Lot Essay
Este lote y el siguiente, formaron parte de un juego entregado o encargado por el Cardenal Despuig hacia el final del s. XVIII. Una consola en la coleccin de los Marqueses de... primos de la Familia Truyols, Can Vivot, Palma de Mallorca, form parte del mismo juego (L. Feduchi, Estilos del Mueble Espaol, Barcelona, 1969, fig. 370, p. 265). Aunque de aspecto francs, esta consola presenta similaridades con los diseos del arquitecto y diseador Ventura Rodrguez, como prueba un diseo en la coleccin de los Duques de Sueca en Madrid (L. Feduchi, op. cit., fig., 369, p. 265) y como Feduchi seala sus diseos estan caracterizados por "una interpretacin muy personal del Luis XVI" (L. Feduchi, op. cit., p. 267).
This and the following lot, were formerly part of a suite of furniture, possibly delivered to or acquired by Cardinal Despuig around the end of the 18th century. A console table, in the collection of the Marqueses de ......, cousins of the Truyols family, Can Vivot, Palma de Mallorca, formed part of the same suite of furniture (L. Feduchi, Estilos del Mueble Espaol, Barcelona, 1969, fig. 370, p. 265). Although French in feeling, this console table shows similarities with the designer and architect, Ventura Rodrguez, as evidenced by a design for a console table in the collection of the Duques de Sueca, Madrid (L. Feduchi, op. cit., fig., 369, p. 265) and, as Feduchi points out, his designs are characterised by 'una interpretacin muy personal del Luis XVI' (L. Feduchi, op. cit., p. 267).
This and the following lot, were formerly part of a suite of furniture, possibly delivered to or acquired by Cardinal Despuig around the end of the 18th century. A console table, in the collection of the Marqueses de ......, cousins of the Truyols family, Can Vivot, Palma de Mallorca, formed part of the same suite of furniture (L. Feduchi, Estilos del Mueble Espaol, Barcelona, 1969, fig. 370, p. 265). Although French in feeling, this console table shows similarities with the designer and architect, Ventura Rodrguez, as evidenced by a design for a console table in the collection of the Duques de Sueca, Madrid (L. Feduchi, op. cit., fig., 369, p. 265) and, as Feduchi points out, his designs are characterised by 'una interpretacin muy personal del Luis XVI' (L. Feduchi, op. cit., p. 267).