ID 780331
Lot 10 | BUREAU PLAT D'EPOQUE LOUIS XIV
Estimate value
€ 400 000 – 600 000
ATTRIBUE A ANDRE CHARLES BOULLE, DEBUT DU XVIIIe SIECLE, RESTAURE VERS 1770, PROBABLEMENT PAR CLAUDE-FRANCOIS JULLIOT
En placage d'ébène et marqueterie Boulle de corne teintée bleu et de laiton, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le plateau gainé de cuir noir doré aux petits fers, la ceinture ouvrant à quatre tiroirs rythmés des masques en partie associés symbolisant les saisons, sur douze pieds en console réunis par deux entretoises en X sommés de vases d'époque Louis XVI flanqués de têtes de bélier, sur des patins ; anciennement avec un tablier central
H.: 81 cm. (32 in.) ; L.: 225 cm. (88 1⁄2 in.) ; P.: 86 cm. (33 3⁄4 in.)
Provenance
Par réputation collection du roi Louis-Philippe au Château de Neuilly ;
Acquis par le baron Mayer de Rothschild en 1853 pour 85 £, puis par descendance.
Collection du 7e Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire ; sa vente, Sotheby's New York, Parke Bernet, Londres 18 Mai 1977, lot 52.
Galerie Aveline, Paris.
Literature
Mentmore, Vol. II, Edinburgh, 1884, p. 62, no. 71.
A. Pradère, "Curieux des Indes, Julliot and the Fashion for boulle Furniture, 1750-1800", Christie’s Wildenstein Catalogue, The Compendium, 2005, p. 23.
J.-P. Samoyault, "Les meubles Boulle dans les palais royaux sous Louis-Philippe", in Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles, 2015.
A. Pradère, "Julliot et le ‘Boulle Revival’", in La Gazette Drouot, n.37, 26 octobre 2018, pp. 181-183.
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Post lot text
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY AND BLUE TINTED HORN AND BRASS BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU-PLAT, ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE CHARLES BOULLE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, RESTORED CIRCA 1770, PROBABLY BY CLAUDE-FRANCOIS JULLIOT
Artist: | André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732) Claude Francois Julliot (1727-1794) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze, Ebonywood, Wood |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
Artist: | André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732) Claude Francois Julliot (1727-1794) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze, Ebonywood, Wood |
Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
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