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A French Restauration Mahogany Bureau Plat dated 1822 and bearing the signature of Boilaud & Lefrançois chez Bouillier
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Height: 78 cm (2 ft. 6 ¾ in.)
Width: 175.5 cm (5 ft. 9 in.)
Depth: 87 cm (2 ft. 10 ¼ in.)
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Laurent Hubert (active Paris 1749-1786)
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Arria and Paetus
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Bronze, Circa 1753
Height 52.3 cm
Provenance: Sir George Burns, North Mymms Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, Christie's London, House Sale, 24 September 1979, Lot 18, where purchased by Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd.; private collection.
Exhibited: 1753 Académie de Saint-Luc, Paris, no.47; 1981 Agnew & Sons, London; 1995-2004 Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Literature: S. Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l’école française au dix-huitième siècle (Paris 1910, reprinted Nendeln 1970), I.437.
P. Sanchez, Dictionnaire des artistes exposants dans les salons des XVII et XVIIIe siècles à Paris et en province 1673-1800 (Dijon 2004), II.853.
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THE BEETHOVEN SECRETAIRE
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An Exceptional Viennese Empire Mechanical Organ Secrétaire, the movement by Franz Egidius Arzt playing Beethoven’s Battle Symphony
Circa 1815
Height: 191 cm (6 ft. 3 in.)
Width: 108 cm (3 ft. 6 ½ in.)
Depth: 61 cm (2 ft.)
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A Magnificent Chinese Twelve-Fold Coromandel Lacquer Screen
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Kangxi, Circa 1680
Height: 9 ft. 2 ¼ in. (280 cm)
Width of each panel: 1 ft. 7 in. (48 cm)
Provenance: Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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A French Consulat Mahogany and Carved Giltwood Fauteuil de Bureau by Jacob Frères, based on a Design by Percier and Fontaine
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Stamped under the rear seat rail RUE MESLEE
Circa 1796-1803
Height: 95 cm (37 ½ in.)
Width: 70 cm (27 ½ in.)
Depth: 65 cm (25 ½ in.)
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A Magnificent Chinese ‘Imperial Tribute’ Dress Sword of European Design
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Guangzhou (Canton), Circa 1795
Total Length 98.5 cm (2 ft 3 ¾ in.)
Total Width of Handle 11.5 cm (4 ½ in.)
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A Genoese Rococo Painted and Lacquered Commode
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Mid-18th Century
Height: 92 cm (36 ¼ in.)
Width: 133 cm (52 ½ in.)
Depth: 60 cm (23 ½ in.)
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A Russian Neoclassical Rosewood, Sycamore, Fruitwood and Mother-of-Pearl Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode
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St Petersburg, Circa 1775
Height: 73 cm (2 ft 4 ¾ in.)
Width: 87 cm (2 ft. 10 ¼ in.)
Depth: 48cm (1 ft. 7 in.)
Provenance: Earls of Craven
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The Eaton Hall Library Table
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A English Regency Gothic Revival Oak and Brass-Mounted Writing Table, designed by William Porden (c.1755 - 1822) and manufactured by Gillow’s of Lancaster
Provenance: The Marquesses (later Dukes) of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Circa 1810
Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)
Width: 72 ½ in. (184.2 cm)
Depth: 35 ¾ in. (89.5 cm)
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A Fine French Louis XIV Brass, Tortoiseshell, Ebony and Stained-Horn Boulle Commode, attributed to Nicolas Sageot
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Circa 1710
Height: 2 ft. 8 in. (81 cm)
Width: 4 ft. 4 in. (132 cm)
Depth: 2 ft. 2 in. (66 cm)
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A Highly Important Dresden Rococo Ormolu-Mounted Palissander and Amaranth Bureau Plat
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Attributed to Michael Kimmel
Circa 1760
Height: 2 ft. 11 ¾ in. (91 cm)
Width: 5 ft. 5 ½ in. (166.5 cm)
Depth: 2 ft. 8 ½ in. (82.5 cm)
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A Fine French Régence Carved and Giltwood Console Table
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Circa 1720
Height 82.5 cm (2 ft. 8 ½ in.)
Width 150 cm (4 ft. 11 in.)
Depth 70 cm (2 ft. 3 ½ in.)
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A Mahogany and Ormolu-mounted Empire Commode à Vantaux by Bernard Molitor
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Circa 1803
Height: 3 ft. 2 in. (96.5 cm)
Width: 4 ft. 9 ½ in. (146.5 cm)
Depth: 2 ft. 2 in. in. (67.5 cm)
Bernard Molitor (1755-1833), maître 1787
Provenance: Guillaume de Gontaut, Marquis de Biron (1859-1939); his sale Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 9-11 June 1914, lots 385-386 (one of a pair), as by Jacob
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THE TALLEYRAND BED
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An Important French Empire Giltwood Lit à Baldaquin, Circa 1805
Height of headboard: 4 ft. 4 ¾ in. (134 cm)
Total Height: 11 ft. 9 in. (359 cm)
Internal Width: 5 ft. 10 ¾ in. (180 cm)
Total Width: 6 ft. 10 in. (208 cm)
Depth: 5 ft. 4 in. (163 cm)
Provenance: Charles-Maurice Talleyrand (1754-1838); by descent to his great-nephew Napoléon Louis de Talleyrand (1811-1898); his sale Galerie Georges Petit Paris, 29 May – 1 June 1899, lot 341.
