SERRURIER & Cie – GUSTAVE SERRURIER-BOVY (1858–1910) & RENÉ DULONG (1860–1944), FOUNDERS Oak game table. The top opens via a drawer and rests on four Gaine-style legs joined by a cross-shaped brace. The folding, pivoting top reveals an interior lined with a game mat—the tops of the flaps are decorated with a stylized marquetry motif. The drawer pull is made of brass and ceramic. Shows signs of use; significant damage and missing sections in the marquetry motifs; the game mat is not original. Table open: H.75cm – L.77cm – W.77cm Bibliography: Jacques-Grégoire Watelet – L’œuvre d’une vie, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, Architect and Decorator from Liège, 1858–1910 – Éditions du Perron, Alleur-Liège, 2001. A variant is reproduced on page 197; a piece of furniture featuring the same handles and similar marquetry decoration is reproduced on page 21.
Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
32%
SERRURIER & Cie – GUSTAVE SERRURIER-BOVY (1858–1910) & RENÉ DULONG (1860–1944), FOUNDERS
Oak game table. The top opens via a drawer and rests on four Gaine-style legs joined by a cross-shaped brace. The folding, pivoting top reveals an interior lined with a game mat—the tops of the flaps are decorated with a stylized marquetry motif. The drawer pull is made of brass and ceramic. Shows signs of use; significant damage and missing sections in the marquetry motifs; the game mat is not original. Table open: H.75cm – L.77cm – W.77cm
Bibliography:
Jacques-Grégoire Watelet – L’œuvre d’une vie, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, Architect and Decorator from Liège, 1858–1910 – Éditions du Perron, Alleur-Liège, 2001. A variant is reproduced on page 197; a piece of furniture featuring the same handles and similar marquetry decoration is reproduced on page 21.
Sale
Friday 23 October・11:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris