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Lot Essay
Adrien Dubois, maître in 1741.
This spectacular cartel clock belongs to a select group of this eye-catching form executed in Boulle marquetry, red vernis and in this case, green-stained horn. Others in the group comprise:
- one sold from the collection of Robert de Balkany; Sotheby's, Paris, 20 September 2016, lot 70 (in polychrome Boulle marquetry, previously in the collection of Partridge, London)
- one formerly with Michel Meyer, Paris (in Boulle marquetry, the movement by Baillon)
- one in red vernis sold Martin et Chasselat, 22 November 1992, lot 121, and subsequently Delvaux, Paris, 30 June 2010, lot 116
- one in Boulle marquetry, sold Koller, Zurich, 19 September 2013, lot 1076 (the movement by Etienne Le Noir)
ADRIEN DUBOIS
Little is known of this accomplished cabinet-maker who made a particular specialty of clock cases. He was the nephew of Jacques Dubois, one of the foremost cabinet-makers of the Louis XV period, and before achieving his maîtrise was the chef d'atelier of Bernard II Van Risenburgh (BVRB). Other recorded works by him include a régulateur in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. no. 15106) and a pair of consoles supplied to Louis-Antoine Crozat de Thiers in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. nos. 1021:1 to 3-1882). He must also have worked as a restorer, as indicated by the presence of his stamp on the famous bureau plat by Boulle from the Ashburnham-Givenchy collections (sold Christie's, Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 68).
This spectacular cartel clock belongs to a select group of this eye-catching form executed in Boulle marquetry, red vernis and in this case, green-stained horn. Others in the group comprise:
- one sold from the collection of Robert de Balkany; Sotheby's, Paris, 20 September 2016, lot 70 (in polychrome Boulle marquetry, previously in the collection of Partridge, London)
- one formerly with Michel Meyer, Paris (in Boulle marquetry, the movement by Baillon)
- one in red vernis sold Martin et Chasselat, 22 November 1992, lot 121, and subsequently Delvaux, Paris, 30 June 2010, lot 116
- one in Boulle marquetry, sold Koller, Zurich, 19 September 2013, lot 1076 (the movement by Etienne Le Noir)
ADRIEN DUBOIS
Little is known of this accomplished cabinet-maker who made a particular specialty of clock cases. He was the nephew of Jacques Dubois, one of the foremost cabinet-makers of the Louis XV period, and before achieving his maîtrise was the chef d'atelier of Bernard II Van Risenburgh (BVRB). Other recorded works by him include a régulateur in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. no. 15106) and a pair of consoles supplied to Louis-Antoine Crozat de Thiers in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. nos. 1021:1 to 3-1882). He must also have worked as a restorer, as indicated by the presence of his stamp on the famous bureau plat by Boulle from the Ashburnham-Givenchy collections (sold Christie's, Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 68).