OF LOUIS XV STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Modelled respectively as a seated male and female monkey, the male wearing a tricorn hat, his hands in a muff, the female wearing a hood and holding a mirror, above a scrolled foliate base, with spurious 'C couronné'
12¼ (31 cm.) and 12¾ in. high respectively; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

René Fribourg Collection, sold Sotheby's, London 17-18 October 1963, lot 752, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present pair of chenets 'aux singes', formerly part of the René Fribourg Collection, is mentioned by G. de Bellaigue in relation to a virtually identical pair dated mid-18th Century at Waddesdon Manor (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. II, London, 1974, p.730, fig.186).

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