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DECORATIVE
ARTS
AN
ILLUSTRATED SUMMARY C A T A L O G U E OF T H E C O L L E C T I O N S
OF T H E J . P A U L G E T T Y
MUSEUM
Charissa B r e m e r - D a v i d
Department
of Decorative Arts
W I T H
Peggy Fogelman
Peter Fusco
Department
of European
and Works of
T H E
J . P A U L
G E T T Y
M U S E U M
Catherine Hess
Sculpture
Art
M A L I B U ,
C A L I F O R N I A
1993
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J. Paul Getty Museum.

Decorative arts: an illustrated summary catalogue o f the
collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Charissa Bremer-David.
p.
Photographers
Donald H u l l , Thomas M o o n ,
Penelope Potter, Jack Ross, and
cm.
Charles Passela
Rev. and expanded version of the 1986 ed.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Previous edition published as
Decorative Arts: A Handbook of the
Collections of the J . Paul Getty Museum
(Malibu, 1986), Lynne Dean, manuscript
editor, and Patrick Dooley, designer.
CONTENTS
F O R E W O R D
PREFACE
A N D
A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
ABBREVIATIONS
French Decorative Arts

Furniture
12
Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures
76
Clocks and Barometers
82
Scientific Instruments
93
Metalwork
94
Ceramics
119
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain
148
M o u n t e d Hardstones
159
Textiles
161
Carpets and Screens
164
Tapestries
166
Decorative Drawings
179
Italian Decorative Arts

Furniture
184
Metalwork
194
Ceramics
197
Glass
214
Hardstones
223
Mosaics
223
Netherlandish Decorative Arts
German Decorative Arts

Furniture
226
Furniture
274
Architectural W o o d w o r k
232
Metalwork
275
Clocks
233
Glass
276
Metalwork
234
Ceramics
236
Spanish Decorative Arts
Glass
242
Metalwork
280
Ivory
251
Ceramics
280
Scagliola
252
Glass
282
Chinese, Japanese,
Bohemian Decorative Arts

Glass
254
Persian, and Southeast Asian

Decorative Arts
Austrian Decorative Arts

Ceramics
262
Glass
262
English Decorative Arts

Furniture
268
Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures
270
Metalwork
270
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain
272
Chinese Ceramics
284
Chinese Textiles
287
Japanese Ceramics
287
Persian Carpets
287
Southeast Asian Furniture
288
Indexes
Index o f Makers
290
Index o f Previous Owners
296
FOREWORD
Anyone wanting a sample o f the Getty
Although European sculpture is the main
owe Gillian W i l s o n and Peter Fusco,
Museums growth i n the past decade should
focus o f this department, it is also charged w i t h
put this book next to its predecessor o f 1986
broadening the representation o f European
this catalogue, m y admiration for what they
and t u r n the pages.
furniture and decorative arts. Collections o f
have brought about. T h e i r staffs, especially
Italian maiolica and European glass were
Charissa Bremer-David, Peggy Fogelman,
additions to the collection o f French furniture
among its first purchases. Since then Italian
and Catherine Hess, have m y gratitude for the
and decorative arts, a collection that i n 1984
furniture, Kunstkammer objects, metalwork,
collaboration that made the book possible.
was already the glory o f the Getty Museum.
and works o f art i n many other categories
These acquisitions include material i n virtually
have been added. Altogether, these total some
John Walsh
every category, including objects o f a k i n d
141 acquisitions.
Director
Between editions there have been 115
conspicuously lacking i n the earlier edition:
As I write, the foundations are being
various individual types o f furniture not yet
poured for a new museum that w i l l house
represented, a group o f especially beautiful
these collections. For French furniture and
and rare French and German porcelain, and
decorative arts there w i l l be some sixteen
a miscellany o f fine Neoclassical pieces.
galleries en suite, including five complete pan
This astute purchasing has been the w o r k
eled roomsspace enough, at last, to exhibit
o f Gillian W i l s o n , w h o came to the Getty
the collection i n the style i t deserves. I n other
Museum i n 1971 to b u i l d up the collection and
parts o f the building, galleries are being
apply a professional standard to its care and
designed for sculpture, glass, maiolica, metal-
publication.
work, and other works o f art outside France;
Just as striking i n this edition is the addi
some o f this material w i l l be shown i n the
tion o f entire categories to the Getty Museum
paintings galleries as well. Since we can exhibit
collection, accomplished since 1984 by a
only a mere sampling i n M a l i b u , the opening
new curatorial department under Peter Fusco.
o f the new museum w i l l be an unveiling and

celebration o f these remarkable collections.
whose taste can be detected everywhere i n
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Decorative Arts, contributed information
T h i s b o o k is a revised and expanded edition o f
Two indexes are provided: the first lists
Decorative Arts: A Handbook of the Collections
makers w i t h their dates; the second, the
regarding marks, bibliography, and exhibition
of the J . Paul Getty Museum ( M a l i b u , 1986).
previous owners.
history. Brian Considine, Conservator o f
T h e original volume contained entries o n all
I t is hoped that this new edition w i l l
Decorative Arts and Sculpture, and Gordon
the objects acquired by the Department o f
serve as an interim survey o f the Decorative
H a n l o n , Assistant Conservator, aided i n the
Decorative Arts t h r o u g h the middle o f 1984.
Arts collection, pending the publication o f
identification o f materials. Jack Ross, Senior
T h e growth o f the Museum's decorative arts
that department's catalogues, as well as an
Photographer, was responsible for new photog
collection since that date and the formation o f
introduction to a portion o f the collections i n
raphy. Kathleen Ryczek, former Senior
the Department o f European Sculpture and
the Department o f European Sculpture and
Secretary i n the Department o f European
Works o f A r t i n 1984 have necessitated a new
Works o f A r t . Objects which are not displayed
Sculpture and Works o f A r t , assisted i n orga
edition. T h e larger part is devoted to objects i n
i n the galleries may be viewed by students and
nizing and typing portions o f the manuscript.
the Department o f Decorative Arts, which
scholars by appointment.
covers the area o f N o r t h e r n Europe from 1650
This summary catalogue is based o n
A number o f colleagues have generously

given information over the years: Theodore
to 1815, while the remainder o f the entries
files created by Gillian W i l s o n , Curator o f
Dell, N e w York; Rosalind Savill, Director o f
represent the acquisitions o f the Department
Decorative Arts, and Peter Fusco, Curator o f
the Wallace Collection, London; Sir Geoffrey
o f European Sculpture and Works o f A r t :
European Sculpture and Works o f A r t . T h e
de Bellaigue, Surveyor o f the Queen's Works o f
European objects to 1650 and Southern Euro
1986 edition was compiled jointly by Adrian
A r t , L o n d o n ; Patrick Leperlier, Paris; Bruno
pean objects (from Italy, Spain, and Portugal)
Sassoon and Gillian Wilson. T h e present book
Pons, Ecole Nationale d u Patrimoine, Paris;
to 1900.
is largely the effort o f Charissa Bremer-David,
Alexandre Pradre, Paris; Jean-Nre Ronfort
Department o f Decorative Arts, and Peggy
and Jean-Dominique Augarde, Paris; Anna
are grouped by c o u n t r y o f origin and then
Fogelman, Peter Fusco, and Catherine Hess,
Maria Massinelli, Florence; Michael Bohor,
arranged chronologically by m e d i u m and
Department o f European Sculpture and Works
Florence; John Mallet, London; Kirsten
form. Each object is illustrated. Wliere appro
of Art.
Aschengreen-Piacenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence;
T h e format remains the same: objects
priate and available, the following information
M a n y others w i t h i n the Museum have
Bertrand Jestaz, Sorbonne, Paris; Leonard

