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A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD ARMOIRES

Starting price
£ 150 000
Auction dateClassic
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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Lot 54 | A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD ARMOIRES
A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD ARMOIRES

ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES CRESSENT, CIRCA 1730, LATER ADAPTED

Each with a rectangular top and concave cresting mounted with acanthus leaf tips above a large single door, one centred by a relief-cast plaque depicting a scene with 'Daphne and Apollo', the other with a plaque depicting 'Apollo and Marsyas', each beneath a drapery canopy and within a strapwork border headed by an espagnolette mask, one enclosing two, the other three shelves, flanked by simulated pilasters headed, centred and terminating in trellis-cast cartouche clasps, the plinth centred by a mask of Apollo flanked by foliate rosettes, the simulated panelled sides similarly mounted with foliate rosettes and espagnolette angle clasps, on gadrooned toupie feet, stencilled to the reverse 'A.W. 861 C.H.T', remodelled and reduced in height probably later in the 18th century from a larger piece, restorations to the veneers, some of the smaller mounts replaced

65 in. (165 cm.) high; 42 3/8 in. (107.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep [armoire with Apollo and Daphne]

651/4 in. (165.5 cm.) high; 43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep [armoire with Apollo and Marsyas]





Provenance

Acquired by William, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale (d.1872) and branded for his London residence at 14-15 Carlton House Terrace, probably bought from Baldock.

Thence by descent to his great-nephew Hugh, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), until sold at Christie's, London, 13 June 1887, lot 300.

Private collection, Portugal, before 1968.



Literature

A. Pradère, Charles Cressent, sculpteur, ébéniste du Régent, Dijon, 2003, cat. 27-28, and illustrated p. 97.



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Artist:Charles Cressent (1685 - 1768)
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Gold, Amaranth, Satinwood, Wood
Art style:Regency
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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