A REGENCE BEECHWOOD CANAPE

Lot 34
12.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1345087
Lot 34 | A REGENCE BEECHWOOD CANAPE
Valeur estimée
$ 30 000 – 50 000
A REGENCE BEECHWOOD CANAPE
CIRCA 1725, SLIGHTLY ALTERED IN WIDTH AND HEIGHT
The arched back with pierced rocaille cresting flanked by carved dragons, upholstered à chassis in green silk damask with close-buttoned back and seat, the seatrail carved with gadrooning and masks on cabriole legs headed with C-scrolls, the arm terminals and head of legs carved with masks




Provenance

Georges Hoentschel; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 31 March 1919, lot 285.
Acquired from Perrin, Paris.



Literature

G. Henriot and C. Masson, Les Beaux Meubles Des Collections Privés, Paris 1921 (illustrated, fig. 41).



Further details

With its corners surmounted by dynamic dragons, this canapé relates to designs by the sculptor and designer Nicolas Pineau (1684-1754), whose oeuvre also influenced the craftsmen responsible for lot 28 in this sale. It first appeared on the art market in 1919, in the posthumous auction of the collection of the French artist and architect Georges Hoentschel, owner and proprietor of the of the internationally celebrated decorating firm, Maison Leys. Hoentschel took on projects for a number of esteemed clients including the diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher’s country estate at Luton Hoo, poet and literature critic Robert de Montesquiou, fashion designer Jaques Doucet, among French nobility and world leaders. He was also an avid collector of art, including architectural models, medieval decorative arts and Impressionist paintings. A great portion was sold to his friend, the financier John Pierpont Morgan, who in turn bequeathed the works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This transaction cemented Hoestschel’s legacy as one of the greatest influences on the understanding, promotion and collecting of French furniture and decorative art in America during the early twentieth century.
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