A Louis XIV Carved and Giltwood Frame, Circa 1700
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October 21, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Louis XIV Carved and Giltwood Frame, Circa 1700
now with an associated bevelled mirror plate; the crest with a central Apollo mask and the apron centered by the head of Medusa with military trophies; the sides centered by trophies of arms and armour and the corners mounted with shields decorated with busts of Roman centurions above and masks of Hercules and a Hirsute figure below; the reverse with a two fragmentary printed paper labels EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DU CADRE DU XV E AU XXESIECLE (AVRIL 1931) N. 137 GALERIE GEORGES PETIT, PARIS and Transports Manutention d'Objets d'Art Garde Meuble Déménagements Expéditions Maritimes Assurances PUSEY 23 25 27 Rue des Petites Ecuries PARIS TEL. PRO. 35-21 35-22 35-50
height 46 in.; width 48 in.; depth 6 ½ in.
117 cm; 122 cm; 16.5 cm
Marie-Cécile von Springer (1886-1978), wife of Baron Eugène Fould (1876-1929), 54 avenue d'Iéna, Paris, from at
least 1931;
By descent to Baron Max Fould-Springer (1906-1999);
Christie's Paris, 11 March 2003, lot 234, where acquired by Djahanguir Riahi (1914-2014), Paris;
Djahanguir Riahi Collection, sold Christie's London, 6 December 2012, lot 8;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Exposition Internationale du Cadre du XVe au XXe siecle, April 1931, no. 137
Serge Roche, Cadres Français et Etrangers, du XVe au XVIIle siècle, Paris 1931, pl. 13 (property of Madame la Baronne Fould-Springer)
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