Lot 538
LOUIS PHILIPPE EBONISED, GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE MARBLE TOPPED MEUBLE D'APPUI, STAMPED BEFORT JEUNE
MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two: 19 May 2022 | From 11:00
Description
the black marble top over a breakfront frieze and pair of doors mounted with bronze relief roundels depicting putti emblematic of the seasons and marked at the corners with gilt metal rosettes, flanked by gilt-metal leaf-clasped columns, raised on toupie feet, the outlined with gilt metal mounts
Dimensions
122cm wide, 121cm high, 50cm deep
Footnote
Note: Mathieu Befort Jeune (1813-1880) is listed as working in Paris from 1836 until 1880. The son of renowned cabinetmaker Jean-Baptiste Befort who supplied furniture for the apartments of the Duc d'Orleans, Befort Jeune was descended from a family of noted ébénistes. Both Befort Père and son were known for furniture in the style of André-Charles Boulle, and for pieces of vernis matin and porcelain mounted furniture, in the manner of Riesener. The firm received a medal at the 1844 Exposition de l'Industrie Française, and as a result of their reputation for the high quality of their work, Befort Jeune supplied furniture to Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie.