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COMMODE D`ÉPOQUE TRANSITION

Lot 58
14.12.2022 11:30UTC +01:00
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€ 151 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 880768
Lot 58 | COMMODE D'ÉPOQUE TRANSITION
Estimate value
€ 80 000 – 120 000
COMMODE D'ÉPOQUE TRANSITION

ESTAMPILLE DE PIERRE-ANTOINE FOULLET, VERS 1770

En placage de bois de rose et amarante, marqueterie d'érable sycomore teinté, houx, charme et épine vinette, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré, le dessus de marbre brèche d'Alep associé, la façade à double ressauts ouvrant par deux tiroirs sans traverse et ornée d'un médaillon ovale et de deux réserves oblongues à décor de scènes historiées figurant le miroir de Vilette, les côtés centrés de figures d'enfants jardiniers, le cul de lampe simulant une cassolette, sur des pieds galbés, estampillée P.A.FOULLET et JME sur le montant avant droit, avec une étiquette imprimée d'exposition Fanfare for Europe / BRITISH ART MARKET / 1973 EXHIBITION / No.147

H.: 88 cm.(34 1/2 in.) ; L.: 147 cm. (58 in.) ; P.: 59 cm. (23 1/4 in.)

Pierre-Antoine Foullet, reçu maître en 1765.





Provenance

Pelham Galleries, Londres.



Literature

P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe, Paris, 1989, pp. 324-326, fig. A.

Bibliographie comparative:

S. Eriksen, Early neo-classicism in France, Londres, 1974, pl. 131 et 132.

Comte F. de Salverte, Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1985, pl. XXII.

A. Pradère, Les ébénistes français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, pp. 278-279.

P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 325.



Exhibited

Fanfare for Europe, The British Art Market, 1973, Christie's, Londres, janvier 1973, n.147



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Post lot text

A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MAPPLE MARQUETRY COMMODE STAMPED BY PIERRE-ANTOINE FOULLET, CIRCA 1770
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze, Wood
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Dressers
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