Offered by Franck Baptiste Provence
Rare rectangular niche in gray lacquered beech wood.
Model in the form of an ancient temple with a domed roof.
The crosspieces are roughened with grooves and connected to each other by faceted dice.
It has an entrance on the front and a flap on the top.
The exterior adorned with its old studded leather trim, the interior with a moiré silk with green stripes.
Beautiful state of preservation; original lacquer (wear); a slightly arched crossbar, the leather worn and uneven.
Parisian work from the neoclassical period around 1800.
Dimensions:
Height: 55cm; width: 37cm; depth: 50cm.
Origin :
- Collection of the princes of Sagan, family of Talleyrand-Périgord, at the Château du Marais, Île-de-France.