Lot n° 151
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15000 - 20000
EUR
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Result
: 30 000EUR
Important carved and gilded wood console with rich - Lot 151
Important carved and gilded wood console with rich
foliage, staples and flowers. The
rests on four curved feet with scrolls and small
with scrolls and small hooves, joined by a brace
with a floral basket in the center. Top in
Belgium royal red marble.
Louis XV period, circa 1755 in the manner of Contant
d'Ivry.
H. 89 cm - W. 183 cm - D. 71.2 cm
(some gilding, old restorations including the
marble)
Provenance :
Sotheby's, New York, Patiño Collection, sale November 1, 1986,
lot 64
Sotheby's New York, November 5, 1998, lot 420
Sotheby's New York, October 22, 2014, Collections: European
Decorative Arts, lot 420 (sold for $31250)
Our console is reproduced on page 155 in the book L'art du
siège au XVIIIème siècle en France ; Bill Pallot ; A.C.R.-Gismondi
Editeurs; 1987.
Architect to the King, Pierre Contant d'Ivry (1698-1777) worked
for the Crown. He held the title of architect to the Prince
de Conti between 1737 and 1749, before becoming architect to the Duc d'Orléans in 1750.
of the Duc d'Orléans. For Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1725-1785), he
transformed the Palais-Royal in 1754. The much-admired building was published
by Diderot and d'Alembert in the Encyclopédie in 1762. As early as
1728 at the Académie royale d'architecture
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