Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
A marquetry casket and stand, the casket Louis XIV circa 1685-1700, attributed to André-Charles Boulle, the stand partly Louis XIV adapted in the second half of the 18th century
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October 11, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A marquetry casket and stand, the casket Louis XIV circa 1685-1700, attributed to André-Charles Boulle, the stand partly Louis XIV adapted in the second half of the 18th century
première-partie and contre-partie Boulle marquetry panels in brass, pewter and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze, ebony veneer; the casket of rectangular shape with a domed lid, with rectilinear panels bordered by a brass double fillet-inlaid ebony veneered frame, each panel with Boulle marquetry in brass, pewter and brown tortoiseshell and chased and gilt bronze mounts
the associated stand presenting a rectangular top adorned with bronze spandrels, and brass fillets and veneered with a stylized floret frieze in brass alternating with pewter, the apron decorated on three sides with rectangular panels in Boulle marquetry, the front with a projected drawer with gilt bronze borders and scrolled apron, supported by two female herm figures in carved and gilt wood standing on a stretcher shelf decorated with Boulle marquetry, the back with a Boulle marquetry panel within a bronze and red-tinted tortoiseshell border.
casket height 14½in.; width 23 in.; depth 16½in.; Stand height 31½in.; width 29⅓in.; depth 20¼in.
casket: 37 cm; 58.5 cm; 42 cm. Stand: 80 cm; 74,5 cm; 51,5 cm.
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Coffret et piètement en marqueterie d'écaille, laiton, étain, placage d'ébène et bronze doré, le coffret d'époque Louis XIV, vers 1685-1700, attribué à André-Charles Boulle, le piètement en partie d'époque Louis XIV adapté dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle
casket height 14½in.; width 23 in.; depth 16½in.; Stand height 31½in.; width 29⅓in.; depth 20¼in.
casket: 37 cm; 58.5 cm; 42 cm. Stand: 80 cm; 74,5 cm; 51,5 cm.
(2)
The casket, Galerie Perrin, Paris, 2008; the stand almost certainly Christie's London, 20 June 1985, lot 60 and later in collection of Robert de Balkany, sold Christie's London, 23 May 2017, lot 71.
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Le coffre, galerie Perrin, Paris, 2008; the piètement, très certainement vente Christie's Londres, le 20 juin 1985, lot 60 puis ancienne collection Robert de Balkany, Christie's Londres, le 23 mai 2017, lot 71
P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection. Catalogue of Furniture. II., London 1996, p. 669-684.
C. Demetrescu, Le Style Louis XIV, Paris 2002, p. 115 fig. 97.
J.-P. Samoyault, André-Charles Boulle et sa famille. Nouvelles recherches - Nouveaux documents, Geneva, 1979, pp. 69, 71 and 73),
Exh. Cat., André Charles Boulle 1642-1732. A New Style for Europe, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, 2009, pp. 304-305
Editions Vial, Vol. 1: Des origines a Louis XIV, p. 102, ill.
S. de Ricci, Les Styles Louis XIV et Régence. Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, 1929, p. 131.
S. Faniel et al., Le XVIIe Siècle Français, Paris, 1958, p. 51 fig. 3.