A m i c o , former Assistant Curator i n the
is given: place o f manufacture, date, artist
contributed to the summary catalogue: the
or maker, materials, description o f marks,
late David Cohen, Associate Curator o f
measurements, accession number, provenance,
Decorative Arts, provided m u c h essential
o f A r t , J. Paul Getty Museum; Rainer Zietz,
exhibition history, and selected bibliography.
data and unfailing assistance. Jeffrey Weaver,

Assistant Curator o f Decorative Arts, and
Bernard Jazzar, Intern i n the Department o f
London; R u t h Blumka, N e w York; and Sheri
Gonzles-Palacios, Rome; Burckhardt Gres,
Surveyor o f the Queens Works o f A r t ,
Bernstein, A m y Lyford, Ken Wayne, Maria de
the Kunstgewerbemuseum Schlo Kpenick,
England. We are most grateful to Theodore

D e l l , w h o k i n d l y reviewed and corrected the
Peverelli, Francesca Bewer, A n n a Zagorsky,
Berlin; Michael H a l l , London; John Hardy,
and Anne Collopy, all former interns i n the
London; Leslie Harris, Kedleston H a l l ,
manuscript, to T i m o t h y Husband, for permis
Derbyshire; H e n r y Hawley, the Cleveland
sion to use his manuscript for a forthcoming
o f A r t , J. Paul Getty Museum.
Museum o f A r t ; Peter Hughes, the Wallace
catalogue o f the Museum's glass collection; to
Collection, London; Anne Ratzki-Kraatz,
Leslie Thomas Fitch, for her fine design; and
We also wish to acknowledge the

contributions o f the following: A n t o i n e
Paris; G u y Kurasewski, Chateau de Versailles;
to our patient editor and indexer, M o l l i e
d'Albis, Manufacture Nationale de Svres;
U l r i c h Leben, Paris; Claire Le Corbeiller, the
Holtman.
Daniel Alcouffe, the Muse d u Louvre,
Metropolitan Museum o f A r t , N e w York;
Paris; Catherine A r m i n j o n , the Ministre
Roland de L'Espe, Paris; Jessie M c N a b , the
Gillian W i l s o n
de la Culture, France; Rotraud Bauer, the
Metropolitan Museum o f A r t , N e w York;
Curator
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Christian
Bozenna Majewska-Maszkowska, the Royal
Department o f Decorative Arts
Baulez, Chateau de Versailles; Leslie Bowman,
Castle, Warsaw; the late Stanley Margolis, the
the Los Angeles C o u n t y Museum o f A r t ;
University o f California, Davis; Sarah Medlam,
Peter Fusco
Frances Buckland, L o n d o n ; M a r t i n Chapman,
the Victoria and Albert Museum, London;
Curator
the Los Angeles C o u n t y Museum o f A r t ;
Daniel Meyer, Chateau de Versailles; Jeffrey
Department o f European Sculpture
Andrew Ciechanowiecki, L o n d o n ; T i m o t h y
Munger, the Museum o f Fine Arts, Boston;
and Works o f A r t
Clarke, Kent; H o w a r d Coutts, the Bowes
Maria Leonor d'Orey, Museu Nacional de Arte
Museum, C o u n t y D u r h a m ; Christian W i t t -
Antiga, Lisbon; Bill Pallot, Paris; James Parker,
Dring, sterreichishes Museum fr ange
the Metropolitan Museum of A r t , N e w York;
wandte Kunst, Vienna; W i n t h r o p Edey,
Tamara Praud, Manufacture Nationale de
New York; Pierre Enns, the Muse d u Louvre,
Svres; Peter Prschel, M u n i c h ; Carolyn J.
Paris; Svend Eriksen, Copenhagen; Ronald
Sargentson, the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Freyberger, N e w York; Peter Frie, M u n i c h ;
London; Beatrix Saule, Chateau de Versailles;
Carolyn Gay Nieda Gassmann, Paris; Alvar
A n n a Somers-Cocks, London; E d i t h Standen,

the Metropolitan Museum of A r t , N e w York;
and the late Sir Francis Watson, formerly
Director o f the Wallace Collection and
ABBREVIATIONS
T h e following abbreviations have been
H A N D B O O K
O T T O M E Y E R
1986
employed i n referring to frequently cited
The J . Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the
works.
Collections (Malibu, 1986).
A N D
P R S C H E L ,
V E R G O L D E T E
B R O N Z E N
Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Prschel,

Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
H A N D B O O K
1982"
Sptbarock
I 9 9 I
Gillian W i l s o n , A d r i a n Sassoon, and
The J . Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the
Charissa Bremer-David, "Acquisitions
Collections (Malibu, 1991).
Made by the Department o f Decorative

Arts i n 1982," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 11 ( M a l i b u , 1983), pp. 13-66.
P A L L O T ,
H E S S ,
und Klassizismus ( M u n i c h ,
1986), vol. i .
L ' A R T
D U
S I E G E
Bill G . B. Pallot, UArt du siege
M A I O L I C A
Catherine Hess, Italian Maiolica:
Catalogue
auXVIIF
siede en France (Paris, 1987).
of the Collections, The J . Paul Getty Museum

(Malibu, 1988).
1983"
S A S S O O N ,
Gillian W i l s o n , A d r i a n Sassoon, and

Charissa Bremer-David, "Acquisitions
V I N C E N N E S
A N D
S E V R E S
P O R C E L A I N
J O U R N A L
O F
G L A S S
Adrian Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres
S T U D I E S
"Recent Important Acquisitions Made by
Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collections, The
Public and Private Collections i n the
J . Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, 1991).
Journal, vol. 12 ( M a l i b u , 1984), pp. 173-224.
United States and Abroad," Journal
ofGUss
Studies, vol. 28 (1986).

