Renaissance Style Desk Signed Dufin

Beautiful little desk in carved and gilded walnut. It opens with two drawers in front, base with fluted and twisted columns. Abundant decoration of finials, diamond points, grooves, balusters, arcades and tops. Very beautiful walnut and fine carving, signed Dufin. Top height 74 cm, under drawers 64.5 cm, width 99.5 cm, depth 62.5 cm. Around 1880. Honoré Dufin has been living in Lyon as a cabinetmaker since 1876, first at 8 rue Saint-Dominique, then 4 rue des Célestins, from 1880 to 1884, finally 49 rue de la République in 1892. He will receive a Silver Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Lyon in 1872, then a Bronze Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878. edition of 1884: pl. 55 Renaissance Sideboard, pl. 97 Credenza Henri IV and pl. 98 Small Buffet Cabinet (François I). Dufin had acquired an extraordinary reputation in the manufacture of stylish furniture. Among other things, he attached great importance to the care given to both the structure of the furniture and its decorative finish. Walnut is then one of his favorite woods, allowing him as much to build a resistant piece of furniture, as to have a fine sculpture and a beautiful color. Passionate about statuary art, Honoré Dufin's will in 1892 provided for the creation of a prize, to be awarded each year to the most deserving student of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, Sculpture section. The Fabius Frères Collection had two pieces of furniture by Dufin: a center table and a two-piece piece of furniture, both in carved walnut (Sotheby's). Possible delivery. https://www.antiquites-saintjean.fr