A pair of Princely encoignures
Pierre II Migeon
(1696 - 1758)
Paris, Louis XV period, c. 1750
Stamped "MIGEON" and "JME"
H. 98 cm (38½ in.), w. 79 cm (31⅛ in.), d. 54 cm (21¼ in.)
Oak carcase; veneer in rosewood, amaranth, kingwood (bois de violette), satiné and plum wood (inside); ormolu mounts; griotte rouge marble top
Provenance
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793).
By inheritance to Anatole Demidoff, Principe di San Donato (1813-1870).
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Villa Demidoff, Pratolino.
Sotheby's "in situ", Villa Demidoff, Pratolino, auction of 22nd April, 1969, lot 268.
Private Collection, Dallas.
