A PAIR OF LOUIS XV POLYCHROME-PAINTED HANGING-SHELVES

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV POLYCHROME-PAINTED HANGING-SHELVES
Each with three serpentine-fronted tiers supported by shaped brackets and with pierced heart-shaped end-supports, the serpentine-fronted pair of doors to the base painted with baskets of flowers suspended from floral garlands on a green ground and enclosing a plain grey-painted interior, above a waved apron and on shaped bracket feet, the escutcheons replaced, with Norman Adams label
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15.5 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Bought from Noman Adams, May 1963.

Literature

Apollo, June 1963, Antique Dealers' Fair advertisement, p. 113.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The form of these shelves is strikingly similar to that in blue and green decoration hanging on the wall behind Madame Boucher in François Boucher's famous portrait of 1743 that is now in the Frick Collection in New York (B.Davidson, Paintings in the Frick Collection, New York, 1990, vol. II, pp. 3-6). Boucher was an avid collector of Chinoiserie and the shelf is shown supporting part of this.

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