PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ANDRÉ-CHARLES BOULLE
Each with flaming finial above a pounced baluster obelisk with blind cartouches, acanthus scrolls and Bérairnesque decoration, the arched rectangular base with silhouette profile medallions of classical figures on acanthus paw feet with Zephyr masks to the side
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 8 in. (20 cm.) wide overall (2)

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拍品專文

Designs for such obelisk chenets are illustrated by Marriette in Nouveaux desseins de meubles et ouvrages de bronze et de marqueterie inventés et gravés par André-Charles Boulle, chez Mariette. The distinctive oval portrait medallion is also characteristic of Boulle's oeuvre, and can be seen on his baromètres à pyramide (J.N. Ronfort, 'André-Charles Boulle: die Bronzearbeiten und seine Werkstatt im Louvre', Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol.I, fig. 1.15.1). Related models of chenets dated around 1700-1710 are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I., p. 68, ill. 1.10.2 and 1.10.3., while a pair of this model was sold from the estate of Lucienne and Maurice Newton, Sotheby's New York, 13 December 2003, lot 115.