S A V I L L ,
1984"
Gillian W i l s o n , Charissa Bremer-David,
K J E L L B E R G ,
D I C T I O N N A I R E
and C . Gay Nieda, "Selected Acquisitions
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier frangais du
XVIII
menuisiers (Paris, 1989).
V E R L E T ,
E U R O P E A N
C O L L E C T I N G
York, 1965).
G E T T Y M U S J
The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal
L E S
B R O N Z E S
Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes dores frangais du

M O R L E Y - F L E T C H E R
J. Paul Getty, The Joys of Collecting (New
Catalogue of the Sevres Porcelain (London,

1988), vols. 1-3.
siede: Dictionnaire des bnistes et des
Journal, v o l . 13 ( M a l i b u , 1985), pp. 6 7 - 8 8 .
G E T T Y ,
S E V R E S
Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection:
A N D
M C I L R O Y ,
XVIIF
siecle (Paris, 1987).
P O T T E R Y
Hugo Morley-Fletcher and Roger Mcllroy,
V E R L E T
E T A L . , C H E F S
D ' O E U V R E
Christies Pictorial History of European
Pierre Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre de la
Pottery (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1984).
collection J . Paul Getty (Monaco, 1963).
W I L S O N ,
1977
1979"
W I L S O N
E T A L . , M O U N T E D
O R I E N T A L
P O R C E L A I N
Gillian Wilson, "Acquisitions Made by the
Gillian W i l s o n , F. J. B . Watson, and
Department o f Decorative Arts, 1977 to
A n t h o n y Derham, Mounted
m i d 1979," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Porcelain in the J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 6 - 7 (Malibu, 1978-1979),
(Malibu, 1982).
Oriental
pp. 37-52.
EDITOR'S
W I L S O N ,
I979
T O
M I D
I980"
NOTE:
I n the provenance sections,
the lack o f a semicolon before a sale i n paren

theses indicates that the object was sold from
Gillian W i l s o n , "Acquisitions Made by the
the collection o f that person, dealer, or gallery;
Department o f Decorative Arts, 1979 to
dealers are set o f f by brackets; and unless
m i d 1980," The J . Paul Getty Museum
otherwise noted, the year i n w h i c h an object
Journal, vol. 8 (Malibu, 1990), pp. 1-22.
was acquired either by the J. Paul Getty

Museum or by J. Paul Getty is reflected i n the
W I L S O N ,
I981"
Wilson, "Acquisitions Made by the

Department o f Decorative Arts,
1981-1982," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 10 (Malibu, 1982), pp. 63-86.
W I L S O N ,
S E L E C T I O N S
Gillian W i l s o n , Selections from the

Decorative Arts in the J . Paul Getty Museum
(Malibu, 1983).
W I L S O N ,
" S E V R E S "
Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at the

J. Paul Getty Museum," The J . Paul Getty
Museum Journal, vol. 4 (Malibu, 1977).
first two digits o f the accession number.
FRENCH
DECORATIVE ARTS
12
F R E N C H
B O X E S ,
C H E S T S ,
C O F F E R S
Furniture
2. Coffer
Second half o f the sixteenth century
BOXES, CHESTS, AND
Oak and iron
COFFERS
Height: 3 ft. i 4 i n . (95.5 cm); W i d t h :

3
5 ft. io 4 i n . (179.7
3
c m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 5 /s i n .
5
(75.2 cm)
Accession number 7 8 . D A . 124
P R O V E N A N C E
O . V. Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury,

Oxfordshire, England (sold, Christie's,
C o r n b u r y Park, M a y 22,1967, lot 93); pur
3
chased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
. Chest
Late fifteenth century
Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. i /s i n . (94.9 cm); W i d t h :
3
6 ft. 10% i n . (208.9
c m
Surrey; distributed by the estate o f J. Paul

Getty to the J. Paul Getty Museum.
3.
Box
Paris, circa 1675-1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
E X H I B I T I O N S
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, boxwood, natural
Woodside, California, Filoli, on loan,
and stained sycamore, mahogany, padouk,
1983-1992.
walnut, amaranth, cedar, pear, satinwood,

brass, h o r n , and pewter stringing
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3 i n .
Height: 1 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (31.9 cm); W i d t h :
(68.6 cm)
2 ft. 2 i n . (66.1 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5 i n .
Accession number 78.DA.108
(43.2 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i 9 6 0 ] ; purchased by J. Paul

P R O V E N A N C E
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1984].
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul

Getty Museum.
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan,

1983-1991.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
'A.cquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),

no. 46, p. 175, illus.
F R E N C H
C O F F E R S
4. Two Coffers on Stands

O a k and walnut veneered w i t h plain and
red painted tortoiseshell, blue painted horn,
ebony, amaranth, pewter, and brass; set w i t h
m i r r o r glass; gilt-bronze mounts
One stand stamped HY. RASKIN
at top o f
back for H e n r y Raskin, an early twentiethcentury French restorer. Some mounts on

each coffer and stand are stamped w i t h
the crowned C f o r 1745-1749.
82.DA.109.1: Overall Height: 5 ft. \ V% i n .
(156.6 cm); Coffer
(premiere-partie):
Height: 2 ft. 2 /s i n . (67 cm); W i d t h :

3
2 ft. n / 8 i n . (89.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 1 0 i n .

3
(55.8 cm); Stand: Height: 2 ft. 11 % i n .

(89.6 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 7% i n . (80.9 cm);
D e p t h : ft. 9 i n . (54.7 cm)
82.DA.109.2: Overall Height: 5 ft. iYz i n .
(156.2 cm); Coffer (contre-partie): Height:
2 ft. 2 /e i n . (67 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. % i n .
3
(89.4 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 i n . (55.8 cm);
Stand: Height: 2 ft. 11 Ys i n . (89.2 cm);

W i d t h : 2 ft. 7% i n . (79.4 cm); Depth:
ft. 8 i n . (50.7 cm)
Accession number 8 2 . D A . i o 9 . i . a - . b and
.2.a-.b
Marquis da Foz, Lisbon; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff,
New York (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Alfred de Champeaux, Le Meuble (Paris,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, l o t 68,
1885), vol. 2, p. 78, illus. p. 65, fig. 12;
to Gaston Bensimon for 1,080 guineas);
A . Genevay, Le Style Louis XIV: Charles Le
P R O V E N A N C E
Anna G o u l d (duchesse de Talleyrand),
Brun, decorateur: Ses oeuvres, son influence,
82.DA.109.1: (?) C. F. Julliot (sold, Paris,
Palais Rose, Paris; Violette de Talleyrand
ses collaborateurs et son temps (Paris, 1886),
November 20,1777, l o t 706, to M . de
(Mme Gaston Palewski), Chateau de
p. 241, fig. 31; H e n r y Havard, Les Boulle
Luneville for 590 livres).
Marais, Seine-et-Oise (offered for sale,
(Paris, 1892), p. 40, illus. pp. 41, 45; Emile
82.DA.109.1.2: Anatole Demidov, Prince o f
Sotheby's, Monaco, M a y 26,1980, lot 619,
Molinier, Histoire genrale des arts appliques
San Donato (1813-1870), San Donato Palace,
for 3,800,000 FF, bought i n ) .
l'industrie, vol. 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
et
siede (Paris, 1896-1911), p. 74,
Pratolino (near Florence) (offered for sale
au XVIII
by his nephew Paul Demidoff, Prince o f
illus.; Gerald Reitlinger, The Economics of
San Donato [died 1885], San Donato Palace,
Taste, vol. 2 (London, 1963), p. 415; Pierre
M a r c h 15, 1880, lots 1421-1422, bought i n ) ;
Verlet, "A Propos de Boulle et d u Grand
13
14
F R E N C H
BOXES
Dauphin,"
NederlandKunsthistorisch]aar
CABINETS
buch 3 (1980), pp. 285-288, illus.; Wilson,

