A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, EBONY AND AMARANTH PARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, EBONY AND AMARANTH PARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE

BY FERDINAND BURY, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, EBONY AND AMARANTH PARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE
BY FERDINAND BURY, CIRCA 1775
With three-quarter gallery surrounding a porphyry top above a frieze drawer, the stretcher inset with porphyry and supported on circular tapering legs, the porphyry later replacements, stamped F. BURY JME to underside of drawer
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide, 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Estate of Ogden L. Mills (sold by order of the legatee); Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 March 1969, lot 153 (when sold with white marble tops).

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Sale Room Notice

Please note additional provenance for this lot:
The Estate of Ogden L. Mills (sold by order of the legatee); Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 March 1969, lot 153 (when sold with white marble tops).

Ogden L. Mills (1884-1937) was a distinguished financier, statesman and race horse owner. He served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1932-1933 and the stable he ran with his sister bred such celebrated race horses as Secretariat and Seabiscuit. He also amassed a superb collection of French furniture and works of art, much of which was sold in an earlier sale at Parke-Bernet in 1938 from his New York townhouse on 69th Street, while his father Ogden Mills had amassed an equally important collection, including for his celebrated Parisian townhouse on the rue de Varenne.

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Lot Essay

Ferdinand Bury (1740-1795) was awarded his maîtrise in 1774 and had premises in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, on the rue de Charonne. His accounts reveal a medium-sized workshop and that he retailed his pieces with various Parisian marchands-merciers. Bury also had his own patrons such as the prince of Nassau, the marquis de Marigny, the marquis de Mailly-Nesle and the duc de Brissac.

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