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IMPORTANT COFFRE ROYAL DE VOYAGE aux armes de Marie Leszczynska, Reine de
The item was sold for 14 300 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
IMPORTANT ROYAL TRAVEL CASE with the arms of Marie Leszczynska, Queen of France. Wooden core entirely sheathed in golden brown-red morocco with small irons. The domed lid is decorated in its center with the arms of Marie Leszczynska.
Bears the mark of the sheath maker Antoine Lauson
circa 1750
H. 28| W. 57| D. 30 cm
PROVENANCE Private
collection, kept in the family since the Ancien Régime
If their trade has now fallen into oblivion, the gainiers were an influential corporation in Paris. Their monopoly concerned all objects covered with leather. They had a monopoly on all objects covered with leather, including sheaths, scabbards, chests and furniture leather.
Incorporated as a corporation under Saint Louis and in 1323 as a body of jurande. During the Renaissance, the guild of bookbinders had to oppose the bookbinders who had the exclusive use of royal irons.
The most famous bookbinder was probably Jean-Claude Galluchat, inventor of the process that bears his name to soften the shagreen which Madame de Pompadour ordered from him on numerous occasions. Working for the court and Louis XV, he enjoyed royal favours.
Bears the mark of the sheath maker Antoine Lauson
circa 1750
H. 28| W. 57| D. 30 cm
PROVENANCE Private
collection, kept in the family since the Ancien Régime
If their trade has now fallen into oblivion, the gainiers were an influential corporation in Paris. Their monopoly concerned all objects covered with leather. They had a monopoly on all objects covered with leather, including sheaths, scabbards, chests and furniture leather.
Incorporated as a corporation under Saint Louis and in 1323 as a body of jurande. During the Renaissance, the guild of bookbinders had to oppose the bookbinders who had the exclusive use of royal irons.
The most famous bookbinder was probably Jean-Claude Galluchat, inventor of the process that bears his name to soften the shagreen which Madame de Pompadour ordered from him on numerous occasions. Working for the court and Louis XV, he enjoyed royal favours.