€2.9M for the December Furniture & Works of Art Sale

The Furniture & Works of Art department held its final auction of the season on December 16th and 17th, dedicated to decorative arts ranging from the 17th to the 19th century. The two sessions, featuring over 400 lots from several European private collections, generated vivid enthusiasm from collectors, totaling €2.9 M with over 80% of the lots sold.

This auction, like previous ones, reflects the dynamism of Artcurial’s Furniture & Works of Art department, which continues to attract a discerning audience and achieve remarkable results on the international market.

Among the highlights, from the prestigious Pierre Jourdan Barry collection, two tables by Bernard Van Risen Burgh, known as BVRB II, unknown from the market since the 1980s, soared to €238,320. A rare Transitional mechanical table, stamped by Oeben, was sold for €112,540, confirming the renewed interest in high quality pieces with prestigious and well established provenances.

Amongst the notable results, let us mention a Transitional gilt-bronze mounted and Sevres porcelain pendule a cercles tournants sold 63.552 € or a Transitional gilt-bronze mounted and marquertry commode stamped by Nicolas Grevenich, belonging to a restrained group of comparable pieces traditionally associated with a delivery for the royal court, sold € 50.312.

In the section dedicated to Italian decorative arts, several lots attracted particular attention, such as an important 18th-century Venetian porcelain service from the Cozzi manufactory, sold for €56,932, a monumental pair of Venetian mirrors fetching €64,876, and a rare and striking silver lantern for €42,368.

Silverware collectors also found remarkable pieces, such as a silver-gilt two-handled cup and its cover, by Geneviève Cabarin, widow of master silversmith Pierre Danet, sold for €47,664, as well as a pair of silver candlesticks by Joseph Bouillerot fetching €21,184.