Henri Fourdinois, Large Library

Large Louis XVI style walnut bookcase with projecting front, circa 1860. Stamped H Fourdinois 1830-1907. Composed of four glazed doors, four fluted columns with asparagus motifs surmounted by Corinthian capitals. The lower section has four solid doors, the moldings carved with heart motifs. Complete with a set of oak shelves covered in original leather. The Fourdinois firm is very important to the history of 19th-century cabinetmaking, but also to the history of taste of its time, then characterized by "neo-styles". In just two generations, Alexandre-Georges Fourdinois (1799-1871) and then his son Henri-Auguste (1830-1907), the Fourdinois firm enjoyed numerous successes at world's fairs, becoming the benchmark in luxury cabinetmaking for the clientele of a lavish Second Empire.