Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 150. A Louis XVI Mahogany Year-Going Longcase Régulateur de Parquet by Robin, Circa 1790.

Property from an Important Private Collection, Texas

A Louis XVI Mahogany Year-Going Longcase Régulateur de Parquet by Robin, Circa 1790

Lot closes

October 16, 06:29 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Starting Bid

20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

the 8 1/4 in. enamelled dial signed Robin Hger du Roi and Coteau, with concentric calendar, equation and centre seconds; the weight-driven movment with remontoire, pinwheel escapement and gridiron pendulum with lenticular bob and knife-edge suspension; the painted subsidiary dial with moon phases month, date and day of the week indication with separate spring-driven motor for calendar work


Robert Robin (1741-1799), maître horloger in 1767