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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER AND EBONY COMMODE A VANTAUX AND SECRETAIRE

Lot 42
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 500 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 42 | A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER AND EBONY COMMODE A VANTAUX AND SECRETAIRE
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER AND EBONY COMMODE A VANTAUX AND SECRETAIRE

ATTRIBUTED TO ADAM WEISWEILER, CIRCA 1790-95

Each with rectangular portor marble top framed by gadrooned moulding embellished with trailing husks, above a recessed frieze with beaded spirally-twisted border, the commode with three lacquer panels with frames cast with entrelac husks, the central panel depicting a flowering vase and falling leaves, the side panels depicting fowl among bamboo and crysanthemums, opening in a plain door to the left and an articulated door to the right and enclosing an interior fitted with two adjustable shelves, flanked by plain pilasters with pewter stringing, the sides similarly inset with lacquer panels depicting foliage, on toupie feet, the underside with papel label with stencilled '95', the secretaire similarly decorated with lacquer panels depicting landscapes and a flowering vase, the counterweight fall-front lined on the reverse with a gilt-tooled blue leather writing surface, enclosing an amaranth-banded bois citronnier arrangement of four compartments and six drawers with a removeable central compartment, one drawer fitted with an inkwell, the lower doors opening to reveal a shelf and strongbox, the sides inset with japanned panels, on toupie feet, the underside with remnants of paper label with stencilled '6'

The commode: 37 1/2 in. (95 cm.) high; 54 1/2 in. (139 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61.5 cm.) deep

The secretaire: 54 1/2 in. (138 cm.) high; 36 1/2 in. (93 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep





Provenance

By repute from the collection of the ducs de Talleyrand.

Collection of Madame…, Palais Galliera, Paris, 6 December 1972, lots K and L.

Sotheby’s, London, 24 November 1988, lot 35.

Property from the collection of Gordon and Ann Getty, Sotheby’s, New York, 12 November 1999, lot 378. Private American Collection.

Acquired from Kugel, Paris.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

O. Impey and J. Whitehead, 'From Japanese box to French Royal furniture', Apollo, September 1990

D. Kisluk-Grosheide, et. al., European Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2006

S. Legrand-Rossi, Le Mobilier du Musee Nissim de Camondo, Dijon, 2012



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Artist:Adam Weisweiler (1746 - 1820)
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Acrylic glass, Gold, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Dressers
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