Pair Maxime Secrétant French Ormolu Bronze Urns c1890
$34,750.00
Or Best OfferOur large pair of exceptional ormolu bronze urns, attributed to Maxime Secretant, circa 1890, have spiral-gadrooned necks flanked by female masks and linked by suspended floral swags, with the body cast in high relief with putti in Bacchanalian settings on a waisted socle and foliate-cast foot. Each stamped with the monogram 'MS' on undersides, and attributed to Maxime Secretant. Each 33 in tall and 16 in wide (84 by 40.5 cm). Each apparently drilled with screw-in finial at top to allow use as table lamps.
According to Sotheby's, furniture branded by the important cabinetmaker Maxime Secretant is extremely rare and few pieces have come up at auction in recent years. Known for creating fine pieces of furniture in the 18th century style and in the Empire style, as in the present lot, Secretant established his successful workshop at 74, rue Amelot in Paris at the end of the 19th century, often collaborating with his half-brother, Léon Duval, who had worked with Gervais Maximillien Eugène Durand, the well known ébéniste. Unfortuantely, Secretant was forced to sell the entire stock of his workshop at auction on November 26, 1935 at the L'Hotel Drouot due to economic reasons (op.cit. Pierre Lécoules).
