PAIRE DE MEUBLES À HAUTEUR D'APPUI D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI EN PLACAGE DE BOIS CITRONNIER, BOIS DE ROSE ET FILETS D'AMARANTE ET D'ÉBÈNE, ORNEMENTATION DE BRONZE CISELÉ ET DORÉ EN PARTIE RAPPORTÉEVers 1775 A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND EBONY-BANDED SIDE CABINETS Circa 1775 Each of rectangular form with brèche d'Alep marble top, above two doors with alternating amaranth and ebony encadrement banding, the canted angles with simulated fluting surmounted by chutes and above bracket feet with replaced sabots, the sides conformingly veneered, the interior concealing two shelves and a oak drawer, above a ribbon-tie apron mount, with the collection brand: 'COLLECTION GEORGES HEINE', the back with a large label of the 'MUSEES NATIONAUX/PALAIS DEPIÈGNE' inscribed respectively: 'Petit meuble d'appui à vantaux. N.4 du dépot de la succession Heine' and 'Petit meuble d'appui à vantaux. N.5 du dépot de la succession Heine', largely remounted. 86cm (33 3/4in) high x 92cm (36 1/4in) wide x 41cm (16 1/4in) deep . (2) Provenance: Collection Georges Heine, Palais Galliera, Paris, 23 March 1971, lot 110 Exhibited: On loan to the Palais depiègne, before 1971 Georges Heine belongs to one of those wealthy European families who made their fortune in Banking, and who throughout the 19th century were able to acquire masterpieces of Decorative Arts to furnish their vast residences, as did The Rothschild, David-Weill, Hottinguer, Camondo, Fould and Jacquemart-André. Georges Heine's father, Michel Heine was with his brother, the founder of the family Heine bank, born from the takeover of the Fould bank. Michel Heine married Amélie Miltenberger and they had three kids: Alice, future Duchess of Richelieu and subsequently Princess consort of Monaco, Paul-Henri who sadly died at the early age of 18, and Georges. In 1877, Michel bought Alice and the Duke of Richelieu the Richelieu Estate. In 1890, Michel Heine was appointed Regent of the Banque de France while in 1914, his son Georges succeeded Edouard Aynard. It is in 1904 that Alice and her brother Georges Heine inherited their father's collection which furnished his hôtel particulier of Avenue Hoche in Paris. In 1928, Georges Heine died at the Domaine de Richelieu leaving his collection to his 9 years old son, Robert Heine born in 1919. To protect Robert's inheritance, a part of his collection was deposited on loan at the Palais depiègne and at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, with the idea that it would be safely kept until after his majority, and then later enjoyed by Robert Heine at his home on Avenue Marceau in Paris. It is finally on 23 March 1971 that the collection was to be sold by Ader-Picard at Palais Galliera in Paris. This pair of side cabinets bears the labels of the Palais depiègne attesting the deposit. Georges Heine est issu d'une de ces familles de riches banquiers et collectionneurs, qui tout au long du XIXème siècle ont