"Acquisitions 1982," no. 1, pp. 13-18, illus.;
Wilson, Selections, no. 6, pp. 12-13, illus.;
Handbook1986,
p. 143, illus. (one); Pradre,
6. Cabinet
Burgundy, circa 1580, w i t h late nineteenthcentury additions
Les Ebnistes, p. 68, nos. 131-132, p. 104;
Based o n engraved designs by Jacques I
illus. p. 68, fig. 14; Handbook 1991, p. 157,
Androuet D u Cerceau (active 1549-1584)
illus. (one).
and Jan Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604)

Carved walnut set w i t h painted panels
The number 1580 painted o n one panel.
Overall Height: 10 ft. i/s i n . (308.3 cm);
5. Pipe Box
W i d t h : 5 ft. 5 /s i n . (166.2 cm); Depth:

3
Lorraine, circa 1710-1715
ft. 10 Vz i n . (57.1 cm)
Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleb)
Height: 2 % i n . (6.5 cm); W i d t h :

ft. i o / 8 i n . (59.5 cm); Depth: 8*4 i n .
P R O V E N A N C E
(21 cm)
Baron Achille Seillire, Chateau de Mello,
Oise, France (sold, Galerie Georges Petit,

Paris, M a y 9,1890, lot 540); Gauthiot
P R O V E N A N C E
d'Anchier, Governor o f B e s a r o n , France;
[Didier Aaron, Paris].
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1930s];

N o r t o n Simon Foundation (sold, Parke-
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj
Bernet, N e w York, M a y 7,1971, lot 193);
(1989),
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
no. 69, p. 141, illus.
6
E d m o n d Bonnaff, "Le Meuble en France

au X V I sicle," Gazette des beaux-arts
e
(1886), pp. 60-63, illus.; E d m o n d Bonnaffe,

Le Meuble en France auXVI
Steele (Paris,
1887), pp. 84-85,166-167, illus.; Georg

H i r t h , Formenschatz (French ed.: L'Art
pratique), M u n i c h , 1891, p i . 7; Alfred de
Champeaux, Le Meuble (Paris, 1906), vol. 1,

pp. 198-199, illus. p. 195.
7. Cabinet on Stand
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle. Medals
after Jean Varin
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
pewter, brass, ivory, h o r n , boxwood,
pear, thuya, stained and natural sycamore,
satinwood, beech, amaranth, cedar,
walnut, mahogany, ash; w i t h drawers
o f l i g n u m vitae; painted and gilded wood;
bronze mounts
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
Height: 7 ft. 6 A i n . (229.9 cm); W i d t h :

l
4 ft. 11% i n . (151.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 2% i n .

(66.y cm)
Accession number 77. D A . 1
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) W i l l i a m W a r d , n t h Baron W a r d (born

1817, created ist Earl o f D u d l e y i860, died
1885), W i t l e y C our t, Worcestershire (house
acquired, w i t h contents, i n 1838, from L o r d
Foley); (?) W i l l i a m H u m b l e , 2nd Earl o f
Dudley (born 1867, died 1932), W i t l e y
Court, Worcestershire, circa 1920 (sold
w i t h the house to Sir Herbert Smith, W i t l e y
Court) (sold, Jackson-Stops and Staff,
W i t l e y Cour t , September 29, 1938, lot 582);
Violet van der Eist, Harlaxton Manor,
Lincolnshire (sold, Christies, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 8,1948, lot 142); John Prendergast,
6th Viscount G o r t , Hamsterley H a l l ,
C o u n t y D u r h a m (sold by his heirs, 1976).
Barnard Castle, C o u n t y D u r h a m , The

Bowes Museum, o n loan, 1950s; London,
T h e Victoria and A l b e r t Museum, on loan,
August 1978-February 1979.
"A La dcouverte," Connaissance des arts 35

(January 15,1955), p. 58, illus.; Stephane
Faniel et al., LeXVTII
Steele frangais
(Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris,

1958), illus. p. 53; "Current and Forth
coming Exhibitions," Burlington
Magazine
120 (December 1978), p. 93, illus.; W i l s o n ,

"Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 1, p. 37,
illus.; M a r v i n D . Schwartz, "Boulle Furni
ture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983), illus.
15
l6
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
p. 72; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 3, pp. 6-7,

illus.; Gillian W i l s o n , "A Late SeventeenthCentury French Cabinet at the J. Paul Getty
Museum," The Art Institute of Chicago
Centennial Lecture; Museum Studies 1 0
(1983), pp. 119-131, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 145, illus. p. 144; Lorenz Seelig, "Eine
Reiterstatuette Kurfrst M a x Emanuels v o n
Bayern aus dem Jahr 1699," Anzeiger des
germanischen Nationalmuseums
(1986), n . 34,
p. 73; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, p. 94; p. 104,

no. 103; illus. p. 93, fig. 49; Handbook 1991,
p. 158, illus. p. 159.
8. Cabinet (cabinet des mdailles)

A t t r i b u t e d to Andr-Charles Boulle
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass, and
tortoiseshell; gilt-bronze mounts;
sarrancolin des Pyrenees marble top

Height: 2 f t . 8 / 2 i n . (82.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 7*4 i n . (140 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 4 / 2 i n .
(72.5 cm)
(Marchioness o f Cholmondeley, wife o f
(1985), no. 47, pp. 175-176, illus.; Pradre,
H a l l , Norfolk, by descent, after 1939 (sold,
Les Ebnistes, no. 157, p. 104, illus. p. 109,
Christie's, L o n d o n , A p r i l 12,1984, lot 164).
fig. 65; Handbook 1991, p. 162, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
Suzanne de Launay and Jules-Robert de

Cotte, Paris; inventoried after their deaths
as one o f a pair o f medal cabinets on
illus.; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13
the 5th Marquess, married 1913), H o u g h t o n
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,

February-April 1933, no. 71, illus.
November 20,1767; by descent to their
son, Jules-Fran$ois de Cotte; inventoried i n
F. J. B . Watson, "The Marquess o f
his collection o n M a y 13,1782 (sold, Paris,
Cholmondeley," Great Family Collections,
March 8,1804, l o t 34); Baron Gustave
Douglas Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963),
Salomon de Rothschild, Paris; Baronne
p. 228, illus.; Pierre Verlet, La Maison du
Cecilie de Rothschild (ne Ansbach,
XVIII
1840-1912), Paris; Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt.,
mobilier (Paris, 1966), p. 38, fig. 21;
London, by descent, 1912; Sybil Sassoon
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1984," pp. 67-71,
Steele en France: Socit, decoration,
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
9. Armoire
O a k veneered w i t h rosewood and olive;
modern fabric l i n i n g
Height: 5 ft. 9% i n . (176 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 2 /8 i n . (97.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5% i n .
3
(43.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 8 52
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, France; [La Cour de

Varenne, Paris].
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii
(1985),
no. 50, pp. 176-177, illus.
10. Cartonnier with Bout de Bureau

and Clock
Paris, cartonnier and bout de bureau
circa 1740
Clock, 1746
Cartonnier and bout de bureau by Bernard I I
van Risenburgh. Maker o f the clock case
10
u n k n o w n . T h e clock movement by Etienne

