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A French Louis XVI Style Ebony and Kingwood Marquetry Bureau Plat
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A French Louis XVI Style Ebony and Kingwood Marquetry Bureau Plat
9776 A Louis XVI style ebony and kingwood marquetry bureau plat, constructed from a 17th century bureau attributed to Renaud Gaudron, the rectangular top with a scrolling frieze of birds flowers and insects with ‘grotesque’ masks at the corners, the three frieze drawers similarly inlaid, dummy drawers to the reverse, the end panels with wreaths of flowers and scrolls, standing on square tapering legs with festoon mounts.
French.
1790-1820
The marquetry circa 1700, attributed to Renaud Gaudron, Rue de Richelieu, Paris
Width: 177.5 cm (70 ins)
Depth: 83 cm (32.75 ins)
Height: 81.5 cm (32 ins)
£30,000
Renaud Gaudron was a leading cabinetmaker or ebeniste working in Paris during the period of Louis XIV, he is recorded as furnishing the French Royal palaces between 1687-1713. From his workshop on Rue de Richelieu he supplied the leading tastemakers including the Prince de Conde and the Duc du Chartres as well as Royal clients such as the Duc de Bourgogne and apartments in the palace of Marly.
Gaudron, in common with most cabinetmakers of the time, rarely if ever marked his work but he has been erroneously identified with a brand AG found on extravagant marquetry pieces, some with cut brass and others with complex wood designs, as here. Corner masks with “grotesque” faces typify his output, frequently cut in fruitwoods into an ebony background. Two small eight leg bureau plats in the Royal Garde Meuble received from Gaudron are recorded in a contemporary inventory in 1688 as “wood marquetry of flowers…. having vases of flowers with birds and butterflies”.The marquetry on our bureau plat accurately represents finches among flowers, with butterlies, crickets and bees wandering around the borders and can be associated with recorded designs by Gaudron.
It is intriguing to understand the history of this desk, but it seems likely that originally it was supported on eight, column legs with stretchers and had a central drawer with two (or three) drawers on either side, though a bureau by Gaudron at Chateau de Tanlay, with cabriole legs and identical marquetry has recently been published*. It is probable that at the end of the eighteenth century due to structural wear and tear the legs were replaced and the format of the drawers altered to fit with the current neo-classical Louis XVI taste though the overall dimensions remain unchanged. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the table probably arrived in London where the locks were changed and some structural strengthening carried out. The English market was the principal centre for French furniture following the Revolutionary sales in Paris and London retailers such as EH Baldock were particularly attracted to the marquetry of Louis XIV for their English clients.
*Les ebenistes de la Couronne sous le regne de Louis XIV, C. Dumetrescu, 2021, fig 189
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An Italian Louis XV Burr Yew and Cocus Wood Bombe Ladies Reading Table
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An Italian Louis XV Burr Yew and Cocus Wood Bombe Ladies Reading Table
9769 An Italian Louis XV burr yew and cocus wood bombe ladies reading table, the lift-up lectern top with boxwood inlay in a scrolling design, above a silk lined slide and a fitted writing drawer, and with two doors to the front, all similarly inlaid, supported by cabriole legs joined with a veneered inlaid under tier, and on shaped bronze feet.
Italian, Naples?
1760.
Height: 28.25 ins (72 cm)
Width: 17.25 ins (43.5 cm)
Depth: 12.5 ins (32 cm) SOLD
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An Irish George II Mahogany Side Table
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An Irish George II Mahogany Side Table
9786 An Irish George II mahogany and marble topped side table, supported by bold cabriole legs with acanthus carving and ball and claw feet. Carrara marble top replaced.
Irish
1740
Width: 55 ins (140 cms)
Depth: 29.5 ins (74.5 cms)
Height: 30 ins (76 cms) Sold
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A Large Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by Feuchere and Vittoz
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A Large Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by Feuchere and Vittoz
9665 The Michelangelo Clock by Jean-Jacques Feuchere
A large Napoleon III gilt bronze and patinated bronze mantel clock by Feuchere and Vittoz, with a figure of Michelangelo seated, leaning on the Rebellious Slave and turning to his right with a folio cover inscribed Michel Ange Buonaroti Pittore Scultore e Architetto Fiorentino, the base supported by crouching figures with a garland of fruit on a shaped black marble base. Signed: J Feuchere scpt and Vittoz bronzier. Dark bronze patination; signs of later overpainting and some repair to patination.
