Sculpted and painted wood.
Provenance: private collection.
Roughly dating back to 1730-40, this sumptuous and decidedly exotic rocaille décor is framed by a series of arches that alternate with narrow beading, and include sculpted palm tree trunks and branches that fill the corners of each panel. Resting on a low cyma with simple compartments with plain backgrounds, the scene is painted in vert d’eau, with royal blue, blue-grey and pale yellow lines that highlight the molds, apart from the gilt borders of the mirror trumeaux and double doors. The palm trees are painted “au naturel”. Each large trumeau, with chamfered upper and lower cross members, is interspersed with asymmetrical rocaille keystones. Richly sculpted violin-shaped rocaille cartouches with gilt palm patterns can be seen above the doors.