I I Le Noir. T h e clock dial enameled by
o f the striking train is dated IJ46 and the
o f St. Albans; Angela Georgina, Baroness
Jacques D e c k
back o f the dial bears the enameled inscrip-
Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906, stepgrand-
O a k veneered w i t h ebonized w o o d and
tion ,decU.ij46.
daughter o f Harriot, Duchess o f St. Albans),
painted w i t h vernis Martin; enameled and
o f cartonnier engraved AngeWs 183$; also a
L o n d o n , probably given to her i n 1835 on
painted metal; glass; gilt-bronze mounts
torn typed label w i t h M....xandrine
her twenty-first birthday; H o n . W i l l i a m
Cartonnier and bout de bureau stamped
Bartlett Burdett-Coutts M P . (husband
BVRB o n the back; cartonnier uso stamped
3 ft. 4 / i 6 i n . (103 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 / 8 i n .
o f Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts), by
w i t h the name o f E.J. CUVELLIER, w h o
(41cm)
descent, 1906 (sold, Christie's, London,
possibly restored i t . Several mounts on
M a y 9,1922, lot 144, for 4,200 guineas to
P R O V E N A N C E
schild, Paris; confiscated after the German
Metal plaque on the rear

de.....
clock case stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor

1745-1749. T h e clock dial and movement
are signed Etienne LeNoir Pars. The spring
H . J. Simmons); Alexandrine de Roth(?) H a r r i o t M e l l o n Coutts (1777-1837?),

w i d o w o f Thomas Coutts and later Duchess
occupation o f Paris i n 1940; E d m o n d de
YJ
l8
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
Rothschild, Paris, 1972; Jos and Vera
Height: 3 ft. 9 /s i n . (115.8 cm); W i d t h :
Espirito Santo, Lausanne, Switzerland,
15 ft. 4% i n . (468.6 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9% i n .
after 1972.
(54.5 cm)
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh

Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 6,
P R O V E N A N C E
Daval {marchand-mercier,
(1984), no. 8, pp. 263-264,
illus.; Handbook1986,
p. 159, illus. p. 158;
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
O a k veneered w i t h bois satin, k i n g w o o d ,

and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts
pp. 193-197, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"

GettyMusJvi
12. Pair of Cabinets
died circa 1821),
Paris, before 1822; H e n r i , comte de Greffulhe, Paris (sold by his widow, Sotheby's,
London, July 23,1937, lot 50, to both
Each cabinet is stamped V.R. . o n back.

Height: 4 ft. / i n . (149 cm); W i d t h :
5
3 ft. 3 4 i n . (101 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n .

3
(48.3 cm)
Accession number 84. D A . 24.1-. 2
Baumhauer, bniste privilegi d u ro,"
[Arnold Seligmann] and [Trevor and C o . ] ,
L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), p. 25; Pradre,
for 1,400); [David Drey, London, 1950s];
P R O V E N A N C E
Les Ebnistes, illus. p. 196, fig. 188; Hand-
[Maurice Aveline, Paris, 1950s]; Antenor
book 1991, p. 175, illus. p. 174.
Patino, Paris, circa 1957; [Aveline et Ce,
(?) Sir John H o b a r t Caradoc, 2nd Baron

H o w d e n , G r i m s t o n Park, Tadcaster, York
Paris and Geneva].
shire, circa 1840; (?) A l b e r t Denison, ist

Baron Londesborough, Grimston Park,
11. Cabinet
Charles Guellette, "Les Cabinets d'amateurs
ParisLa Collection de . H e n r i de
Attributed to Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Greffulhe, Part 2: Ameublement," Gazette
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d , bois satin,
des beaux-arts 1$ (1877), p. 466; Gerald
and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts; breche
Reitlinger, The Economics of Taste (London,
d'Alep top
1963), vol. 2, p. 426; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions
Inscribed DAVAL twice o n the back.
1977 to m i d 1979," no. 3, p. 37, illus.;

Pradre, Les Ebnistes, p. 190, illus. p. 185,
1850; (?) W i l l i a m H e n r y Forester, created

Earl o f Londesborough, Grimston Park
(sold w i t h the contents o f Grimston Park
i n 1872 to John Fielden); Captain John
Fielden (great-nephew o f John Fielden)
(sold, H e n r y Spencer and Sons, at G r i m s t o n
Park, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, M a y 29-31,1962,
lot 372); [Etienne Levy and Rene Weiller,
fig. 168.
II
F R E N C H
13. Cabinet
Paris, circa 1765
By Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, tulipwood, and
amaranth; set w i t h panels o f seventeenthcentury Japanese kijimaki-e lacquer; giltbronze mounts; yellow jasper top
Stamped JOSEPH
between two fleur-de-lys
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1930-1939]; private

collection, Brussels; [Lucien Delplace,
Brussels]; [Les Antiquaires de Paris, circa
1976]; [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1977].
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (89.6 cm); W i d t h :
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
3 ft.
pp. 6-7, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 34,
II /8
3
i n . (120.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 117s i n .
(58.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
under the apron.

x
One of a pair
C A B I N E T S
pp. 68-69, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 171,
Paris, 1962]; [Raymond Kraemer, Paris,

1960s]; [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1970s].
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii
no. 54, pp. 178-179, illus.;
(1985),
Handbook1986,
p. 164, illus. (one); Pradre, Les Ebnistes,

illus. p. 188, fig. 174; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 139; Handbook 1991, p. 180, illus. (one).
13
19
20
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
illus.; Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749
Stamped RVLC
Joseph Baumhauer, bniste privilegi d u
at top right-hand side. Paper label glued
and J ME inside the drawer
ro," L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,
underneath printed w i t h a ducal coronet
figs. 26, 28; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 16,
above the typed inscription
p. 244; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 450;
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94 cm); W i d t h :
Handbook 1991, p. 187, illus. p. 186.
ft. 11Y i n . (59.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5% i n .
CLUMBER.
(43.8 cm)
15
P R O V E N A N C E
Dukes o f Newcastle-under-Lyme, Clumber,

Nottinghamshire; H e n r y Pelham Archibald
Douglas, 7th Duke o f Newcastle (18641928), Clumber, Nottinghamshire, by
descent (sold by his heir, Christie's, London,
June 9,1937, lot 253); [J. M . Botibol,
London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
P R O V E N A N C E
George Granville Sutherland-LevesonGower, 2nd D u k e o f Sutherland (17861861), the Picture Gallery, Stafford House,
L o n d o n , by 1848, and still present i n 1895;
[ A r n o l d Seligmann, Paris] (sold, Galerie
Jean Charpentier, Paris, June 4-5,1935,
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 125, illus.;
lot 192); [Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann,
Getty, Collecting, illus. p. 155.
Paris]; [French and Co., 1972]; purchased

by J. Paul Getty.
15. Cabinet
14. Cabinet
Paris, circa 1765
By Roger Vandercruse Lacroix
Oak veneered w i t h bois-de-rose, amaranth,
and green stained wood; gilt-bronze mounts;
white marble interior shelf
F. J. B. Watson, Louis XVI
Furniture
Paris, circa 1785-1790, w i t h marquetry
(London, i 9 6 0 ) , no. 236, illus.; Jean
panels and some gilt-bronze mounts o f the
Meuvret and Claude Frgnac,
late seventeenth century
du XVIII
Attributed to Philippe-Claude M o n t i g n y
illus.; Michael Strmer, Handwerk
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass, pewter,
hfische Kultur: Europische
Ebnistes
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 37,

