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Lot Essay
La excepcional calidad de la decoracin en marquetera de ste y los lotes 362, 364 y 365 estn relacionada con una pareja de cmodas en la coleccin del Castillo de Bendinat. Estas cmodas estn tambin relacionadas con una cmoda que hoy en dia se encuentra en el Palacio de Perelada, Gerona (L. Feduchi, El Mueble Espaol, Barcelona, 1969, fig. 202, p. 219). Es posible que este juego de muebles con decoracin en marquetera fuera concevido como un grupo, o encargado al mismo ebanista. El matrimonio de los Marqueses de Bellpuig, Don Antonio-Maria Dameto y Crespi de Valldaura con la heredera de origen cataln Doa Joana de Pax-Boixador y Cotoner, heredera de los ttulos de Condesa de Perelada, Vizcondesa de Rocaberti y Condesa de Zavell, y su hermana, Doa Aina de Pax-Boixador y Cotoner, Baronesa de Bunyol, casada con el Marqus de Vivot, en 1801, permiti a la familia ordenar y adquirir un gran nmero de obras de arte. Es muy probable que este tocador y el silln (lote 365) y la cama fueran encargados en este periodo, probablemente por el Marqus de Bellpuig o su esposa, la Condesa de Perelada.
The exceptionally high quality of the marquetry decoration of this and lots 362, 364 and 365 is closely related to a pair of commodes in the Collection at the Castillo de Bendinat. Furthermore these commodes are closely related to a commode now in the Palacio de Perelada, Gerona (L. Feduchi, El Mueble Espaol, Barcelona, 1969, fig. 202, p. 219). It is possible that this set of marquetry furniture was conceived as a group, or at the very least commissioned from the same maker. The marriage of both the Marques de Bellpuig, Don Antonio-Maria Dameto y Crespi de Valldaura to the wealthy Catalonian heiress, Doa Joana de Pax-Boixador y Cotoner, who later inherited the titles of Condesa de Perelada, Vizcondesa de Rocaberti and Condesa de Zavalla, and her sister, Doa Aina de Pax-Boixador y Cotoner, later Baronesa de Bunyoli, to the Marques de Vivot, in 1801, enabled the family to acquire and commission a large number of works of art. It is most likely that this dressing table and open armchair (lot 365) were commissioned around that time, most probably by the Marques de Bellpuig or his wife, the Condesa de Perelada.
The exceptionally high quality of the marquetry decoration of this and lots 362, 364 and 365 is closely related to a pair of commodes in the Collection at the Castillo de Bendinat. Furthermore these commodes are closely related to a commode now in the Palacio de Perelada, Gerona (L. Feduchi, El Mueble Espaol, Barcelona, 1969, fig. 202, p. 219). It is possible that this set of marquetry furniture was conceived as a group, or at the very least commissioned from the same maker. The marriage of both the Marques de Bellpuig, Don Antonio-Maria Dameto y Crespi de Valldaura to the wealthy Catalonian heiress, Doa Joana de Pax-Boixador y Cotoner, who later inherited the titles of Condesa de Perelada, Vizcondesa de Rocaberti and Condesa de Zavalla, and her sister, Doa Aina de Pax-Boixador y Cotoner, later Baronesa de Bunyoli, to the Marques de Vivot, in 1801, enabled the family to acquire and commission a large number of works of art. It is most likely that this dressing table and open armchair (lot 365) were commissioned around that time, most probably by the Marques de Bellpuig or his wife, the Condesa de Perelada.