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Lot Essay
Jean-Francois Bourgeois, recorded as maître in 1761, at Rue Taranne 1770-1772 and Rue du Petit Bourbon 1778.
This clock illustrates many of the neo-classical ornaments which became fashionable in the third quarter of the 18th century. Vitruvian scrolls, ribbon-tied oak leaf garlands, acanthus leaves and the classical urn were made fashionable by several ornemanistes including Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1789), whose ornaments were published in his Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, the first volume of which was published in 1768 (S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, p. 170). A virtually identical clock, signed by Lepaute, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's Monaco, 23-24 June 1985, lot 935.
This clock illustrates many of the neo-classical ornaments which became fashionable in the third quarter of the 18th century. Vitruvian scrolls, ribbon-tied oak leaf garlands, acanthus leaves and the classical urn were made fashionable by several ornemanistes including Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1789), whose ornaments were published in his Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, the first volume of which was published in 1768 (S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, p. 170). A virtually identical clock, signed by Lepaute, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's Monaco, 23-24 June 1985, lot 935.