ID 770916
Lot 37 | ATTRIBUEE A JOSEPH POITOU (v. 1680 - 1719)
Estimate value
€ 250 000 – 400 000
COMMODE D'EPOQUE REGENCE, VERS 1715-1720
En marqueterie Boulle en première partie de cuivre gravé sur fond d'écaille de tortue imbriquée, placage d'ébène du Mozambique, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le dessus de marbre vert de mer rectangulaire restauré, la façade ouvrant par deux tiroirs séparés par une traverse et à décor de rinceaux feuillagés, le premier centré d'un masque de Bacchus, le second d'un cartouche en forme de pelte, les montants fortement galbés appliqués d'un large cartouche à enroulement feuillagé à décor de fleurs sur fond de treillage et terminé par une chute de culots, prolongés par des pieds à sabots léonins feuillagés, portant une étiquette circulaire et imprimée incrite B.F.A.T- V.I.S/HG/7, sur un socle en bois noirci incrusté de filets de laiton par l'atelier Michel Jamet
H.: 82,5 cm. ; L.: 132 cm. ; P.: 54,5 cm.
Plinthe: H.: 12,5 cm. ; L.: 137 cm. ; P.: 57 cm.
Provenance
Vente Maître Oger, Paris, 26 novembre 1979, lot 64.
Literature
C. Demetrescu, Les ébénistes de la Couronne sous le règne de Louis XIV, Lausanne, 2021, p. 372.
Bibliographie comparative :
G. Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor : Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronze, t.1, Londres, 1974, n. 85, pp. 414-415.
P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Furniture, t. 2, Londres, 1996, pp. 746-747, n.159, ex. F56.
A. Pradère, Charles Cressent, Dijon, 2003, pp. 52-53.
C. Demetrescu, Les ébénistes de la Couronne sous le règne de Louis XIV, Lausanne, 2021, pp. 368- 372.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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All items will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale and will be available on 24 June 2022. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collection details.
Post lot text
ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH POITOU (c. 1680 - 1719)
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED COPPER, TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY COMMODE, CIRCA 1715-1720
32 3⁄4 in. high ; 52 in. wide ; 21 3⁄4 in. deep
With two drawers, with a label inscribed 'B.F.A.T-V.15/HG/7', on a plinth made by Michel Jamet's workshop
Artist: | André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze, Tortoiseshell |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
Artist: | André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze, Tortoiseshell |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
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