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Lot 207

Sale 5788 - English & Continental Sale
Mar 23, 2006 5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$4,000 - 6,000
Price Realized
$4,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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Louis XVI style bonheur du jour by Poteau circa 1900

The raised back inset with three Sevres style porcelain panels over two small drawers, below are three further frieze drawers, raised on turned tapered legs united by a shaped stretcher, lock inscribed 'E. Poteau, Rue de Turenne 59, Paris'. H: 40, W: 40, D: 19 1/4 in.Footnote: According to Ledoux-Lebard, Edmond Pouteau was likely working at 9 rue Mignon from 1856 to 1874 before moving to the rue Turenne. His copy of Dubois' lacquer commode now in the Wallace Collection was donated to Versailles by his family in 1934.

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