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Important Antique Stamped Victor Raulin Cartonnier Cabinet Bookcase & Drawers

£20,000    $26,746    €23,434
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for this very important, highly collectable, original and fully restored Victor Raulin Cartonnier Cabinet circa 1890 Paris
 
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price
 
Where to begin, if you are reading this listing then most likely you know all about the great Victor Raulin, I will include a short Bio below, the top right corner of the base section is stamped Raulin which is period perfect for this piece.
 
Essentially what you have here is a dwarf open bookcase in Kingwood with some fabulous Ormolu mounts and a Cartonnier Cabinet top with brown leather drawers that have gold leaf embossed edges, the frame is also in Kingwood
 
Condition wise all the timber has been washed back and French polished from the ground up, the leather drawers have been straightened, stripped back, hand dyed six times, antiqued, sealed waxed down and polished
 
This piece is super unique, most likely the only one of its kind and a real statement piece not to mentioned a wonderful investment, a short google search will show you pieces from Raulin in the high tens of thousands to the low hundreds of thousands, his work is basically the finest of its type
 
Dimensions
 
Height:- 160cm, top height 66cm, base height 94cm
 
Width:- 81cm
 
Depth:- 40cm
 
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask
 
In 1878, Victor Raulin succeeded to his father''s business, specialising in marquetry and lacquer furniture in the 18th century taste. He exhibited at the Paris 1878 and 1889 Expositions Universelles and was awarded medals for his entries. A closely related cabinet, with glazed as opposed to panelled upper doors, sold Christie’s, London, 21 April 2010, lot 182 (£15,...
Antique #SA1131150, shown on this page, originates from 1890. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1890
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Royal House Antiques is a privately-owned family ran company founded in Wimbledon in 2012 by husband and wife James and Iris Thorpe
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