ID 887751
Lot 27 | A PAIR OF ROYAL ORMOLU, SILVER, GLASS AND HARDSTONE-MOUNTED DESSERT STANDS
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 100 000
BY JEAN-FRANCOIS DENIERE, DESIGNED BY JEAN-BAPTISTE KLAGMANN, PARIS, CIRCA 1840-1842
Each surmounted by Bacchus holding aloft a wine glass and amphora, supported by central column flanked by putti, on further chased baluster stem adorned with masks, between two gilt-glass dishes, on a circular base modeled with putti playing musical instruments, scrolling foliage and vines ending in ram’s heads, and inset with semi-precious stones
33 1/2 in. (85 cm.) high
Provenance
Commissioned by Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d’Orleans (1810-1842) circa 1840 and delivered to Palais des Tuileries in 1842, following the duc's death.
Sold by the duchesse d’Orléans (1814-1858); Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18-20 January 1853, lot 7.
Literature
E. Gizard, L. de Commines, et al., Un âge d'or des arts décoratifs : 1814-1848, Paris, 1991, pp. 332-333.
D. Kisluk-Grosheide, “A Pair of Candelabra for the Surtout de Table of the Duc d’Orléans,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 20, Autumn 2021, no. 3.
I. Leroy-Jay Lemaistre, 'Des sculpteurs et des bronziers,’ Le Mécénat du duc d’Orléans : 1830-1842, Paris, 1993, p. 139-143.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Glass, Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Glass, Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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