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Bureau Plat

Philippe-Claude Montigny, (Paris 1734 - Paris 1800), ebéniste

Category

Furniture

Date

circa 1775

Materials

Kingwood, tulipwood, oak, cedar, mahogany, leather, gilt metal, ormolu and porcelain

Measurements

74 x 144 x 71 cm

Place of origin

Paris

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Collection

Mount Stewart, County Down

NT 1542393

Summary

A kingwood, tulipwood and ormolu mounted bureau plat or writing table by Philippe-Claude Montigny (1734-1800) Paris, circa 1775 The rectangular top with a burgundy leather-lined inset top, two short drawers in the frieze applied with giltmetal-mounted Sèvres-style rectangular plaques painted with birds amongst foliage within green borders and gilt foliate surrounds on all four sides of the table, on square section tapering legs headed by ormolu paterae with ormolu pendant foliage and raised on brass castors. Leather insert slides to each end. Stamped : MONTIGNY JME, some alteration and adaption, the 'Sèvres' plaques later additions.

Full description

Philippe-Claude Montigny (1734-1800): Montigny was born in Paris, the son of Louis Montigny an ébéniste in the rue Faubourg Saint-Antoine. He received master in 1766 and took over his father's workshop in the Cour de la Juiverie where he was to remain for the rest of his life. See: Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI Furniture, Stuttgart 1913, p.109, illustrated; Comte Francois de Salverte, Les ébénistes du XVIII° siècle, Paris 1975, plate XLIV, illustrated Alexandre Pradère, French Furniture Makers, The Art of the Ebéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, Tours, 1989, p. 306, fig. 344.

Provenance

On loan from the Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry

Credit line

Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry

Makers and roles

Philippe-Claude Montigny, (Paris 1734 - Paris 1800), ebéniste, ébéniste

References

Ricci, Seymour de,. Louis XVI furniture [19--]., pg.109 Alexandre Pradère, 'Les ébénistes français de Louis XV à la Révolution', Paris, Editions Le chêne, 1989

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