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Property from a Private American Collection
A gilt-bronze mounted Rio rosewood, tinted maple and fruitwood étagère vitrine, circa 1880, by Edouard Lièvre (1828-1886)
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
in the Japanese style, the mounts decorated with dragons and lotus flowers, opening with a glass door under an arch revealing shelves and a mirror on the reverse, four drawers in the lower section, the sides formed by shelves; resting on a base decorated with scrolls
Height. 75 in, width. 52 2/3 in, depth. 17 2/3 in ; Haut. 190 cm, larg. 134 cm, prof. 45 cm
Please note that this lot contains restricted materials. Sotheby's is not able to assist buyers with the shipment of any lots containing restricted materials into the U.S.A. Buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or a sale's cancellation.
C. Payne, Paris, la quintessence du meuble au XIXe siècle, Saint-Rémy-En-l’Eau, 2018, pp. 430-435.
G. Weisberg, Le Japonisme, Arts asiatiques, vol. 44, 1989. pp. 130-132.
O. Propagare, Edouard Lievre, Créateur de meubles et objets d'art, Galerie Roxane Rodriguez, 2004.
P. Thiébaut, ‘Contribution à une histoire du mobilier japonisant : Les Créations de l´Escalier de Cristal’, Revue de l’art, 1989, No. 85, p. 76-83.
B. Steinitz, O. Hurstel, Edouard Lièvre et son influence sur les Arts Décoratifs du dernier quart du XIXe siècle, ex. cat., Paris 2014.
Catalogue of art furniture in sculpted wood and decorated with bronzes (...) decorative works by Edouard Lièvre (...) all belonging to the estate of the late Mr Edouard Lièvre, Sale after death of 21, 22, 23 and 24 March 1887, Paris, Hôtel Drouot.
Edouard Lièvre un créateur des arts décoratifs au XIXe, L’Objet d’Art, n°394, September 2004, pp. 102-113.
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