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Lot Essay
Martin Carlin, maître in 1766.
THE PROVENANCE
The provenance of this pair of encoignures remains uncertain before being recorded in the hôtel of the duchesse d'Orléans in 1821.
The duchesse d'Orléans acquired the hôtel de Roquelaure from the archi chancelier de l'Empire Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambaceres, who had furnished it with the furniture presented by Napoleon in 1807. In the inventory drawn up at that time, however, no mahogany encoignures with white marble tops are recorded. After her purchase the duchesse completed the furnishings of the hôtel with a small amount of the furniture from her previous Parisian hôtel, while in 1814 she also incorporated some furniture from her father, the duc de Penthièvre. Upon the duchesse's death, in 1821, the following lot was listed in her sale in the 'salon' of her hôtel
Deux encoignures à bois d'acajou à trois tablettes en marbre blanc, galerie et filets de cuivre. 36 francs.
The duc d'Orléans, later King Louis Philippe, sent the encoignures to the château d'Eu:
25. Deux encoignures en acajou et dorure.
THE DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS
The duchesse d'Orléans (1753-1821) was the only daughter and heiress of the duc the Penthièvre, grand amiral de France and grandson of Louis XIV. Married to the duc de Chartres in 1769, she was imprisoned during the Terror, but was subsequently transfered to Dr. Belhomme's Maison de Santé between 1794-7. Her possessions were restored to her on the 24 June 1797, but this luxury was to be shortlived and she was sent into exile in Spain in the September of the same year. She made good use of this time, however, placing several of her most treasured posessions with her devoted servants in Paris and she was reunited with these objets d'art and furniture on her return from exile 17 years later, in 1814.
THE CHâTEAU D'EU
The château d'Eu was reconstructed in 1578 by Henri le Balafré, duc de Guise. In the 17th Century it was placed at the disposition of the grande Mademoiselle, and in the 18th Century, it was the home of the ducs de Maine and subsequently Orléans. Confiscated during the Revolution, the estate was abandoned until 1814, when it was conferred in spirit at least to Louis Philippe who in 1821 restored and refurbished the château. A salle des Conseils, where the government could sit was also installed and in 1843, Louis Philippe and his family entertained Queen Victoria in considerable style.
An almost identical pair of étagères en encoignures by Carlin was sold at Christie's Monaco, 15 June 1997, lot 153.
THE PROVENANCE
The provenance of this pair of encoignures remains uncertain before being recorded in the hôtel of the duchesse d'Orléans in 1821.
The duchesse d'Orléans acquired the hôtel de Roquelaure from the archi chancelier de l'Empire Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambaceres, who had furnished it with the furniture presented by Napoleon in 1807. In the inventory drawn up at that time, however, no mahogany encoignures with white marble tops are recorded. After her purchase the duchesse completed the furnishings of the hôtel with a small amount of the furniture from her previous Parisian hôtel, while in 1814 she also incorporated some furniture from her father, the duc de Penthièvre. Upon the duchesse's death, in 1821, the following lot was listed in her sale in the 'salon' of her hôtel
Deux encoignures à bois d'acajou à trois tablettes en marbre blanc, galerie et filets de cuivre. 36 francs.
The duc d'Orléans, later King Louis Philippe, sent the encoignures to the château d'Eu:
25. Deux encoignures en acajou et dorure.
THE DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS
The duchesse d'Orléans (1753-1821) was the only daughter and heiress of the duc the Penthièvre, grand amiral de France and grandson of Louis XIV. Married to the duc de Chartres in 1769, she was imprisoned during the Terror, but was subsequently transfered to Dr. Belhomme's Maison de Santé between 1794-7. Her possessions were restored to her on the 24 June 1797, but this luxury was to be shortlived and she was sent into exile in Spain in the September of the same year. She made good use of this time, however, placing several of her most treasured posessions with her devoted servants in Paris and she was reunited with these objets d'art and furniture on her return from exile 17 years later, in 1814.
THE CHâTEAU D'EU
The château d'Eu was reconstructed in 1578 by Henri le Balafré, duc de Guise. In the 17th Century it was placed at the disposition of the grande Mademoiselle, and in the 18th Century, it was the home of the ducs de Maine and subsequently Orléans. Confiscated during the Revolution, the estate was abandoned until 1814, when it was conferred in spirit at least to Louis Philippe who in 1821 restored and refurbished the château. A salle des Conseils, where the government could sit was also installed and in 1843, Louis Philippe and his family entertained Queen Victoria in considerable style.
An almost identical pair of étagères en encoignures by Carlin was sold at Christie's Monaco, 15 June 1997, lot 153.