Fine French And Continental Furniture

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Lot 244
  • 244

A Régence Ormolu-Mounted Ebonized, Boulle Marquetry Bracket Clock Together with a Régence Ormolu-Mounted Ebony and Boulle Marquetry Pedestal

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gaudron A Paris is the signature used by the workshops of Antoine I Gaudron and also his sons Pierre and Antoine II Gaudron from the 1660s until 1728.

  • height of clock 36in.; height of pedestal 4ft. 4in.; width of pedestal 25in.
  • 91.4cm; 132.1cm; 63.5cm)
the clock with a divided enamelled and ormolu dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the movement signed Gaudron A Paris set within an arched case, surmounted by a seated putto, the backboard inlaid with an arabesque panel above a parquetry floor, raised on feet cast with caryatids, the tapered pedestal inlaid with an arabesque panel raised on bracket feet, the whole outlined in ormolu. Restored, largely remounted.  

Provenance

The David Style Collection, Christie's, London,  January 12, 2005, lot 434 and 435 respectively