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A pair of gilt-bronze chenets Louis XVI, circa 1775
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- gilt-bronze
- each 41cm. high, 43cm. wide; 1ft. 4¼in., 1ft. 5in.
each with an acorn and oak leaf draped neo-classical urn on a shaped fluted and ribbed plinth applied with a patera and guilloche on bracket feet flanked by a further flaming neo-classical urn and a flaming canonball
Condition
Lovely quality and in unrestored condition and dirty and would benefit from a light clean according to taste. Some loose components that need tightening up. Both with heavily tarnished inner supports and flambeau probably from their use.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This pair of chenets, with its distinctive baluster composition surmounted by a flaming urn and canonball, is very closely related to a pair of chenets commissioned, circa 1770, by the Duchesse d'Enville for her salon in Château de la Roche-Guyon and attributed to Jean-Antoine Dambrière (sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 6th December 1987, lot 105).
A very similar model to the present one and the one made for the Duchesse d'Enville is conserved in Versailles (inv. V4478). One of the chenets there is signed 'Dambrire ce 25 novembre 1775'. Jean-Antoine Dambrière was born in 1754 as the son of the contrôleur de la Maison du Roi Antoine Dambrière.