Lot Essay
This Palace armoire is inspired by the work of André-Charles Boulle (1672-1732), ébéniste, doreur, ciseleur et sculpteur du Roi, established in 1672 at the Louvre.
Based on models now in the Wallace Collection, London; in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and in the Louvre, Paris; this copy is unusual, being decorated with a copy of Rigaud's celebrated painting of Louis XIV in coronation robes, now in the Salon d'Apollon, at Versailles.
The door lock bears the same stamp S. T as on door furniture in Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, though the identity of the maker, currently, remains unknown.
A pair of similar armoires with marquetry doors, were sold in these rooms 31 October 1996, lot 263 and a pair with painted panel doors were sold at Christie's, New York, 17 February 1995, lot 316.
Based on models now in the Wallace Collection, London; in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and in the Louvre, Paris; this copy is unusual, being decorated with a copy of Rigaud's celebrated painting of Louis XIV in coronation robes, now in the Salon d'Apollon, at Versailles.
The door lock bears the same stamp S. T as on door furniture in Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, though the identity of the maker, currently, remains unknown.
A pair of similar armoires with marquetry doors, were sold in these rooms 31 October 1996, lot 263 and a pair with painted panel doors were sold at Christie's, New York, 17 February 1995, lot 316.