OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN HAURÉ, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The original of this celebrated model was designed by Hauré, cast by Forestier and chased by Thomire for the Château de St. Cloud. Trained as a sculptor, Jean Hauré was a member of the Académie de St. Luc and became a maître-fondeur making furniture and ormolu objets d'art for the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne from 1785-88. A pair of appliques of nearly identical design are in the Jones Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. A further set of four appliques are in the Wrightsman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.