ID 1360167
Lot 66 | A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, EBONY, JAPANESE LACQUER AND VERNIS-DECORATED COMMODE
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH BAUMHAUER, CIRCA 1765, THE JAPANESE LACQUER 17TH CENTURY
The breche d'alep marble top above a serpentine-front case, the three spring-loaded frieze drawers above two deep drawers flanked by two cabinet doors, the front and sides veneered with ormolu-framed Japanese lacquer panels gilt with pagodas and pavilions in mountainous landscapes, some Parisian additions to the lacquer decoration, the corner angles with foliate scroll chutes, the tapering square feet with sabots
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 65 in. (165 cm.) wide, 25 ¼ in. (64.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
José María Sert (1874-1945), 252 rue de Rivoli, Paris, and by descent to his wife, Misia Sert (1872-1950).
Literature
A. del Castillo Yurrita and A. Cirici i Pellicer, José María Sert: Su Vida y Su Obra, Barcelona and Buenos Aires, 1947, p. 248, fig. 83.
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, p. 36, fig. 28.
Sale room notice
Please note, there is additional provenance for this lot: José María Sert (1874-1945), 252 rue de Rivoli, Paris, and by descent to his wife, Misia Sert (1872-1950).
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Ebonywood, Gold, Japanese lacquerware, Wood, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Ebonywood, Gold, Japanese lacquerware, Wood, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
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