Cartel in brown tortoiseshell marquetry and engraved brass, decorated with foliage scrolls, the arched cornice resting on uprights adorned with consoles (probably redone) ending with scrolls in leafy relief; (missing bronzes; traces of recorking, especially on the top) The movement signed by Boucheret in Paris. Attributed to André-Charles Boulle. Louis XIV period. H : 65,5 cm, W : 43,5 cm, D : 18 cm This rather rare model of cartel, with an arched cornice with side recesses and scrolls at the base of the uprights, is directly related to plate 2 of the engravings published by Mariette after the drawings of André Charles Boulle. A variant of this drawing, also attributed to Boulle, is decorated with the famous Boulian figures of the Fates and Chronos; a copy is now kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Another copy erroneously attributed to Charles Cressent was sold in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, rooms 5 and 6, on April 9, 2014, lot 141, a third, well attributed to Boulle was part of the sale in Paris, study Kohn, on June 27, 2018, lot 171.
Estimate
€12,000 - €15,000
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
28%
Cartel in brown tortoiseshell marquetry and engraved brass, decorated with foliage scrolls, the arched cornice resting on uprights adorned with consoles (probably redone) ending with scrolls in leafy relief; (missing bronzes; traces of recorking, especially on the top)
The movement signed by Boucheret in Paris.
Attributed to André-Charles Boulle.
Louis XIV period.
H : 65,5 cm, W : 43,5 cm, D : 18 cm
This rather rare model of cartel, with an arched cornice with side recesses and scrolls at the base of the uprights, is directly related to plate 2 of the engravings published by Mariette after the drawings of André Charles Boulle. A variant of this drawing, also attributed to Boulle, is decorated with the famous Boulian figures of the Fates and Chronos; a copy is now kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Another copy erroneously attributed to Charles Cressent was sold in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, rooms 5 and 6, on April 9, 2014, lot 141, a third, well attributed to Boulle was part of the sale in Paris, study Kohn, on June 27, 2018, lot 171.
Sale
Tuesday 21 June 2022・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris