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BY BERNARD III VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1763-1770, THE LACQUER LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER AND EBONY COMMODE
BY BERNARD III VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1763-1770, THE LACQUER LATE 17TH CENTURY
The commode with an eared breakfront Portor marble top above a frieze with tied berried laurel branches, above three doors panelled with Japanese black and gold lacquer, the central panel depicting elegant ladies in a lakeside pavilion and fishing men, flanked by two narrower panels with buildings in mountain river landscapes, in a channelled matted frames with foliate clasps, the interior of the doors veneered with bois satiné crossbanded and outlined with amaranth, the sides similarly decorated with mountain landscape, the angles surmounted by bold foliate volutes chutes, above a plinth decorated with a gadrooned moulding, lozenges and roundels, centred by a zoomorphic mask apron, on acanthus scrolling feet; stamped to the front right edge 'B.V.R.B.' once and 'JME' twice; the back with a deposit 'Chenue' label; some lozenge and roundel mounts to the lower frieze replaced
36 ¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 64 in. (163.5 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep
BY BERNARD III VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1763-1770, THE LACQUER LATE 17TH CENTURY
The commode with an eared breakfront Portor marble top above a frieze with tied berried laurel branches, above three doors panelled with Japanese black and gold lacquer, the central panel depicting elegant ladies in a lakeside pavilion and fishing men, flanked by two narrower panels with buildings in mountain river landscapes, in a channelled matted frames with foliate clasps, the interior of the doors veneered with bois satiné crossbanded and outlined with amaranth, the sides similarly decorated with mountain landscape, the angles surmounted by bold foliate volutes chutes, above a plinth decorated with a gadrooned moulding, lozenges and roundels, centred by a zoomorphic mask apron, on acanthus scrolling feet; stamped to the front right edge 'B.V.R.B.' once and 'JME' twice; the back with a deposit 'Chenue' label; some lozenge and roundel mounts to the lower frieze replaced
36 ¾ in. (93.5 cm.) high; 64 in. (163.5 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably recorded in 1796 in the Palais Directorial (Palais du Luxembourg), Paris, and subsequently for the use of the Ambassador of Batavia (actual Netherlands).
Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957).
With Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, 1958.
Rothschild collection.
Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957).
With Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, 1958.
Rothschild collection.
Literature
J.P. Baroli, 'Le mysterieux B.V.R.B enfin identifié', Connaissance des Arts, March, 1957.
D. Cooper, Les grandes collections privées, ed. Du Pont Royal, Paris, 1963, p.170.
S. de Ricci, Louis XVI Furniture, London, 1913, p. 191.
C. Packer, Paris Furniture, Newport, 1956, fig. 72.
T. Wolvesperges, Le Meuble Français en Laque au XVIIIe Siècle, ed. de l'Amateur, ed. Racine, Paris, 1999, pp. 202-203, 429, ill. 93-94.
D. Cooper, Les grandes collections privées, ed. Du Pont Royal, Paris, 1963, p.170.
S. de Ricci, Louis XVI Furniture, London, 1913, p. 191.
C. Packer, Paris Furniture, Newport, 1956, fig. 72.
T. Wolvesperges, Le Meuble Français en Laque au XVIIIe Siècle, ed. de l'Amateur, ed. Racine, Paris, 1999, pp. 202-203, 429, ill. 93-94.
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