Lot Essay
Claude-Charles Saunier, maître in 1752.
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ONE BY CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER, CIRCA 1775; THE OTHER 18TH CENTURY BUT LARGELY RE-CONSTRUCTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY WITH BRONZES CAST AFTER THE 18TH CENTURY MODELS
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD CONSOLES DESSERTES
ONE BY CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER, CIRCA 1775; THE OTHER 18TH CENTURY BUT LARGELY RE-CONSTRUCTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY WITH BRONZES CAST AFTER THE 18TH CENTURY MODELS
Each with shaped breche d'alep marble top with molded edge above a frieze centered by a pierced foliate roundel with frieze, above two shelves with pierced galleries, raised on square tapering legs and sabots, each stamped C.C. Saunier JME, both with the label 'Earl of Rosebery' and with inscription in red ink 'B-8-6,' variations in construction, the bronzes now partially mixed between the two consoles
38 ½ in. (97.7 cm.) high, 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide, 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) deep
ONE BY CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER, CIRCA 1775; THE OTHER 18TH CENTURY BUT LARGELY RE-CONSTRUCTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY WITH BRONZES CAST AFTER THE 18TH CENTURY MODELS
Each with shaped breche d'alep marble top with molded edge above a frieze centered by a pierced foliate roundel with frieze, above two shelves with pierced galleries, raised on square tapering legs and sabots, each stamped C.C. Saunier JME, both with the label 'Earl of Rosebery' and with inscription in red ink 'B-8-6,' variations in construction, the bronzes now partially mixed between the two consoles
38 ½ in. (97.7 cm.) high, 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide, 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosebery; Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1964, lot 38.
The Collection of Henry Ford II; Sotheby's, New York, 25 February 1978, lot 79.
With Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York.
Estate of Prince and Princess Khedkher of Khed Anjanvel; Sotheby's, New York, 20 November 1993, lot 235.
The Collection of Henry Ford II; Sotheby's, New York, 25 February 1978, lot 79.
With Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York.
Estate of Prince and Princess Khedkher of Khed Anjanvel; Sotheby's, New York, 20 November 1993, lot 235.
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