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Jacques-Philippe Carel, maître in 1723.
The 'C' couronné poinçon was a duty mark used on any alloy containing copper from March 1745 to February 1749.
Jacques Philppe Carel (1688-1755) learned his craft in Paris and Grenoble, where he worked as a companion with the Hache brothers. In 1720 he returned to Paris where he became a maître in 1723. Although information about his work is rare, some orders of tradesmen are known. Of great importance is J.P. Carels cooperation with father and son Gaudreaux, who delivered at the royal court at Versailles since 1726. The volume of the orders of the enormous palaces and residences was so vast that they depended on cooperating ébenists, such as M. and A. Criaerd and F. Mondon. Amongst other things, Carel made a secretaire en pente for Madame de Pompadour and another one for 'Mesdames Louise et Sophie de France à Versailles'.
This pair of encoignures by Jacques-Philippe Carel is closely related to a pair also stamped by Carel, formerly in the Los Angeles Museum of Art (donated by William Randolph Hearst in 1947), which were sold at Christie's New York, 5 November 1986, lot 196. Both pairs are of identical sinuous shape, and have several close parallels in the marquetry, such as the feathered angles, a pattern which continues on the legs, the delicate scrolls forming cartouches on the concave borders framing the doors, but most significantly the floral sprays, which incorporate various identical flowers. A further close comparison are the pierced scrolling mounts, which are also stamped with the C couronné poinçon.
Lit.:
P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; p. 149f.
S. de Souis, 'Jacques Philippe Carel' in: L'Estampille - l'Objet d'Art 319 (1997); p. 63-82.
The 'C' couronné poinçon was a duty mark used on any alloy containing copper from March 1745 to February 1749.
Jacques Philppe Carel (1688-1755) learned his craft in Paris and Grenoble, where he worked as a companion with the Hache brothers. In 1720 he returned to Paris where he became a maître in 1723. Although information about his work is rare, some orders of tradesmen are known. Of great importance is J.P. Carels cooperation with father and son Gaudreaux, who delivered at the royal court at Versailles since 1726. The volume of the orders of the enormous palaces and residences was so vast that they depended on cooperating ébenists, such as M. and A. Criaerd and F. Mondon. Amongst other things, Carel made a secretaire en pente for Madame de Pompadour and another one for 'Mesdames Louise et Sophie de France à Versailles'.
This pair of encoignures by Jacques-Philippe Carel is closely related to a pair also stamped by Carel, formerly in the Los Angeles Museum of Art (donated by William Randolph Hearst in 1947), which were sold at Christie's New York, 5 November 1986, lot 196. Both pairs are of identical sinuous shape, and have several close parallels in the marquetry, such as the feathered angles, a pattern which continues on the legs, the delicate scrolls forming cartouches on the concave borders framing the doors, but most significantly the floral sprays, which incorporate various identical flowers. A further close comparison are the pierced scrolling mounts, which are also stamped with the C couronné poinçon.
Lit.:
P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; p. 149f.
S. de Souis, 'Jacques Philippe Carel' in: L'Estampille - l'Objet d'Art 319 (1997); p. 63-82.