Large Cylinder Desk with Box Stamped André Aucoc, Circa 1890

Important box and cylinder desk in solid speckled mahogany slat and mahogany veneer
Work of a Parisian cabinetmaker Circa 1890
The body of the top with a sliding shutter releases a mobile tray upholstered in dark green leather with golden irons and the Royal Arms in the center.
In the background, an entablature of four drawers topped with four lockers.
At the top a tier equipped with a central drawer and covered in turquin blue marble, set with a gallery with a frieze pattern of clerestory posts.
The lower body opens with two superimposed rows of four side drawers and a central belt drawer
Paneled sides and back, framed with gilded bronze strips, reminiscent of the facade
The whole is decorated with a rich decoration of chiseled and mercury-gilded bronze with laurel foliage, cornucopias laden with fruit, Cupids with butterfly wings, wands, gallery etc.
The bronze frame is signed by the goldsmith André AUCOC in Paris
The locks bear the name of the locksmith Duvivier, known to have worked at the end of the 19th century for great cabinetmakers, such as Krieger, Millet and Linke.
Buffer varnish
In very good shape
André AUCOC
The Aucoc company was founded in 1821 by Casimir Aucoc at 154 rue Saint Honoré in Paris. It settled in 1835 at the prestigious address 6 rue de la Paix in Paris until the transfer of control in 1936. This company remained a family business for a long time under the successive management of Jean-Baptiste Aucoc from 1836 to 1856, Louis Aucoc until 1887, André Aucoc until 1911 before being taken over by his widow until 1912, when the company took the name Aucoc & cie.
Aucoc was, with Christofle and Boin-Taburet, one of the most innovative goldsmith houses from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. Their fame derives from works that drew inspiration from ancient designs and styles, creating stylistically unique pieces that often unsettle the viewer with their historicism.
This unique style was crowned by numerous medals obtained at universal exhibitions but above all by the patronage of Louis Philippe, the Orléans family but also of Napoleon III and his wife Princess Eugénie, and even of Queen Victoria.

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