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An Italian Baroque Trompe l’oeil Scagliola Panel
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Of rectangular form inlaid with engravings, tarot cards, letters and a musical score on a simulated grey marble ground, signed in the engraving Amedeus Seyter Fe.
First Quarter 18th Century
111 x 61.5 cm x 4.5 cm (3 ft. 7 ¾ in x 2 ft. ¼ in. x 1 ¾ in.)
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An Italian Neoclassical Marquetry Commode attributed to Francesco Abbiati
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Possibly of Neapolitan manufacture, Circa 1800
Height: 95 cm (3 ft. 1 ½ in.)
Width: 128 cm (4 ft. 2 ½ in.)
Depth: 64 cm (2 ft. 1 in.)
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A Louis XV Black Lacquer and Ormolu Commode with a Pair of Encoignures en suite
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attributed to Mathieu Criaerd, circa 1745
Commode: Encoignures:
Height: 35 in. (88.5 cm) Height: 38 in. (97 cm)
Width: 64 in. (162.5 cm) Width: 29.5 in. (74.5 cm)
Depth: 29 in. (73 cm) Depth: 22 in. (56 cm)
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An Exceptional Pair of Sicilian Rococo Parcel-Gilt Polychrome Trumeau Mirrors
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Palermo, Circa 1770
Height: 8 ft. 9 ½ in. (268 cm)
Width: 4 ft. 9 in. (144 cm)
Depth: 4 in. (10 cm)
Provenance: Princes Lanza di Trabia, Palazzo Butera, Palermo
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A Suite of Italian Baroque Illusionist Furniture comprising a Cassapanca and a Pair of Torchères
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First Quarter 18th Century
Cassapanca: Height: 5 ft. (152.5 cm)
Length: 9 ft. 3 in. (282 cm)
Depth: 1 ft. 7 in. (48 cm)
Tochères: Height: 4 ft. (122 cm)
Width: 3 ft. (91.5 cm)
Depth: 10 ¼ in. (26 cm)
Exhibited: Art and Illusion: Masterpieces of Trompe-lOeil from Antiquity to the Present, Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 16 October 2009 - 24 January 2010, Cat. III.35, p.178.
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A Fine Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Lidded Vase after the Antique
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First Quarter 19th Century
Height: 87 cm (34 ½ in.)
Width (max.): 55 cm (21 ½ in.)
Width of base : 24 ½ cm (9 ½ in.)
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An Exceptional Set of Six Venetian Lacca Povera and marbled Lacquer Trespoli
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Mid-18th Century
Height: 2 ft. 9 in. (84 cm)
Width: 1 ft. 3 ¾ in. (40 cm)
Depth: 1 ft. (30 cm)
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A Pair of Genoese Rococo Polychrome Console Tables
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Circa 1760
Height: 2 ft. 7 in. (79 cm)
Width: 3 ft. ½ in. (93 cm)
Depth: 1 ft. 7 in. (48 cm)
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An Important Pair of Italian Baroque Giltwood Torchères, in the form of Classical Female Figures holding Baskets of Fruit
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Florence or Genoa, early 18th Century
Height: 6 ft. 2 ¾ in. (190 cm)
Width of bases: 2 ft. 4 ½ in. (72.5 cm)
Depth of bases: 2 ft. 2 ½ in. (67 cm)
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A Late 18th-Century Italian Painted Commode
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Sicily, Circa 1790
Height: 3 ft 2 ¾ in. (99 cm)
Width: 3 ft. 7 ¾ in. (111 cm)
Depth: 1 ft. 11 ¼ in. (59 cm)
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An Austrian or South German Baroque Carved Giltwood and Polychrome Mirror
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Possibly Innsbruck, Circa 1700
Height: 5 ft. (152.5 cm)
Width: 3 ft. 1 ½ in. (95 cm)
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An 18th Century German Mahogany Writing Table
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Attributed to Johann Michael Bauer, Bamberg, circa 1765
Height Closed: 3 ft. 11/2 ins. (95 cm)
Height Open: 2 ft. 71/4 ins. (79.5 cm)
Width: 4 ft. 6 ins. (137 cm)
Depth: 2 ft. 111/4 ins. (89.5 cm)
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A Pair of North Italian Neoclassical Giltwood and Polychrome Corner Console Tables
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Probably Genoa, Circa 1785
Height: 3 ft. 2 ½ in. (98 cm)
Depth: 1 ft. 7 in. (48 cm)
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A Fine Directoire Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Guéridon
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Circa 1800
Height: 2 ft. 5 in. (74 cm)
Diameter: 2 ft. 5 in. (74 cm)
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Portrait Bust Relief of a Gentleman wearing a Lace Cravat
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Low Countries, Second Half 17th Century
Alabaster
Height 74 cm (29 cm)
Width 34 cm (13 ½ in.)
Provenance: Christian De Bruyn, Brussels
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An Exceptionally Rare French 18th-Century Painted Wood Female Mannequin wearing a Robe à la française in silk metallic wrapped thread
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Circa 1765
Height: 175 cm (5 ft. 9 in.)
Width (maximum): 88 cm (2 ft. 10 ½ in.)
Depth of base: 56 cm (1 ft. 10 in.)
Literature:
Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel et Pascale Gorguet Ballesteros, editors, Fastes de Cour et Cérémonies Royales. Le Costume de Cour en Europe 1650-1800, exhibition catalogue, Château de Versailles, 31 March -28 June 2009
Madeleine Delpierre, Se Vêtir au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris 1996)
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