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Lot Essay
Pierre Walter, maître before 1738.
The C-couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.
The first mention of this commode is found in the Journal du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne on 1 January 1763 (1). This listed the furniture bought by Louis XV six years earlier with the château de Bellevue:
No 19 Une commode demi-régence de bois satiné à dessus de marbre et deux tiroirs fermants à clef avec entrées de serrures, boutons, fleurons et chaussons de bronze doré d'ormoulu Longeur 2 pieds 1/2 sur 19 po de large et 32 po 1/2 de haut (81 x 51.4 x
88cm.)
The second listing is in the 1786 inventory of the château:
19 -- le petite commode à la régence de bois de palissandre à dessus de marbre.
At this date the commode was in the garde-robe de l'appartement no. 6 on the ground floor of the château. After Mesdames were exiled from Bellevue during the Revolution, an inventory was takjen of the furniture, which was then sold on the premises. This is the last trace of the commode until 1993.
Madame de Pompadour had the château de Bellevue built by Gabriel. Finished by Lassurance, Bellevue was inaugurated by the favorite in the presence of the king and the court on 25 November 1750. The interior decoration continued until 1752. The marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux furnished the major part of the ébénisterie and bronzes d'ameublement. For example, in December 1751, he
delivered:
Une commode de 28 po (76cm.) en bois satiné , garnie en bronze doré d'ormoulu au No 2 118 L.
The second apartment was on the ground floor of the château beneath the entry vestibule.
The ébéniste Walter worked from his shop on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine for the ébéniste François Mondon (1694-1770) and the marchand-ébéniste Pierre Migeon (1701-58), who supplied Madame de Pompadour.
(1) Archives nationales, Paris, 01 3317, fol. 240.
(2) Archives nationales, Paris, 01 3379, fol. 38.
The C-couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.
The first mention of this commode is found in the Journal du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne on 1 January 1763 (1). This listed the furniture bought by Louis XV six years earlier with the château de Bellevue:
No 19 Une commode demi-régence de bois satiné à dessus de marbre et deux tiroirs fermants à clef avec entrées de serrures, boutons, fleurons et chaussons de bronze doré d'ormoulu Longeur 2 pieds 1/2 sur 19 po de large et 32 po 1/2 de haut (81 x 51.4 x
88cm.)
The second listing is in the 1786 inventory of the château:
19 -- le petite commode à la régence de bois de palissandre à dessus de marbre.
At this date the commode was in the garde-robe de l'appartement no. 6 on the ground floor of the château. After Mesdames were exiled from Bellevue during the Revolution, an inventory was takjen of the furniture, which was then sold on the premises. This is the last trace of the commode until 1993.
Madame de Pompadour had the château de Bellevue built by Gabriel. Finished by Lassurance, Bellevue was inaugurated by the favorite in the presence of the king and the court on 25 November 1750. The interior decoration continued until 1752. The marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux furnished the major part of the ébénisterie and bronzes d'ameublement. For example, in December 1751, he
delivered:
Une commode de 28 po (76cm.) en bois satiné , garnie en bronze doré d'ormoulu au No 2 118 L.
The second apartment was on the ground floor of the château beneath the entry vestibule.
The ébéniste Walter worked from his shop on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine for the ébéniste François Mondon (1694-1770) and the marchand-ébéniste Pierre Migeon (1701-58), who supplied Madame de Pompadour.
(1) Archives nationales, Paris, 01 3317, fol. 240.
(2) Archives nationales, Paris, 01 3379, fol. 38.