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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY CONSOLE TABLES
BY RENE DUBOIS, CIRCA 1765
Each with a mottled purple marble (possibly Russian porphyry) top of breakfront outline above an ormolu egg-and-dart border, the frieze fitted with a drawer mounted with ribbon-tied ormolu berried laurel leaves flanked by foliate paterae, the recessed ends fitted with acanthus leaf-scrolled ormolu mounts, raised on round tapered legs inset with ormolu flutes fitted with ormolu capitals and acanthus leaf-cast ormolu sabots joined by stretchers above ormolu-mounted feet, each with label 'Clumber No. 2282'; stamped 'I. Dubois, JME', each with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label.
32 1/2 in. (83 cm.) high, 57 1/2 in. (146 cm.) wide, 18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly the pair listed in the inventory of René Dubois in 1772 described as 'deux tables en console richement garnies en ébène non dorées estimées ensemble 1 200 livres'.
Possibly acquired by Henry Pelham Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle (1785-1851) for Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
Thence by descent to the Hon. Earl of Lincoln; Christie's London, 19-20 October 1937, lot 286.
With French & Co., New York.
Thelma Chrysler Foy; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15-16 May 1959, lots 337-338.
Gisèle Rueff-Béghin (1900-1983).
Acquired from Maurice Segoura, Paris, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1987.
Literature
A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, p. 301.
P. Arizzoli-Clementel, Georges Geoffroy, Paris, 2016, pp. 163-164.
Exhibited
New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Art Treasures, Exhibition, 1955, no. 285.
Special Notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.
Details
A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY CONSOLE TABLES
BY RENE DUBOIS, CIRCA 1765
Each with a mottled purple marble (possibly Russian porphyry) top of breakfront outline above an ormolu egg-and-dart border, the frieze fitted with a drawer mounted with ribbon-tied ormolu berried laurel leaves flanked by foliate paterae, the recessed ends fitted with acanthus leaf-scrolled ormolu mounts, raised on round tapered legs inset with ormolu flutes fitted with ormolu capitals and acanthus leaf-cast ormolu sabots joined by stretchers above ormolu-mounted feet, each with label 'Clumber No. 2282'; stamped 'I. Dubois, JME', each with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label.
32 1/2 in. (83 cm.) high, 57 1/2 in. (146 cm.) wide, 18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly the pair listed in the inventory of René Dubois in 1772 described as 'deux tables en console richement garnies en ébène non dorées estimées ensemble 1 200 livres'.
Possibly acquired by Henry Pelham Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle (1785-1851) for Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
Thence by descent to the Hon. Earl of Lincoln; Christie's London, 19-20 October 1937, lot 286.
With French & Co., New York.
Thelma Chrysler Foy; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15-16 May 1959, lots 337-338.
Gisèle Rueff-Béghin (1900-1983).
Acquired from Maurice Segoura, Paris, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1987.
Literature
A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, p. 301.
P. Arizzoli-Clementel, Georges Geoffroy, Paris, 2016, pp. 163-164.
Exhibited
New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Art Treasures, Exhibition, 1955, no. 285.
Special Notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.
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