und
Mbelkunst
tortoiseshell, and amaranth; gilt-bronze
im 18. Jahrhundert
mounts; bhnco et new antico marble top
pp. 156, 288; M a r v i n D . Schwartz, "Boulle
( M u n i c h , 1982), illus.
Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.8 cm); W i d t h :
Furniture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983),
5 ft. 4 /8 i n . (164.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 10% i n .
illus. p. 67; Alexandre Pradre, "Boulle de
(57.1cm)
Louis X I V sous Louis X V I , "
Accession number 72. D A . 7 1
LObjet
LEstampille-
dart o (June 1987), pp. 56-57,118;
illus. p. 62.
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
L o n d o n , T h e Victoria and Albert Museum,

o n loan, 1969-1974.
"Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, the Seat o f

the Earl o f Powis," Country Life 23 (May 9,
1908), illus. p. 670; Jean Meuvret and
Claude Frgnac, Les Ebnistes du XVIII
siecle frangais (Paris, 1963), pp. 306-307,

illus.; A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Clues to the
Provenance o f an Outstanding French
Commode," Connoisseur162 (July 1966),
pp. 164-166, illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions
1977 to m i d 1979," no. 11, pp. 46-49, illus.;
Gillian W i l s o n , "A Pair o f Cabinets for
Louis XVTs Bedroom at Saint-Cloud:
Their Present Appearance," Journal of the
Furniture History Society (1985), pp. 4-47;
6
Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 213, illus. p. 46,

fig. 39; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, illus. p. 406,
Height: 3 ft. % i n . (92.2 cm); W i d t h :
16. Cabinet
fig. 502; Pierre Verlet, Le Mobilier royal
5 ft. 5/8 i n . (165.4 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. iY i n .
Paris, 1788
frangais, vol. 4, Meubles de la couronne
By Guillaume Benneman; gilt-bronze
(64.1 cm)
conserves en Europe et aux Etats-Unis (Paris,
mounts cast by Forestier (either Etienne-
1990), pp. 116-121, illus.; Handbook 1991,
Jean or his brother Pierre-Auguste) and

Badin f r o m models by Gilles-Fransois
M a r t i n , chased by Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e
and gilded by Andr Galle; marble top
supplied by Lanfant
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, mahogany, and
lacquer, set w i t h pietre dure plaques o f
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century date;
gilt-bronze mounts; bleu turquin marble top
Stamped G.BENEMAN
twice on top o f the
carcass and stenciled w i t h a partial mark,

possibly for the Chateau de Saint-Cloud,
o n back.
P R O V E N A N C E
Louis X V I , one o f a pair costing 5,954 livres

i n the Chambre coucher du Rot, Chateau
de Saint-Cloud, from October 4,1788,
until at least an I I (1793-1794); Earls o f
Powis, Powis Castle, Wales, by 1848 (sold,
Sotheby's, London, M a y 11,1962, lot 262,
for 33,000); John Allnat (sold, Sotheby's,
London, June 21,1974, lot 109, to Didier
Aaron, Paris); [Aveline et Cie, Paris and
Geneva].
p. 197, illus. p. 196; U l r i c h Leben, Molitor:

Ebniste from the Ancien Regime to the
Bourbon Restoration (London, 1992), p. 150,
% 153.
21
22
FRENCH
CABINETS
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baronne de Gunzburg, Paris (sold, Palais

Galliera, Paris, M a r c h 2,1972, lot 121); pur
chased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
T h e Los Angeles County Museum o f A r t ,

Wedgwoodfrom
California
Collections:
Georgian through Victorian,
/-,
January 2 7 - M a r c h 21, 1976.
Cabinet .1
l8
Patricia Lemonnier, Weisweiler (Paris, 1983),

no. 211, illus. p. 28; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 872.
Cabinet .1 stamped J ME.

4 ft. n / s i n . (150.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 / 2 i n .
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 - . 2
18. Pair of Cabinets

17
17. Bonheur du Jour
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, Cabinet .1 circa 1785; Cabinet .2
7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 : M . M a r i n , Paris (sold, Paris,
circa 1810
M a r c h 22,1790, l o t 712, for 3,100 livres)',
Pietre dure plaques: Italian and French,
V i n c e n t Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris, A p r i l 29

et seq., 1793, l o t 554, for 3,200 livres).
Paris, circa 178 5-1790
mid-seventeenth to late eighteenth century
A t t r i b u t e d to A d a m Weisweiler; Wedgwood
Both cabinets attributed to A d a m Weisweiler
7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 - . 2 : (?) W i l l i a m Beckford, Fonthill
jasperware plaques designed by Elizabeth,
Oak, pine, and beech veneered w i t h ebony
Abbey, Wiltshire; (?) Susan Beckford
Lady Templetown, and modeled by W i l l i a m
and mahogany; pewter stringing; set w i t h
(Duchess o f H a m i l t o n , wife o f Alexander
Hackwood
pietre dure plaques and micromosaic roun
Archibald Douglas, the 10th D u k e o f
Oak and mahogany veneered w i t h amboyna,
dels; gilt-bronze mounts; portor d'ltalie tops
H a m i l t o n and 7 t h D u k e o f Brandon,
ebony, green stained harewood, and syca
married 1810, died 1859), H a m i l t o n Palace,
more; set w i t h five jasperware plaques w i t h
Lanarkshire, Scotland; W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e
a green ground; gilt-bronze mounts; white
o f H a m i l t o n and 9 t h D u k e o f Brandon,
marble top and shelf
H a m i l t o n Palace, by descent (sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 19,1882, lots
185-186); Christopher Beckett-Denison,
(41.3 cm)
L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 6,
1885, l o t 817, to Maclean for 195 guineas,

and l o t 818, to Donaldson for 205 guineas);
[Moss Harris, L o n d o n ] ; Maharanee o f
Baroda, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
Cabinet . 2
18
November 29,1973, l o t 114 - B ) ; [Aveline et

