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Lot Essay
Bernard II van Risen Burgh, matre in 1730
This table is almost identical - save for the design of the marquetry- to that depicted in a portrait of Madame de Pompadour by Franois Boucher of 1756. Undoubtedly supplied by a marchand-mercier, probably Lazare Duvaux, Mme. de Pompadour's table is of identical form to that recorded in an inventory at the chteau de Saint-Hubert:
Une table crire en bois de rose et fleurs de bois de violette ayant par devant un tablette coulisse couverte de maroquain noir, droit un tiroir clef garni d'encrier, poudrier et bote d'ponge.
This celebrated model belongs to an identifiable group, all stamped by B.V.R.B., which display minor differences in the shape of the apron, design of the ormolu mounts and the marquetry. From the extant number, it is likely that this group of small marquetry inlaid tables were all made for sale by a marchand-mercier like Duvaux, who is known to have supplied furniture by van Risen Burgh to Madame de Pompadour (F.J.B. Watson, The Antique Collector, December 1960, p. 227ff.).
This group comprises:- two tables in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol. 1, cat. nos. 125 and 126); another published by Partridge Fine Arts, Summer Exhibition, London, 1985, lot 57; two attributed to B.V.R.B. sold from the Patio Collection, Sotheby's New York, 1 November 1986, lots 107 and 108; another stamped B.V.R.B. and sold anonymously, Palais Gallira, Paris, 4 March 1961; another sold from the Georges Lurcy Collection, Parke-Bernet, New York, Part II, November 8-9, 1957, lot 197; and a final one sold by the Dowager Vicountess Harcourt collection, Christie's London, 6 July 1961, lot 33.
JACQUES DOUCET
Jacques Doucet (1851-1929) was one of the most renowned couturiers in Paris at the turn of the century. However his fame today rests largely with the remarkable art collection he assembled for his Parisian htels in the rue de la Ville and, subsequently, the rue Spontini. He bought at many of the prestigious collection sales of the period, including the legendary Baron Double collection of 1881, when Doucet was just 30, acquiring masterpieces by the great bnistes Riesener, Carlin and Boulle. The sale of his collection in 1912 following the death of his wife remains one of the landmark sales of the century. A magnificent pair of Louis XIV ormolu candelabra attributed to Boulle from the Doucet sale was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 21 May 1996, lot 249.
The Jacques Doucet sale catalogue is included in lot 325, whilst the Dutasta one is included in lot 326.
This table is almost identical - save for the design of the marquetry- to that depicted in a portrait of Madame de Pompadour by Franois Boucher of 1756. Undoubtedly supplied by a marchand-mercier, probably Lazare Duvaux, Mme. de Pompadour's table is of identical form to that recorded in an inventory at the chteau de Saint-Hubert:
Une table crire en bois de rose et fleurs de bois de violette ayant par devant un tablette coulisse couverte de maroquain noir, droit un tiroir clef garni d'encrier, poudrier et bote d'ponge.
This celebrated model belongs to an identifiable group, all stamped by B.V.R.B., which display minor differences in the shape of the apron, design of the ormolu mounts and the marquetry. From the extant number, it is likely that this group of small marquetry inlaid tables were all made for sale by a marchand-mercier like Duvaux, who is known to have supplied furniture by van Risen Burgh to Madame de Pompadour (F.J.B. Watson, The Antique Collector, December 1960, p. 227ff.).
This group comprises:- two tables in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol. 1, cat. nos. 125 and 126); another published by Partridge Fine Arts, Summer Exhibition, London, 1985, lot 57; two attributed to B.V.R.B. sold from the Patio Collection, Sotheby's New York, 1 November 1986, lots 107 and 108; another stamped B.V.R.B. and sold anonymously, Palais Gallira, Paris, 4 March 1961; another sold from the Georges Lurcy Collection, Parke-Bernet, New York, Part II, November 8-9, 1957, lot 197; and a final one sold by the Dowager Vicountess Harcourt collection, Christie's London, 6 July 1961, lot 33.
JACQUES DOUCET
Jacques Doucet (1851-1929) was one of the most renowned couturiers in Paris at the turn of the century. However his fame today rests largely with the remarkable art collection he assembled for his Parisian htels in the rue de la Ville and, subsequently, the rue Spontini. He bought at many of the prestigious collection sales of the period, including the legendary Baron Double collection of 1881, when Doucet was just 30, acquiring masterpieces by the great bnistes Riesener, Carlin and Boulle. The sale of his collection in 1912 following the death of his wife remains one of the landmark sales of the century. A magnificent pair of Louis XIV ormolu candelabra attributed to Boulle from the Doucet sale was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 21 May 1996, lot 249.
The Jacques Doucet sale catalogue is included in lot 325, whilst the Dutasta one is included in lot 326.