Lot 485
NAPOLEON III MAHOGANY AND BRASS SECRETAIRE ABBATANT, BY MAISON LEMARCHAND & H. LEMOINE
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 13th Nov at 10am | Lots 339 to 600
Description
the veined marble top with a pierced brass gallery, above a frieze drawer and a fall front enclosing a fitted interior and slope, over three further drawers and a base drawer, all flanked by brass capped fluted columns, raised on toupie feet; the whole outlined with brass, stamped 'MAISON LE MARCHAND/ H. LEMOINE/ Rue des Tournelles 17/ PARIS’
Dimensions
79cm wide, 148cm high, 45cm deep
Footnote
Andre Lemoine and Louis-Edouard Lemarchand became partners as cabinet makers based in Paris from 1846 onwards. In 1863, Henri Lemoine took over and continued the business until 1893. Lemoine and Lemarchand were one of the chief suppliers of furniture to the French Imperial family, and in particular to Napoleon III.