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SATINWOOD BOOKCASE DISPLAY- ANTOINE KRIEGER #2392531

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Furniture Start Price:1,600.00 USD Estimated At:0.00 USD
SATINWOOD BOOKCASE DISPLAY- ANTOINE KRIEGER #2392531
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BY KRIEGER, PARIS,MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY RARE REGENCY STYLE. EMBELLISHED WITH PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY ON AN ELEGANT SATINWOOD THREE-DOOR BOOKCASE OR DISPLAY CABINET. FLORAL CAROUCHES AND CLASSICAL WREATHS ARE INLAID ON SOLID DOORS AND BENEATH CENTER GRILLE DOOR. BANDING OF CABINET AND INTERIOR SHELVES. TYPICAL WOOD NOTCHES LINE THE INTERIOR FOR HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SHELVES. ORIGINAL HARDWARE AND WORKING LOCKS ON ALL DOORS COMPLETE THIS RARE AND BEAUTIFUL FRENCH RESTORATION PIECE. METAL PLACQUE READS "KRIEGER PARIS".<p>

THE FIRM MAISON KRIEGER WERE FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS, EST. 1826. THEY PRODUCED AND EXHIBITED PIECES IN EXHIBITIONS, SUCH AS THE 1900 EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE. THEIR STYLE WAS INSPIRED BY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ITEMS AND EMPIRE DESIGNS. THE COMPANY WAS STARTED BY ANTOINE KRIEGER AND HIS BROTHER NICHOLAS AT 17, RUE SAINT-NICOLAS, PARIS. IN 1850, THE FIRM WAS TITLED ANTOINE KRIEGER ET CIE AND WAS MOVED TO 76, RUE DU FAUBOURG-SAINT ANTOINE IN 1853. ANTOINE KRIEGER DIED IN 1856. THE COMPANY WAS INHERITED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW AND RENAMED COSSE-RACAULL ET CIE. IN 1880 THE COMPANY BECAME KRIEGER, DAMON ET CIE.
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<tr><td>Condition:ORIGINAL</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:mid- 19th cent.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:FRANCE</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:ANTOINE KRIEGER</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:67 </td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:15.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:58.75</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:SATINWOOD BOOKCASE DISPLAY- ANTOINE KRIEGER</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:FRENCH RESTORATION</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:SATINWOOD </td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:REGENCY</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Margate, NJ</td></tr>
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