FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU SURTOUT DE TABLE
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE
Comprising two rounded sections and a central rectangular section, decorated with a pierced gallery cast with scrolling vine flanked by baskets of fruit, above a frieze decorated with fruited ivy, on paw feet sabots headed by dolphins
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; 63¾ in. (162 cm.) wide; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep

Provenance

Johan Cornelis baron Gevers (1806-1872), secretary of the Dutch legation in St.Petersburg from 1832 till 1840 and later resident minister plenipotentiary from 1855 till 1868.
Thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843).

Pierre-Philippe Thomire studied sculpture at the Academy of Saint-Luc, where his talent was noted by Houdon. From 1774, he worked with Gouthière and subsequently with Prieur but he opened his own workshop in 1776. The Revolution interrupted his oeuvre, but the Empire period brought renewed prosperity, partly because of his close association to Jacob-Desmalter, for whom Thomire produced ormolu mounts, and partly because of the Emperor's patronage. Thomire relinquished control of his business in 1823 to his sons-in-law and the firm ceased to trade in 1852.

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