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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BOULLE BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY BAROMETER

CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BOULLE BRASS-INLAID BROWN TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY BAROMETER
CIRCA 1775
The barometer with circular glazed dial with enamel cabochons and female mask with lambrequin headdress, the ribbon-tied laurel border with C-scroll cresting, the tapering panelled body with foliate moulded edge and central panel inlaid with TRES CHAUD, TEMPERE and TRES FROID, above a gadrooned platform and tapering bracket base with berried acanthus cup, with handwritten paper label to the reverse 'RD' and inscribed '5033', the cabochon enamels possibly replaced
43¼ in. (111 cm.) high; 10¾ in. (27.5 cm.) wide; 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) deep

來源

Acquired on the 22 August 1929.

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拍品專文

Despite any conclusive documentary evidence, six models of barometer can confidently be attributed to André-Charles Boulle on the basis of comparison with his known clock models (J.N. Ronfort, 'André-Charles Boulle: die Bronzearbeiten und seine Werkstatt im Louvre', Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol.II, pp.509). This model, known as a baromètre à Gaine, is inspired by the design of Jean Bérain illustrated ibid., 1.5.1. Ronfort knew of only two examples of this model - one in the Jones Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (no. 1122-1882; op. cit., Vol.I, fig. 1.5.4.) and another sold anonymously in Paris, Palais Galliéra, 12 June 1973, lot 51.

The chasing techniques employed on the Wildenstein barometer - with mercury gilding au mat is more consistent with a date of circa 1775 than any earlier and may well be a direct result of the activities of marchands such as Julliot and Levasseur.