Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

102 196 A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, SATINWOOD, KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, PARQUETRY TABLE À ÉCRIRE D’EPOQUE, MID-18TH CENTURY, by Claude-Charles Saunier, the top inlaid with ge- ometric design and banded outset corners above two flush frieze drawers, on banded tapering cab- riole legs and sabots, stamped underneath ‘C.C. Saunier’ and ‘JME’. 85 x 47cm Note: Claude Charles Saunier, 1735-1807, mâitre 1752 € 10,000 - 15,000 Claude-Charles Saunier (1735-1807) was a leading Parisian ébéniste and furniture maker of the late-eight- eenth century. Saunier trained and worked under his father at the Saunier atelier in the Faubourg Saint-An- toine. In 1752, he registered his maître ébéniste, before taking over the atelier from his father in 1765. Saunier was commissioned by many notable private clients as well as the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre and Martin-Eloi Lignereux. Daguerre was the leading Parisi- an dealer of the time, supplying furniture to the French royal family and many English collectors. Saunier’s reg- ular use of carefully selected veneers, marquetry, ge- ometric patterns, high quality ormolu mounts and dec- orative motifs distinguish his work as exemplificatory of neoclassical craftsmanship, though his oeuvre demon- strates his engagement with, and expertise in, a num- ber of other styles throughout his career, including the Louis XVI, Transitional, and Directoire Styles. Property from an Important Private Collection