A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, EBONIZED AND BOULLE MARQUETRY MEUBLES D`APPUI

Lot 190
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$ 150 000
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Lot 190 | A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, EBONIZED AND BOULLE MARQUETRY MEUBLES D'APPUI
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$ 150 000 – 250 000
A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, EBONIZED AND BOULLE MARQUETRY MEUBLES D'APPUI

COMMISONED BY THE MARCHAND-MERCIER PHILIPPE-FRANÇOIS JULLIOT, CALLED JULLIOT FILS, ATTRIBUTED TO ADAM WEISWEILER, CIRCA 1780-1800, INCORPORATING LOUIS XIV ELEMENTS

The marquetry in contre-partie in pewter and copper, each with rectangular gray fossil marble top, above an acanthus-cast frieze concealing a spring-loaded drawer, the central door faced as three drawers veneered with amaranth to the interior, the sides of the façade with ormolu figures representing the four seasons after models by André-Charles Boulle, the corners inlaid with red-stained composition within pewter and brass frames, the plinth base with turned feet

38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 45 in. (114 cm.) wide, 19 ¼ in. (49.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Almost certainly those sold in the sale of the stock of the marchand-mercier Philippe-François Julliot, 22 March 1802, lot 35.

Almost certainly acquired by Arthur Hill Trevor, 2nd Viscount Dungannon (1763-1837) for Brynkinalt, Clwyd, North Wales.

Thence by descent, until sold from the collection of Lord Trevor; Christie's, London, 14 April 1983, lot 96.

The Collection of Akram Ojjeh (1918-1991); Christie's, Monaco, 11-12 December 1999, lot 50.



Literature

A. Pradère, ‘Curieux des Indes’: Julliot and the Fashion for Boulle Furniture 1750-1800, introduction to Christie’s Wildenstein Collection catalogue, 2005, p. 28, fig. Q
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