拍品專文
A nearly identical pair from the collection of Mr and Mrs Charles Wrightsman, Palm Beach, was sold Sotheby's New York, 5 May 1984, lot 133.
Antoine-Sebastien Slodtz (1695-1754) was the son of Sebastien Slodtz and his wife who was the daughter of Louis XIV's ébéniste, Domenico Cucci. Antoine-Sebastien worked for the royal Menus Plaisirs designing furniture for the use of the King.
A contemporary, Bachaumont, described the father and son as follows:
"MM. Slodtz sculpteurs du roi, excellents par les ornements extérieurs, cheminées, buffets, coquilles, cuvettes de marbre de salle à manger, vases brasiers de feu, bras de cheminée, girandoles, chandeliers de bronze doré...gens d'honneur et de probité, point durs, points intéressés, ennemis des colifichets".
Antoine-Sebastien Slodtz (1695-1754) was the son of Sebastien Slodtz and his wife who was the daughter of Louis XIV's ébéniste, Domenico Cucci. Antoine-Sebastien worked for the royal Menus Plaisirs designing furniture for the use of the King.
A contemporary, Bachaumont, described the father and son as follows:
"MM. Slodtz sculpteurs du roi, excellents par les ornements extérieurs, cheminées, buffets, coquilles, cuvettes de marbre de salle à manger, vases brasiers de feu, bras de cheminée, girandoles, chandeliers de bronze doré...gens d'honneur et de probité, point durs, points intéressés, ennemis des colifichets".