1849-1851
French, Paris
Height: 32 ins (81 cms)
Width: 20 ins (51 cms)
Depth: 12.5 ins (32 cms) Sold
Jean Jacques Feuchere came from a distinguished family of Parisian bronze workers. Through his training under the Academic sculptor Jean-Pierre Cortot, he first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1831, winning a 2nd Class Medal in the Salon of 1834. Important commisions for monuments followed at this time; panels for the Arc de Triomphe and St Theresa for the Madeleine church among others, during a period of monumental building projects motivated by King Louis Philippe. Although trained as a Statuaire or figure sculptor, he is most well known for his work in the industrial arts, regarded as a slightly lower achievement. He contributed figures to the legendary surtout de table commissioned for the Duc D’Orleans in 1834, parts of which were coincidentally later bought by Vittoz in 1853 at the auction organised by the state following seizure from the family.
The original model for Michaelangelo was refused for the 1843 salon, following this disappointment he sold the model and all rights to the decorative bronze manufacturer Vittoz. Feuchere was an avid collector of renaissance art, paintings, drawings and works of art, most of his income was spent in this direction. He seems to have had little interest in copyright editions of his work and prefered to sell the models outright, this of course also suited the decorative bronze foundries who could benefit from long production periods without having to share the proceeds.
Vittoz had a well established bronze foundry for over 30 years at this point, but was keen to enter the new arena of trade exhibitions. His first Expo was in Paris in 1849, where among others he exhibited this clock as well as three others after Feuchere but his most well known display was at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. His products are described and illustrated in several editions of the exhibition journal and the Michaelangelo clock is very clearly shown in the illustrated catalogue. The Vittoz business and the rights to all models was sold to a rival company, Labroue, in 1852, allowing us to date this clock to between 1849-1852.
A later version of this clock, an edition signed by Labroue, is in the Louvre Museum
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A Pair of George IV Ebony and Gilt Bronze Mounted Side Cabinets
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A Pair of George IV Ebony and Gilt Bronze Mounted Side Cabinets
9507 A pair of George IV ebony and gilt bronze mounted side cabinets, constructed from a French 17th century ebony cabinet, with Siena marble tops above an engraved frieze drawer, the doors carved and engraved with classical scenes, standing on a shaped, ebonised plinth with gilt bronze mounts to the front and sides.
Written label for Emma Shaw-Lefevre, Heckfield (Place)
English
1820-30
Width: 27.5 ins (70 cms)
Depth 14.25 ins (36.5 cms)
Height: 40 ins (102 cms) £9,500
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A George II Carved and Painted Small Console Table
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A George II Carved and Painted Small Console Table
9724 A rare George II carved and painted small console table, the shaped top with a Campan Rouge marble slab, the frieze carved with a very bold central rocaille shell, the legs with unusual winged satyr masks and leaf carving leading to large, hairy paw feet. Original dry-scraped paintwork and marble top.
English, 1730.
Depth: 19.75 ins (50 cm)
Width: 32.5 ins (82.5 cm)
Height: 30 ins (76.2 cm)
£65,000
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A Flemish or South German Kingwood Veneered Architectural Cabinet on Stand
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A Flemish or South German Kingwood Veneered Architectural Cabinet on Stand
9832 A Flemish or South German kingwood veneered architectural cabinet on stand, inset with panels of Pietra Paesina, the central door with an arched panel and flanked with alabaster pilasters opening to reveal a mirrored stage interior with a bone inlaid floor, flanked with an arrangement of ten drawers with original locks, including a concealed drawer in the pediment and the plinth, the sides geometrically inlaid. Now on a later stand.
Flemish, possibly South German 1650
Width: 32 ins 82.5 cm
Depth: 16.5 ins 42 cm
Height: 28.25 ins (72 cm)
Height with stand: 64.25 ins (163.5 cm) £8,500
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An Italian Baroque Period Giltwood Mirror
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An Italian Baroque Period Giltwood Mirror
9490 An Italian Baroque period giltwood mirror, the cresting with a splayed eagle standing on festoons of fruit and foliage around a rectangular octagonal frame with ribbon tied laurel leaves. Original gilding, originally with candle arms. Later plate.
Italian, Rome
1680 – 1720
Height: 21.25 ins (54.5 cms)
Width: 24.25 ins (62 cms) £3,500
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Pair of English Early George III Period Mahogany Torcheres
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Pair of English Early George III Period Mahogany Torcheres
9819 Pair of English early George III period mahogany torcheres, the hexagonal tops with a shaped gallery above a slender turned stem with carved detail and on a tripod base with elongated pad feet.
English.
