AFTER THE DESIGN BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, ATTRIBUTED TO BOULLE FILS, CIRCA 1740-50

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
AFTER THE DESIGN BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, ATTRIBUTED TO BOULLE FILS, CIRCA 1740-50
Each of pyramidal form, the spreading shaft with Bacchic mask and ball finial, flanked by crouched sphinxes, above a foliate-cast and gadrooned base, on inscrolled foliate supports, with flat bun feet
13½ in. (34.5 cm.) high; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) wide; 3 in. (7.5 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The present chenets were executed circa 1740-50 after an engraving by André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) illustrated in a recueil published by Mariette circa 1715-20 as 'Nouveaux Deissins de Meubles et ouvrages de Bronze et de Marqueterie Inventés et gravés par André-Charles Boulle' (reproduced here).
Related examples sold at auction include a virtually identical pair sold from the 'Collection de Monsieur et Madame Anton Luigi Laura', Sotheby's, Paris, 27 June 2001, lot 13 (FF305,200 with premium).

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