Lot Essay
A similar garniture, the clock dial signed Julien le Roy, without the chenets, was sold from the collection of Countess Mona Bismarck, at Sotheby's Monaco, 1st Decemeber, 1986, lot 766.
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
An ormolu and painted bronze chinoiserie garniture de cheminee
Of Louis XV style, Late 19th Century
Comprising a mantel clock, a pair of three-light candelabra and a pair of chenets; the clock with circular glazed Roman and Arabic-chaptered dial inscribed Gille L'Ainé A PARIS, in a drum-shaped case surmounted by a Chinoiserie figure with a parasol, supported on a scrolling fruiting branch with a seated bird and on scroll base with two seated figures on tasseled cushions; the candelabra with scolling foliate branches and drip-pans and seated figures on a rockwork base and scrolled feet; the chenets each with a seated Chinoiserie figure in tasseled robes on pierced rockwork and acanthus scrolls
The clock: 21in. (53cm.) high;
The candelabra: 22¼in. (56.5cm.) high (5)
Of Louis XV style, Late 19th Century
Comprising a mantel clock, a pair of three-light candelabra and a pair of chenets; the clock with circular glazed Roman and Arabic-chaptered dial inscribed Gille L'Ainé A PARIS, in a drum-shaped case surmounted by a Chinoiserie figure with a parasol, supported on a scrolling fruiting branch with a seated bird and on scroll base with two seated figures on tasseled cushions; the candelabra with scolling foliate branches and drip-pans and seated figures on a rockwork base and scrolled feet; the chenets each with a seated Chinoiserie figure in tasseled robes on pierced rockwork and acanthus scrolls
The clock: 21in. (53cm.) high;
The candelabra: 22¼in. (56.5cm.) high (5)