Ce, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
F R E N C H
C O M M O D E S
2 1 . Commode
P R O V E N A N C E
Ronald Freyberger, " H a m i l t o n Palace,"
Marquis de Longueil, Chateau de Maisons;
Apollo 113, no. 238 (December 1981),
comte d'Artois, Chateau de Maisons, after
Attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
pp. 401-409; Alvar Gonzlez-Palacios,
1777; [(?) Leon Lacroix, Paris, 1938];
O a k and pine veneered w i t h tulipwood and
Mosaici e Pietre Dure ( M i l a n , 1982), illus.
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
bois satin; gilt-bronze mounts; brocatelle
p. 48; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p . 872;
violette du Jura marble top
Alvar Gonzlez-Palacios, "Capricci Gusto:
T h e top o f the carcass is stamped CM.
Vecchio Barocco e N u o v o Classicismo,"
COCHO IS and printed i n black i n k w i t h
Casa vogue antiques 13 ( M a y 1991), p. 77,
the number 55406. T h e bottom o f the mar
illus. p. 79 ( 7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 only).
ble top is marked w i t h the number 55406/19

i n black wax pencil. M a n y mounts stamped
w i t h the crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
4 ft. 3 4 i n . (131.4 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11 i n .
3
COMMODES
(58.4 cm)
1 9 . Commode
20
Pine and walnut veneered w i t h bois satin;
(?) H e n r y Peter, ist L o r d Brougham (1778-
gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped o n the back w i t h a crowned M,
P R O V E N A N C E
1868), Cannes, 1840s or 1850s; (?) W i l l i a m ,
2 0 . Commode
2nd L o r d Brougham (died 1886), England,
probably for the Chateau de Maisons, and
an interlaced A over G.M for the garde-
Pine, oak, and walnut veneered w i t h rose
meuble o f the comte d'Artois.
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte de
Height: 2 ft. 9/16 i n . (83.9 cm); W i d t h :
Felines marble top
4 ft. 7% i n . (140.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11 % i n .
(59.7 cm)
4 ft. (121.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. io /s i n .

3
after 1868; (?) H o n . Wilfred Brougham,

England, after 1886; Maria Sophia Faunce
(Hon. M r s . Wilfred Brougham), England,
after 1904; [J. M . Botibol, London, 1938];
(56.8 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
M . d'Eustache Bonnemet, Paris (sold, Paris,

December 4-14, 1771, lot 164, for 210 livres);
dues d'Arenberg, Palais d'Arenberg, Brus
sels, until 19.14; duchesse Mathildis d'Aren
berg, Monaco; [Gerard Gallet, Cannes];
[French and Co., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
19
21
23
24
FRENCH
COMMODES
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "Etienne Doirat,
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; George J.
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
Menuisier en Ebene," GettyMusJij, (1985),
G o u l d , Georgian C o u r t , Lakewood, N e w
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
pp. 33-52, illus. p. 45; Handbook 1986, p. 152,
Jersey; (possibly sold Anderson Galleries,
1955), p. 117, illus. p. 120, fig. 4; Kjellberg,
illus.; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, illus. p. 122,
N e w York, M a y 1 0 - 1 4 , 9 7 > l
fig. 78; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 264;
[ A r n o l d Seligmann, Rey and Co., N e w
Handbook 1991, p. 166, illus.
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
Dictionnaire,
p. 184.
P R O V E N A N C E
1003);
2 2 . Commode
Cressent sale cat., January 15,1757, lot 132;
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
By Etienne Doirat
Sculpteur, bniste, collectionneur,
Oak, pine, and walnut veneered w i t h king-
de Van frangais: Nouvelle priode 10 (Paris,
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; breche d'Alep top
1919), no. 132, p. 215; Andre Boutemy,
Stamped E. DOIRAT
on top o f carcass.
Archives
"Essais d'attribtions de commodes et
d'armoires Charles Cressent," Bulletin
5 ft. 6Yi i n . (168.9 c ) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. 4% i n .
de la Socit de VHistoire de VArt Frangais
(71.7 cm)
(1927), pp. 77-79; Paul Wescher, "French
Furniture o f the Eighteenth Century i n the

J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly \%,
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 2 (Summer 1955), pp. 114-135; Verlet
George Durlacher, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 114, illus.; Getty,
London, A p r i l 6-7,1938, lot 176, for 273

23
guineas to Sutch); ("Property o f a Gentle

man," sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , December 1,
1966, lot 70, for 5,500 guineas to Perman);
[Aveline et Ce, Paris, 1972]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
2 3 . Commode
p. 153, illus. p. 152; Kjellberg,

By Charles Cressent
Pine and walnut veneered w i t h bois satin
dAlep top
Corner mounts are stamped w i t h the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
4 ft. 5% i n . (136.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. i A i n .
l
(64.8 cm)
Dictionnaire,
p. 204; Handbook 1991, p . 167, illus. p . 166.
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts; breche
22
Collecting, p . 144, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections,

no. 19, pp. 38-39, illus.; Handbook 1986,
F R E N C H
24
2 4 . Commode
25
Risen Burgh: Commode," Louvre: Nouvelles
Paris, circa 1737
acquisitions du dpartement
ip8$-ip8p (Paris, 1990), p. 144.
Martin;
1955), pp. 121-122,128, illus. fig. 11; F. J. B .
cherry and amaranth o n interior o f the
Watson, The Wrightsman Collection (New
doors; gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin
York, 1966), vol. , p. 152; Hans H u t h ,
marble top; eighteenth-century silk fabric
Lacquer of the West: The History ofa Craft
l i n i n g and silver metal galon
and an Industry, i$$o~ip$o (Chicago and
Stamped BVRB o n t o p o f carcass.
London, 1971), p. 91, caption p. 145, illus.
Height: 2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); W i d t h :

3
fig. 238; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 14, p p .
4 ft. 11 4 i n . (151.9 c m ) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 4 i n .
28-29, illus.; Daniel Alcouffe, "La
(57.8 cm)
commode d u Cabinet de retraite de Marie
Leczinska Fontainebleau entre au Louvre,"
P R O V E N A N C E
illus. p. 282; Pradre, "1737, La Premiere
La Revue du Louvre 4 (1987), pp. 281-284,

(?) Colbert family, France, by repute, from
the eighteenth to the twentieth century;
[Rene Weiller, Paris]; [Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1953.
des objets d'art
O a k set w i t h panels o f black Japanese

lacquer and painted w i t h vernis
C O M M O D E S
25. Commode
Paris, circa 1740
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, walnut,
amaranth, and padouk; gilt-bronze mounts;
breche d'Alep top
Stamped DF o n top o f carcass.
Height: 2 ft. ioV i n . (87 cm); W i d t h :
A
5 ft. 1% i n . (155.5
c m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm)
Commode en Laque d u Japn,"
P R O V E N A N C E
Connaissances des arts 436 (June 1988), pp.
M r s . S. Shrigley-Feigel, Crag H a l l , Wray,
108-113; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 139;
Lancashire, England; [Alexander and
Daniel AlcoufTe, "Bernard Van
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1976]; purchased

by J. Paul Getty.
2$
26
FRENCH
COMMODES
26
2 6 . Commode
27
bleau entre au Louvre," La Revue du Louvre
Paris, circa 1740
4 (1988), pp. 281-284, illus. p. 282; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 139; Daniel Alcouffe, "Ber
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, England; H o n .

M r s . Eliot Yorke (ne A n n i e de Rothschild,
Oak set w i t h panels o f red Chinese lacquer
nard Van Risen Burgh: Commode," Louvre:
daughter o f Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild),
and painted w i t h vernis Martin; gilt-bronze
Nouvelles acquisitions du dpartement
England, b y descent (sold, Christie's, L o n
mounts; breche d'Alep top
objets dart ip8$-ip8p (Paris, 1990), p. 144.
des
don, M a y 5,1927, l o t 138, for 980 guineas
Stamped B. V.R.B, once and J ME twice o n
to S. Founs); M m e Duselschon, Chateau
top o f carcass.
de Coudira, Prgny, Switzerland; M m e

3 ft. 9 i n . (114.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 /s i n .
5
(54.9 cm)
Rouvire, Lausanne, Switzerland; [Maurice
2 7 . Commode
Segoura, Paris, 1983].

