts, Reinier Baarsen, Margreet Boomkamp& Duncan Bull, 1800-1900, NAi Uitgevers / Publishers Stichting, 2018, cigar box reproduced under no. 54.