A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD BAROMETER/THERMOMETER
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD BAROMETER/THERMOMETER

CIRCA 1745, THE FRONT PROBABLY REVENEERED, THE MOUNTS REGILT AND WITH SOME RE-POSITIONING, THE THERMOMETER A LATER ADDITION AND THE DIAL RESTORED

细节
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD BAROMETER/THERMOMETER
Circa 1745, the front probably reveneered, the mounts regilt and with some re-positioning, the thermometer a later addition and the dial restored
Within a scrolled acanthus and floral ormolu frame
40½in. (103cm.) high, 12½in. (32cm.) wide
来源
With Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York.

拍品专文

Related barometers include an example in the Wallace Collection, London, also with a later 19th century thermometer dial (illustrated in P. Hughes, Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, vol. I, cat. 82 (F69), pp. 337-8), and an example, paired with a clock, sold Sotheby's London, 25 June 1982, lot 109.