An Empire carved giltwood salon suite by Pierre-Gaston Brion and Alexandre Maigret, circa 1806, probably offered by Napoleon I to the sultan Selim III
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
comprising: two sofas and seven armchairs, with reverse backrests, the armrests carved with scrolls and acanthus leaves, the rear feet à l'étrusque, each stamped P. BRION and MAIGRET, upholstered in modern red and gold silk with a geometric pattern ; (regilt)
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Sofa : Haut. 103 cm, larg. 188 cm, prof. 84 cm ; Height 40 ½ in, width 74 in, depth 33 in
Armchair : Haut. 98 cm, larg. 67 cm, prof. 59 cm ; Height 38 ½ in, width 26 ½ in, depth 23 ¼ in
Probably offered by Emperor Napoléon to Sultan Sélim III (1761-1808)
Me Rheims, Palais Galliéra, 4 December 1963, lot 48 ;
Hôtel Drouot, 13 December 1968, lot 85.
P.-J. Chalençon, Napoléon, La Collection, Paris, 2019, ill. pp. 12-13, 196-197, 221
La collection Pierre-Jean Chalençon - Napoléon : L’empereur sous la verrière du Grand Palais, Paris, 2018, catalogue for the 30th Biennale Paris, 8-16 september 2018, ill. p. 80
D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1984, ill. p. 104, pp. 452-456
Related literature
Y. Guillou, Napoléon et l’empire ottoman, Senones, 2021
La collection Pierre-Jean Chalençon - Napoléon : L’empereur sous la verrière du Grand Palais, 30th Biennale Paris, Grand Palais, 8-16 September 2018