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Pierre-Benoit Marcion (ébéniste de Napoléon) (1769 - 1840)
Refined pair of tabourets, France, Empire Epoch (1806-1810 pprox.)
53.5 x 40 x 67 cm
Carved, gilded and cream-colored lacquered wood, X-shaped. Uprights in the shape of swans with outstretched wings, which support garlands of ribboned laurel leaves in their beaks; slightly arched laurel-leaf feet. Seat upholstery in dark green silk and gold weave. Stamped with P. Marcion. Light restorations.
Pierre-Benoit Marcion was among the main cabinetmakers of Napoleon I, creating some of the furnishings of the Imperial Palace, including the left part and the gallery of the Grand Trianon, the entire furniture of the Petit Trianon, the Mail Pavilion, Bagatelle and Monceaux, thus influencing the cabinetmaking production of the period.
The swan-shaped decoration is very widespread in Marcion's works, for example the bergères and armchairs by the same cabinetmaker preserved at the Château de Fontainebleau or the production for the Palais de Saint-Cloud .
Provenance:
Chateau de Compiègne (?);
Roger Imbert Collection;
Castille Collection, Versailles;
Sale "Succession Castille", Palais des Congrès, Versailles, 17 March 1991, Madame J. Martin and G. Debesnoit, lot 264;
W. Apolloni Gallery, Via del Babuino, Rome (June 1991);
Purchased there from the current owners.
Bibliography:
Pierre-Benoit Marcion was among the main cabinetmakers of Napoleon I, creating some of the furnishings of the Imperial Palace, including the left part and the gallery of the Grand Trianon, the entire furniture of the Petit Trianon, the Mail Pavilion, Bagatelle and Monceaux, thus influencing the cabinetmaking production of the period.
The swan-shaped decoration is very widespread in Marcion's works, for example the bergères and armchairs by the same cabinetmaker preserved at the Château de Fontainebleau or the production for the Palais de Saint-Cloud .
Provenance:
Chateau de Compiègne (?);
Roger Imbert Collection;
Castille Collection, Versailles;
Sale "Succession Castille", Palais des Congrès, Versailles, 17 March 1991, Madame J. Martin and G. Debesnoit, lot 264;
W. Apolloni Gallery, Via del Babuino, Rome (June 1991);
Purchased there from the current owners.
Bibliography:
Denise Ledoux-Lebard, Lés ébénistes du XIXe siècle , Paris 1984. p. 468 fig. p.468;
Jean-Pierre Planchon, Marcion - ébéniste de Napoléon , Chateau de Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau 2007, p. 146 fig. n°10/T7.
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