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BY BERNARD III VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1763-1770, THE LACQUER LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER ENCOIGNURES
BY BERNARD III VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1763-1770, THE LACQUER LATE 17TH CENTURY
Each encoignure with a breakfront Portor marble top above a frieze with tied berried laurel branches, above a door panelled with a Japanese black and gold lacquer heightened with vernis Martin decoration, one with a sage and his horse in a landscape, the other with summer pavilions in a rocky mountain landscape, framed by matted channelled borders, with foliate angle and berried finials, the interior of the door veneered with tulipwood crossbanded and outlined in purpleheart, the angles mounted with bold scrolled volutes, the base mounted with gadrooned border and lozenges, centred by a foliate clasp, on scrolling acanthus feet; each stamped 'B.V.R.B.' and 'JME' twice
37 ½ in. (95.5 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
BY BERNARD III VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1763-1770, THE LACQUER LATE 17TH CENTURY
Each encoignure with a breakfront Portor marble top above a frieze with tied berried laurel branches, above a door panelled with a Japanese black and gold lacquer heightened with vernis Martin decoration, one with a sage and his horse in a landscape, the other with summer pavilions in a rocky mountain landscape, framed by matted channelled borders, with foliate angle and berried finials, the interior of the door veneered with tulipwood crossbanded and outlined in purpleheart, the angles mounted with bold scrolled volutes, the base mounted with gadrooned border and lozenges, centred by a foliate clasp, on scrolling acanthus feet; each stamped 'B.V.R.B.' and 'JME' twice
37 ½ in. (95.5 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly commissioned for Armand-Frédéric-Ernest Nogaret (1734-1806), secrétaire du Roi and trésorier to comte d'Artois, his sale, Thierry & Langlier, Paris, 6 April 1807, lot 788, where acquired by
Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret (1760-1829), and by descent, from whom acquired by
Baron Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic (1839-1889), his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 18 June 1897, lot 45, where acquired by
Comtesse Jacques de Ganay (1851-1933).
Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957).
With Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, 1958.
Rothschild collection.
Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret (1760-1829), and by descent, from whom acquired by
Baron Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic (1839-1889), his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 18 June 1897, lot 45, where acquired by
Comtesse Jacques de Ganay (1851-1933).
Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957).
With Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, 1958.
Rothschild collection.
Literature
Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris. Catalogue général, publié par la Commission impériale, Paris, E. Dentu, Paris, 1867, p. 459.
Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris. Rapports du jury international publiés sous la direction de M. Michel Chevalier, ed. P. Dupont, Paris, 1868, p. 184.
S. de Ricci, Louis XVI Furniture, London, 1913, p. 191.
J.P. Baroli, 'Le mysterieux B.V.R.B enfin identifié', Connaissance des Arts, March, 1957.
D. Cooper, Great private collections, Readers Union, 1965, ill. p. 170.
T. Wolvesperges, Le Meuble Français en Laque au XVIIIe Siècle, ed. de l'Amateur, ed. Racine, Paris, 1999, pp. 202-203, 429, ill. 93-94.
Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris. Rapports du jury international publiés sous la direction de M. Michel Chevalier, ed. P. Dupont, Paris, 1868, p. 184.
S. de Ricci, Louis XVI Furniture, London, 1913, p. 191.
J.P. Baroli, 'Le mysterieux B.V.R.B enfin identifié', Connaissance des Arts, March, 1957.
D. Cooper, Great private collections, Readers Union, 1965, ill. p. 170.
T. Wolvesperges, Le Meuble Français en Laque au XVIIIe Siècle, ed. de l'Amateur, ed. Racine, Paris, 1999, pp. 202-203, 429, ill. 93-94.
Exhibited
Exposition Universelle, 1867, Paris.
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