Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre

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A gilt-bronze mounted longcase regulator, early Louis XV, circa 1730

Auction Closed

October 11, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 100,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A gilt-bronze mounted longcase regulator, early Louis XV, circa 1730


amaranth and bois satiné, richly decorated with a mask of Time, foliage and dragons, with an enameled cartouche signed Lefaucheur à Paris

height 75¾in.; width 29½in.; depth 10 in.; 193 cm; 75 cm; 26 cm.

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Régulateur de parquet en placage d'amaranthe et satiné, bronzes dorés figurant un masque du Temps et des dragons, début d'époque Louis XV, vers 1730 avec un cartouche émaillé signé "Lefavchevr à Paris"


height 75¾in.; width 29½in.; depth 10 in.; 193 cm; 75 cm; 26 cm.

Buvelot Collection;

Galerie Segoura, Paris;

Djahanguir Riahi Collection;

Galerie Aveline Jean-Marie Rossi, Paris, 2008.

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Collection Buvelot;

Galerie Segoura, Paris;

Collection Djahanguir Riahi;

Galerie Aveline Jean-Marie Rossi, Paris, 2008.

Alexandre Lefaucheur became maître horloger in 1729 and was appointed horloger du roi in 1748. He is recorded at Pont au Change in 1748 and later at Quai de l'Horloge between 1772 and 1780.


A very similar parquetry régulateur was exhibited Elements of Style: The Art of the Bronze Mount in 18th and 19th century France, Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, 13 April - 15 June, 1984 and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue n° 7. It shows the same overall shape and the characteristic dragons on either side of the heavily molded arch of the clock's lower section.


Another régulateur by Lefaucheur was sold, Bonhams London, 11 July 2018, lot 27.