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Lot Essay
The design of the present lot is based on a model by Martin Carlin, maître 1766, at the Louvre (see C. Dreyfus, Documents d'Art, Musée du Louvre, Le Mobilier Français, Epoque de Louis XVI, Paris, 1921, no. 136). A further 19th century example from the collection of Frances, Lady Ashburton, was sold Christie's, London, 7 December 1989, lot 38.
The Hôtel Lambert is a 17th century landmark on the Ile St. Louis and one of the most famous hôtels paticulier in Paris. Built between 1640 and 1644, it was commissioned by the financier Jean-Baptise Lambert, designed by architect Louis Le Vau with interiors decorated by the foremost painters Charles Le Brun and Eustache Le Seur. In the 1740s, Voltaire and the Marquise du Châtelet used the hôtel as their Paris residence and home of their famed salon. The tradition of the salon continued into the next century, and many notable artists and politicians were guests and patrons of the hôtel, such as Frédéric Chopin, Honoré de Balzac, Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt and Eugène Delacroix. In the 20th century, the hôtel was the site of a meticulous restoration by Alexis, Baron de Redé, one of the most celebrated and glamorous hosts in Europe. The baron resided at the Hôtel Lambert from 1949 until his death in 2004.
The Hôtel Lambert is a 17th century landmark on the Ile St. Louis and one of the most famous hôtels paticulier in Paris. Built between 1640 and 1644, it was commissioned by the financier Jean-Baptise Lambert, designed by architect Louis Le Vau with interiors decorated by the foremost painters Charles Le Brun and Eustache Le Seur. In the 1740s, Voltaire and the Marquise du Châtelet used the hôtel as their Paris residence and home of their famed salon. The tradition of the salon continued into the next century, and many notable artists and politicians were guests and patrons of the hôtel, such as Frédéric Chopin, Honoré de Balzac, Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt and Eugène Delacroix. In the 20th century, the hôtel was the site of a meticulous restoration by Alexis, Baron de Redé, one of the most celebrated and glamorous hosts in Europe. The baron resided at the Hôtel Lambert from 1949 until his death in 2004.