A LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED CARVED OAK BOISERIE ROOM
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A LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED CARVED OAK BOISERIE ROOM

CIRCA 1775, ADAPTED AND EXTENDED IN SIZE WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME LATER ELEMENTS

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A LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED CARVED OAK BOISERIE ROOM
CIRCA 1775, ADAPTED AND EXTENDED IN SIZE WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME LATER ELEMENTS
Comprising:-
A - Four panels, 18th century, carved in relief representing the four Continents, each with flowerhead and foliate garlands above a panel carved with guilloche border, extensive scrolling foliage and flowerhead garlands, above plain putti, decorated to the centre with a medallion, one depicting an elephants' head and a lion emblematic of Africa, one with a helmet above a stallion emblematic of Europe, one with a Turk's hat above a camel emblematic of Asia and one with Indian headdress above an aligator emblematic of America - 110 in. (280 cm.) high; 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide
B - Four carved overdoor panels, 18th century, representing the four elements, each carved with foliate and beaded edge, one with a pair of swans flanked by bulrushes, one with an eagle flanked by laurel branches, one with a fire salamander, a flaming urn and flanked by oak branches and one with a pair of pigeons and a globe flanked by fruiting olive branches - 27 in. (69 cm.) high; 63¼ in. (160.5 cm.) wide
C - Three mirrors, 19th century, each with rectangular plate and carved with egg and dart and spirally-twisted border, the cresting with a garlanded vase flanked by winged putti and scrolling foliage - two 110 in. (279 cm.) high; 68 in. (173 cm.) wide; one 100 in. (254 cm.) high; 69 in. (175 cm.) wide
D - Four variously-sized door surrounds, 18th century, with egg-and-dart carved cornice and fruiting laurel uprights
E - Four panels, 19th century, carved with ribbon-bound foliate garlands and trailing foliage - 113 in. (286 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide
F - Eight panels, 19th century and later, carved with foliate garlands - 113 in. (286 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) and wider
G - Four panels, 19th century, with trailing foliage - 113 in. (286 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide;
together with lower panelling, 18th century adapted and later, painted en suite - 36 in. high (91.5 cm.) high and further additional elements
來源
Originally supplied to the château de Forges, France.
Acquired by the collector Henri Jouvenel in the early 20th Century and moved to the hôtel de luzy, Paris.
The collection of Mme de Jouvenel, hôtel de Luzy, Paris, by whom presumably sold to
The Dreyfus Collection.
出版
Paul Jarry, Le quartier du Luxembourg. Architecture et Décorati ons Intérieures, Paris, 1934, pl 6-16 (illustrated in situ in the hôtel de Luzy, Paris).
注意事項
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.

拍品專文

The Champalimaud boiseries originally came from the château de Forges before the collector Henri Jouvenel installed them in the hôtel de Luzy in the early 20th century. They are illustrated in situ at the hôtel de Luzy by 1934 in Paul Jarry, Le quartier du Luxembourg. Architecture et Décorations Intérieures, Paris, 1934, pl 6-16.

Although there are châteaux de Forges in Nières, the Corrèze, and Alliers, these boiseries were most probably commissioned for the neoclassical château de Forges near Paris. A school since 1949, in design it relates closely to both Sourches and le Marais and its central dome dates it stylistically to the early 1770's - the same date as the boiseries. An earlier house entirely rebuilt during Louis XV's reign, the château de Forges was purchased in 1929 by Monsieur and Madame Essig, who in turn endowed it as a religious school in 1949. It would seem highly likely that some of the boiseries left the château around the time that the house was sold in 1929, and this would certainly coincide with the Jouvenel's installation in the hôtel de Luzy, Paris. They are thought to have added some boiseries to the hôtel's already rich interiors when they moved there (Le Faubourg Saint Germain, éditions des Deux Mondes, Paris, 1966, pp.90-92).

The hôtel de Luzy, 6 rue Firou, is located in the Faubourg Saint-Germain district. The town house dates from the 17th century but its architecture and decoration were completely remodelled by the celebrated architect Marie-Joseph Peyre (1730-1788). It is perhaps most famous as the home of Dorothie Luzy, who acted at the Theatre Français and whose most celebrated visitor was her lover Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838), who described their liasons in his book Mémoires (C. Frignac, The Great Houses of Paris, London, 1979, p. 87-89). The hôtel was sold to Monsieur and Madame Pierre Schlumberger in 1969.