Lot 527: A CHARLES X GILT BRONZE MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE ABBATANT

A CHARLES X GILT BRONZE MOUNTED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE ABBATANT
BY JEAN-JACQUES WERNER (1791-1849), CIRCA 1825
With a Royal red marble top, the underside of the top stencilled 'B' twice with two interlaced opposing C surmounted by a coronet, also with a paper inventory label '1037', another label to the back 'JJ WERNER...A PARIS' also stamped to the back 'IOI' surmounted by a crown 'CY'
55 in. (140 cm.) high; 32 in. (82 cm.) wide; 59½ in. (40 cm.) deep

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Jean-Jacques Werner (1791-1849), DCORATEUR ET FABRICANT DES MEUBLES, was recorded working at number 126, Rue de Grenelle, Paris. Jean-Jacques Werner was one of the most celebrated furniture makers of the Restauration period. Of Swiss origin, his work was exhibited in the Exposition des produits de l'industrie Francaise of 1823, recorded in the Garde Meubles 1828 and his most famous work was a secretaire presented to Charles X for the Grand Trianon in 1827.