‘Boulle’ marquetry of loggerhead (Caouane) tortoiseshell, copper and pewter and blackened oak, ornamentation of chiselled and gilded bronze.
Total H.: 129 cm. ( 50 ¾ in.); L. 27 cm. ( 10 ½ in.) ; D. 17 cm. ( 7 in.)
PROVENANCE: Auction of Augustin Bondel de Gagny, 10th December 1776, n° 967; auction of the Count du Luc, 22nd December 1777, n° 43; acquired for 1301 livres by painter, expert, and art dealer, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun (1748-1813); LeBœuf auction, 8th April 1783, n° 211; acquired for 1322 livres by the famous collector and art dealer Vincent Donjeux († 1793); probably Lamure auction, 19thApril 1791, n° 209; probably Duclos-Dufresnoy auction, 18th August 1795, n° 179; Charles Stein auction, Paris, 10th May 1886, n° 362 (height 121 cm.); collection of Boniface de Castellane (bought circa 1895-1898); Louis Guiraud auction, Paris, Me Ader, 10th December 1971, n° 117; Juan de Beistegui Collection, auction on 10th September 2018, n° 60.
EXHIBITION: Louis XIV, Fastes et Décors, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, May-October 1960, n° 151-152 (then property of Mme Louis Guiraud).
LITERATURE: Emile Molinier, Histoire Générale des Arts Appliqués à l’Industrie du Ve à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, undated (1898), 6 vol.; vol. III: Le Mobilier au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle, p. 73 (illustrated in engraved form; then collection of Count Boniface de Castellane).
This pair of pedestals has been recently presented in château de Chantilly, in light of the exhibition André-Charles Boulle, on view from June 8 until October 6, 2024. They are included in the exhibition catalog, p. 256-265, cat. n° 35.
