A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE AND ORMOLU CHENETS

19TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY CAFFIERI

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A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE AND ORMOLU CHENETS
19th Century, after a design by Caffieri
One in the form of a poodle, the other a cat, both seated on a cushion and on a foliate panelled plinth base with paterae to the angles, on square fluted legs, lacking iron stands
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high; 11 in. (29 cm.) wide; 6 in. (16.5 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Mrs Alfred Straker, Knoffington Grange, Oakham, Rutland and by descent.

Lot Essay

The celebrated original model from which these chenets are derived is first recorded in a 1755 inventory taken from the workshop of Jacques Caffieri. An inventory of his son Philippe's workshop in 1770, lists models for "un feu chien et chat". Philippe Caffieri supplied a pair of chenets featuring a cat and poodle to the Prince de Cond in 1773, at a cost of 1, 120 livres.

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