Louis XVI style desk inkwell with rectangular red marble base adorned with chased and gilded bronze rosettes and garlands. The fluted cups are decorated with dacanthus leaves and laurel wreaths. In the center stands a bronze sculpture in brown patina representing the allegory of work, signed Emile Picault and titled "Per Laborem" on the base meaning "through work".
Émile-Louis Picault (1833-1915) was a French sculptor famous for his bronzes with mythological or allegorical subjects, depicting warriors or heroes praising patriotic virtues. He studied with the painter Henri Royer, and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1863 and 1914.
Napoleon III period
Circa: 1880
Condition report: In good condition.
- Reference :
- 3138
- Width :
- 37 (cm)
- Height :
- 32 (cm)
- Depth :
- 20 (cm)
- Period::
- 19th century
- Style::
- Napoleon III
- Materials::
- Red marble, Gilded bronze
- Identifier Exists:
- False
