A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY CARTONNIER AND CLOCK MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY CARTONNIER AND CLOCK MID-18TH CENTURY

Surmounted by an associated ormolu mantel clock with circular enamel dial with roman and arabic chapters signed Bunon à Paris within a pierced scrolling-foliate blossoming case surmounted by twin doves perched amidst blowing clouds, the base cast with pierced trellis-work centering a musical trophy on short feet, the cartonnier of sinuous form and fitted with four open compartments within scrolling foliate-cast encadrements, the base with rounded rectangular top above a case fitted with a cabinet door to either side enclosing shelves on conforming plinth edged in beaded banding on bracket feet fitted with pierced scrolling foliate sabots inlaid throughout in bois-de-bout with entwined floral sprays, the clock and base with paper labels inscribed 'Zamek, LANUCKI, Nr. 2081' (restorations to back of upper section)-78½in. (199cm.) high, 36in. (90cm.) wide, 16½in. (41.2cm.) deep

Provenance

Count Potocki, Lanuct, Poland
Charles E. Dunlap, New York

Lot Essay

Lancut at Rzesow in Galicia in southern Poland was extensively altered between 1626 and 1641 for Stanislas Lubomirski. It was again altered in the second half of the eighteenth century for Princess Isabella Lubomirska. She commissioned both Polish and European artists to carry out many schemes in the rococo and neo-classical styles, including apartments with Pompeian and Chinese decoration. The estate passed on to her daughter's family, the Potocki, and remained with them until Count Alfred Potocki left in 1944 in face of the Russian advance. Count Alfred Potocki's parents carried out many improvements circa 1900.