An Ormolu Mounted Red Lacquer Meuble d'Entre Deux

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An Ormolu Mounted Red Lacquer Meuble d'Entre Deux

An Ormolu Mounted Red Lacquer Meuble d'Entre Deux

Dimensions: H: 55 in / 140 cm | W: 71 in / 180 cm | D: 15.5 in / 39 cm

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An Ormolu Mounted Red Lacquer Meuble d'Entre Deux
By Maison Beurdeley of Paris

Constructed from satiné, with tulipwood crossbanding and the finest hand-chased and mercury fire-gilded mounts, the rectangular cabinet of slight breakfront proportions supported on tapering feet, the central door dressed with an ormolu lion mask above a large red-ground Asian lacquer panel depicting courtiers and scholars within a mountainous landscape, the flanking doors to either side with corresponding lacquer panels depicting pavilions and wooded landscapes populated with figures. The lockable doors open to reveal an interior with an arrangement of fixed shelves and pull-out slides. The sides of the cabinet are finished in conforming design with quarter-veneered satiné panelling within ormolu foliate reserves. The cavetto moulded top enclosing a drawer and surmounted by a fine breccia fleur-de-pêcher marble platform. The reverse of the lion mask mounts incised 'BY.'
French, circa 1890

Often considered the greatest multi-generational bronziers of 19th century Paris, Maison Beurdeley closely guarded their bronze master molds, often incising the reverse with the recognizable 'BY' as seen on this meuble d'entre deux.

Beurdeley Dynasty

Jean Beurdeley (1772-1853), a native Burgundian, enlisted as a saddler in the Murat Regiment for the duration of the French Revolutionary War, and on leaving the army, set up in 1818 as a marchand-mercier in the Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris, moving later to The Hanover Pavilion in the Bvd. des Italiens, when he was joined by his son, Louise-Auguste-Alfred (1808-1882), who commenced reproducing copies of the very finest example of the ancien régime, and to the very highest standards, so becoming one of the major suppliers to the Garde Meuble Imperial, creating pieces for the wedding of Napoleon III and Eugénie, whilst acquiring commissions from many European Royal Households. An exhibitor at the Parisian Universal Expositions of 1855, 1867, 1878 and 1889, he was a notable medal winner. His son, Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis (1847-1919) joined the business in 1875, and the business continued to prosper, until its closure in 1895 - the remaining stock was disposed in five separate auction sales between 1897 and 1898.

REF No. 10472

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