Lot 1008* ♣ - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday, 28. November 2024, 10.00 AM
ELEGANT BOULLE “MEUBLE D'ENTRE DEUX”
Louis-Philippe style, Paris, ca. 1840/50. Attributed to Alexandre-Louis Bellangé (1797–1861). The bronze mounts partly monogrammed on the back bT.
Ebony and reddish-brown underlaid tortoiseshell, in part polychrome colored, with partially engraved brass, copper, tin, and mother-of-pearl inlays in the form of geometric fillets, arabesques, floral diamonds, and foliage. Trapezoidal body with concave sides on a cut-out frame and plinth. Single-door front between slanted corner pilasters. Stepped, slightly protruding cornice. Rich, finely chased matte and polished gilt bronze decoration in the form of triton masks, flora and faun masks, Hercules heads, allegorical trophies with symbols of art and science, panthers, rocailles, acanthus leaves, decorative friezes, rosettes, etc. 1 key.
196 × 61 × 190.5 cm.
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In good restored condition, the bronze mounts have been cleaned. Minimal losses to the inlays.
According to Sylvain Cordier, author of the extensive monograph on the cabinetmaker dynasty Bellangé, the silhouette and shape of the “meuble d'entre deux” on offer is inspired by four half-cabinets that Alexandre-Louis Bellangé made in 1839 for the dining room of Ferdinand-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans (1810-1842) in the Tuileries Palace. Two of them are now in the Mobilier National collection and one is in the Louvre (inv. no. OA 12234).
We are grateful to Mr. Sylvain Cordier for his help in cataloging this piece, which he confirmed as being by the Ebenist on the basis of photographs (Zurich, July 26, 2024).
Literature:
Sylvain Cordier: Bellangé, ébénistes: une histoire du goût au XIXe siècle. 2012, pp. 639–640, ALB 13.
According to Sylvain Cordier, author of the extensive monograph on the cabinetmaker dynasty Bellangé, the silhouette and shape of the “meuble d'entre deux” on offer is inspired by four half-cabinets that Alexandre-Louis Bellangé made in 1839 for the dining room of Ferdinand-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans (1810-1842) in the Tuileries Palace. Two of them are now in the Mobilier National collection and one is in the Louvre (inv. no. OA 12234).
We are grateful to Mr. Sylvain Cordier for his help in cataloging this piece, which he confirmed as being by the Ebenist on the basis of photographs (Zurich, July 26, 2024).
Literature:
Sylvain Cordier: Bellangé, ébénistes: une histoire du goût au XIXe siècle. 2012, pp. 639–640, ALB 13.
CHF 70 000 / 90 000 | (€ 72 160 / 92 780)