Regency-style dining set

Magnificent Regency style dining room set comprising:
- a pair of silver cabinets with a large door, curved sides
- a pair of sideboards and marble top
- a table, a suite of 9 chairs and a pair of armchairs

The ensemble, of very fine sculptural quality, comes from the Château de la Haute Forêt in Bréal sous Montfort. Collection of Edouard Nignon.

The Château, built in 1857 in a half-Gothic, half-Renaissance style, is listed as a Monument Historique with its extremely well-preserved interior decor: floors, panelling, ceilings and fireplaces. Edouard Nignon, who commissioned our dining room set in 1919, lived in the Château until his death in 1934. Edouard Nignon was a great French chef of European experience and reputation. He served Tsar Nicholas II and Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph. From humble beginnings, his talent enabled him to climb the culinary ladder and seduce the greatest chefs of his time. His cookery book, Éloges de la cuisine française, published in 1933, was a great publishing success, and is still sought-after by apprentice cooks today.

19th century,
Circa: 1890

Table dimensions:
- W: 160cm, D: 130cm, H: 74cm.
- W: 63in, D: 51,2in, H: 29,1in.

Sideboard dimensions:
- L: 161cm, P: 57cm, H: 178cm.
- W: 63,4in, D: 22,4in, H: 70,1in.

Showcase dimensions:
- L: 117cm, P: 42cm, H: 185cm.
- W: 46.1in, D: 16.5in, H: 72.8in.

Condition report: Very good overall condition