A Regence style ormolu-mounted tulipwood and parquetry regulateur

AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, CIRCA 1880

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A Regence style ormolu-mounted tulipwood and parquetry regulateur
After the model by Charles Cressent, Circa 1880
The asymmetrical cartouche-shaped clockcase surmounted by Chronos and set with a circular ormolu dial with enamelled Roman chapters and twin-train musical movement, above a shaped case set with a hinged trellis-parquetry door above a glazed cartouche-form window revealing the Apollo-mask pendulum, on a spreading base with paw-cast feet and conforming wooden plinth
98¾in. (251cm.) high; 32in. (81.2cm.) wide; 14½in. (36.8cm.) deep

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An example of Charles Cressent's original régulateur, of which the present model is a copy, is in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace (illustrated in A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, p. 135).

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