Noël COVIGNY in PARIS - Lot 174

Noël COVIGNY in PARIS Wall-mounted cartel and its console in "Boulle" marquetry of brass and tortoiseshell with foliate and floral interlacing, checkerboard and lambrequin, cut and reworked in intaglio. It features rich ornamentation in chased and antique gilded bronze, such as acanthus, surrounds, shells, espagnolette falls and foliage lamp bases. Enameled 13-part dial with Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numerals for the minutes and "chemin de fer" minute track. It is topped by a figure of Diana as a child, wearing armor and carrying a quiver. Late Louis XIV, early Regency period. Total height: 87.5 cm. Height 66 cm without console. Width : 30 cm. Depth: 15 cm. Missing the arch of Diana, a side window, restorations and small chips.