1760.
Height: 44 ins (110 cm) £6,500
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A Louis XV Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Regulator Clock by Coupson, Paris, Case by Dubois
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A Louis XV Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Regulator Clock by Coupson, Paris, Case by Dubois
9678 A Louis XV gilt bronze mounted kingwood regulator by Coupson, Paris, case by Dubois, the silvered brass dial with Roman numerals, seconds dial and date aperture, with an outer, manual dial for the equation of time (now disconnected,) the shaped hood with gilt bronze bezel above a waisted case with lenticle or window on a tapered plinth base, stamped DUBOIS JME.
Jacques Dubois, (1694-1763,) Maitre 1742
Private Italian collection.
French, Paris.
1745
H: 88 ins (224 cm)
W: 22.75 ins (57.5 cm)
D: 10.75 ins (27.5 cm)
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A George II Solid Mahogany Hall Cupboard in Architectural Style
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A George II Solid Mahogany Hall Cupboard in Architectural Style
9223 A George II solid mahogany hall cupboard in architectural style, the cornice with egg and dart moulding, the arched, panelled doors with eagle spandrels to the corners, the jambs with pendant flowers, standing on a base with hairy paw feet and with carved mouldings, centring on a pierced, anthemion crest.
English or Irish
1730-1740
Height: 238 cms
Width: 152 cms
Depth: 76 cms £35,000
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A Ducal English Charles II Period Arabesque Marquetry and Ebony Casket
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A Ducal English Charles II Period Arabesque Marquetry and Ebony Casket
9582 A rare Ducal English Charles II or William & Mary period arabesque marquetry and ebony casket, finely inlaid with a crowned Ducal cypher, CV, repeated at the corners and on sides, the coronet is further embellished with mother of pearl and green stained bone.
Attributed to the Royal Cabinetmaker Gerrit Jensen, London 1667-1715. Restored in the 19th century with losses to marquetry at the edges.
Probably the cypher of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709)
1670-1695 English
Width 13.5 ins (34 cm)
Depth: 11 ins (27.5 cm)
Height: 7 ins (17.5 cm)
SOLD
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A French Napoleon III Tortoise Shell Boulle Centre Table
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A French Napoleon III Tortoise Shell Boulle Centre Table
9681 A French Napoleon III tortoise shell Boulle centre table in Regence style, the brown leather top with gilt bronze edge mounts, supported by four cabriole legs with a frieze drawer, the legs mounted with female busts, in the style of Befort Jeune. (Mathieu Befort 1813-1880)
French.
1850-70
Width: 67.5 cm (26.5 ins)
Depth 46 cm (18 ins)
Height: 73 cm (28.75 ins)
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A Chinese Hardwood and Silver Mounted Side Table
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A Chinese Hardwood and Silver Mounted Side Table
9693 A Chinese hardwood and silver mounted side or centre table, re-using a Japanese carved hardwood cabinet top showing an eagle on a gnarled pine tree in a mountain landscape, with engraved silver mounts to the corners. The top Japanese, Meiji period, mid 19th century.
Chinese.
1880
Width: 25.5 ins (64.5 cm)
Depth: 13 ins (33 cm)
Height: 29 ins (74 cm) £4,000
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A Pair of Early Victorian Painted and Gilded Needlework Stools
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A Pair of Early Victorian Painted and Gilded Needlework Stools
9636 A matching pair of early Victorian cream painted and gilt, upholstered stools in Louis XV revival taste, the rectangular tops with silk covering, the frames with shaped friezes and cabriole legs with carving and cabochon ‘gems’ to the knees. Now re-upholstered. The slight differences in width indicate these stools were made to fit a particular commission by the same maker.
English.
1840.
Width: 23.5 ins (60 cms) and 20 ins (51 cms)
Depth: 22 ins (56 cms)
Height: 16 ins (41 cms) £5,200 Pair
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Italian Piedmontese Louis XIV Giltwood Centre Table
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Italian Piedmontese Louis XIV Giltwood Centre Table
9462 An Italian Piedmontese Louis XIV period giltwood, marble topped centre table, the rectangular broccatello di Spagna marble top with a rounded edge moulding, supported by a plain concave frieze, the pierced and scrolled legs carved with leaves and flowers and joined with a shaped X stretcher centring on a raised openwork brazier centrepiece, and resting on lion paw feet.
Private Roman collection
Italian, Turin.
1720
£30,000
Width: 58.5 ins (149 cm)
Depth: 28.25 ins (69 cm)
Height: 32.5 ins (83 cm)
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