STAMPED TWICE 'MIGEON' AND ONCE 'JME', MID-18TH CENTURY

细节

A LOUIS XV KINGWOOD BUREAU DE DAME
STAMPED TWICE 'MIGEON' AND ONCE 'JME', MID-18TH CENTURY
Cross-banded overall, the shaped top above the shaped slanting fall-front veneered à quatre faces, enclosing to the reverse a red leather-inset writing-surface and a fitted bois satiné interior with four shaped drawers and pigeon-holes above a concealed well with four walnut-lined drawers, the waved apron on cabriole legs with pierced foliate sabots, stamped to front and back-rail to underside, previously mounted
34 in. (86 cm.) high, 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide, 20 in. (50 cm.) deep

来源

Acquired from François Borel, Paris, in 1984.

拍品专文

This charming bureau en pente is typical of the work of the ébéniste Pierre IV Migeon (1696 - 1758), or his son Pierre V (1733 - 1775). Father and son employed two different stamps which they appear to have used interchangeably (S. Mouquin, Pierre IV Migeon 1696 - 1758, Paris, 2001, p. 67). Pierre IV, who achieved his maîtrise circa 1724, was the grandson of the founder of the family dynasty of ébénistes, Pierre I (active circa 1637), and son of the ébéniste Pierre III Migeon (1665 - about 1717). Pierre Migeon IV produced pieces for an illustrious noble clientele, which led to large commissions by the Court and and Madame de Pompadour.

Known for employing simple veneers in a manner which made use of the natural beauty and grain of the material and for pieces with undulating outlines, Pierre IV Migeon also specialized in these small secrétaires. A very closely related bureau en pente by Migeon is illustrated in M. Burkhardt, Mobilier Régence Louis XV, p. 63. For further information, see S. Mouquin, Pierre IV Migeon 1696 - 1758, Paris, 2001.