Lot 376
A Louis XV-Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Leather, Tulipwood and Kingwood Parquetry Cartonnier with Clock, mid-19th c., the circular clock with elaborate pierced case with reticulated panels backed with silk lining, floral roundels and fruit cluster finial, elaborate cast face with blue and white enamel Roman numerals, resting on a serpentine cartonnier base fitted with shaped gilt-tooled leather drawers, extensive bronze mounts with attractive gilt surface, height 47 in., width 36 in., depth 14 in.
PLEASE NOTE: The cartonnier, or "papers" cabinet, represents a very popular form in the history of French furniture and design from the time of Louis XIV through the First Empire, and revived in the 19th c. by cabinet makers such as Francois Linke and Paul Sormani. The form traditionally was mounted to a bureau plat, and was intended to contain writing materials adjacent to the desk. In some instances the cartonnier was a separate entity, sitting on the writing surface itself, as seen here. Reference: Payne. Nineteenth-Century Furniture. p. 128, no. 301 & 302. Payne. Francois Linke, 1855-1946, the Belle Époque of French Furniture, pl. 231, p. 212.Pradere. French Furniture Makers, the Art of the Ebeniste, from Louis XIV to the Revolution, pl. 139, p. 163.
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