A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Pierre Latz
Oak veneered w i t h bois satin; gilt-bronze
P R O V E N A N C E
mounts; fleur de pecher marble top
illus.; Accquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ 12
Private collection, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera,
Stamped RESTAURE
on top
(1984), no. 9, p . 264, illus.; Handbook 1986,
Paris, M a r c h 2,1972, lot 109); purchased at
o f carcass and one mount stamped w i t h the
p. 159, illus.; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, fig. 136,
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
p. 160; Handbook 1991, p. 177, illus.
par P. SPOHN

Daniel Alcouffe, "La commode d u Cabinet

de retraite de Marie Leczinska Fontaine-
4 ft. n / 8 i n . (151.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2 /s i n .

5
(65 cm)
FRENCH COMMODES
[C. Ball, Paris, 1934]; A n n a T h o m s o n
P R O V E N A N C E
Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms,
Edith and Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-
Michigan (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,
1968), L o n d o n ; purchased by J. Paul Getty,
1971, lot 102); purchased at that sale by
1955, through Sir Robert Abdy.
J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
28
A d o l f Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Mbels
Getty, Collecting, pp. 144-145, illus.; Wilson,
(Berlin, 1927), pp. 324-325; A n t h o n y
Selections, no. 23, pp. 46-47, illus.; Hand
Coleridge, "Works o f A r t w i t h a Royal
book 1986, p . 161, illus.; Jean-Dominique
Provenance from the Collection o f the Late
Augarde, "1749 Joseph Baumhauer, bniste
Mrs. A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge o f Detroit,"
privilegi d u roi," L'Estampille 204 (June
Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May 1971), p. 36,
1987), p. 36; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 2,
illus.; Michael Strmer, Handwerk und
p. 244, illus. p. 233, fig. 236; Kjellberg,
hfische Kultur, Europische Mbelkunst
im
18. Jahrhundert ( M u n i c h , 1982), illus. p . 67;

2 8 . Pair of Commodes
Dictionnaire,
p. 454; Handbook 1991, p. 179,
illus.
Paris, circa 1750
Handbook 1986, p. 163, illus. (one); Pradre,
Les Ebnistes, illus. p. 189, fig. 175; Kjellberg,
Oak and w a l n u t veneered w i t h tulipwood,
Dictionnaire,
p. 139.
kingwood, and amaranth; gilt-bronze

mounts; one commode w i t h a breche violette
top, one w i t h a bro catelie jaune top
Each commode stamped B. V.R.B. twice o n
top o f carcass.
Height: 2 ft. io /s i n . (87.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
3 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (101.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 i n .

(55.9 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.9 6.1.2
2 9 . Commode
Paris, circa 1750
Attributed to Joseph Baumhauer
Oak set w i t h panels o f Japanese lacquer
and painted w i t h vernis Martin-, gilt-bronze
mounts; campan melange vert marble top
One trade label o f the
marchand-mercier
P R O V E N A N C E
Francois-Charles Darnault pasted o n top o f
(?) Given by Louis, D a u p h i n o f France
carcass and another one pasted underneath.
(1729-1765), to his father-in-law Frederick
Height: 2 ft. io 4 i n . (88.3 cm); W i d t h :
Augustus I I I , K i n g o f Poland, Dresden;
4 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (146.1 cm); Depth: 2 ft. /s i n .
listed i n inventories o f the Residenz,
(62.6 cm)
Dresden, i n 1794 and 1798; Prince Ernst
H e i n r i c h v o n W e t t i n , Schloss M o r i t z b u r g
(near Dresden), Saxony, and installed i n the
Tower R o o m circa 1924 (sold early 1930s);
29
7TJ
28
FRENCH
COMMODES
3 0 . Commode
Paris, circa 1755
Museum," Art Quarterly i%, no. 2 (Summer
Height: 3 ft. A i n . (92 cm); W i d t h :
1955), p. 118, illus. p. 124, fig. 8; Andre
4 ft. 7 / i n . (140.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 6Vx i n .
By Adrien Faizelot Delorme
Boutemy, "Joseph," Connaissance des arts
(47 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and king-
157 (March 1965), p. 85, illus. p. 84;
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; lumachella
pavonazza
marble top
Stamped DELORME,
Baumhauer, bniste privilegi d u r o i , "

J ME, and N.
PETIT
on top o f carcass.
L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), p. 32; Kjell

berg, Dictionnaire, p. 246.
Height: 2 ft. i n . (90.1 cm); W i d t h :
Guedes de Souza, Paris; [Etienne Levy,

1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Paris, circa 1760

By Jean-Fran9ois Oeben
Ccile Sorel, Paris; [Germain Seligmann,
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
Paris] (sold, A p r i l 1933, to M r s . Langdon K .
sycamore, amaranth, and burr wood;
Thorne, N e w York); [J. M . Botibol, L o n
gilt-bronze mounts; campan melange vert
don, 1938]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
marble top
Stamped J . OEBEN
Douilla); [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;
31. Commode
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Paris (possibly G o u p i l de
Paris], and [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
4 ft. 9 i n . (144.8 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2% i n .

(66.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Pradre, Les Ebnistes, illus. p . 261,fig.278;

Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
pp. 614, 619.
ana JME twice o n top
o f carcass.
30
31
FRENCH COMMODES
3 2 . Commode
Paris, 1769
By Gilles Joubert
Oak veneered w i t h k i n g w o o d , tulipwood,
holly or boxwood, and ebony; gilt-bronze
mounts; sarrancolin marble top
Painted i n black i n k o n the back w i t h the
inventory number du No 2556.2 o f the
Garde-Meuble
de la Couronne.

3

x
(68.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Madame Louise o f France

(youngest daughter o f Louis X V ) , Chateau
de Versailles, 1769; Emmanuel-Felicit,
due de Duras, Marchal de France, Chateau
de Fontainebleau, 1785; (?) Baron Lionel
32
Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879),

Gunnersbury Park, Middlesex; by descent
Svend Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in
to his son, Leopold de Rothschild (1845-
Paul Wescher, "A Commode by Gilles
France (London, 1974), p.'321, p i . 120; Pierre
1917), H a m i l t o n Place, L o n d o n ; by descent
Joubert for Versailles i n the J. Paul Getty
Verlet, Les Meubles frangais du XVIII
to his son, Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
Museum," Art Quarterly 19, no. 3 ( A u t u m n
(Paris, 1982), p. 27, illus. (detail) pi. .4;
(1882-1942), Exbury House, Hampshire; by
1956), pp. 324-325, illus.; Pierre Verlet,
descent to his son, E d m u n d de Rothschild
"Peut-on remeubler Versailles?," Le Jardn
Handbook 1986, p. 173, illus.; Pradre, Les
(b. 1916), Inchmery House, Exbury, H a m p
des arts (February 1958), p. 256, illus. p. 255;
Ebnistes, no. 17, p. 216; Kjellberg, Die-
shire (sold by h i m i n 1947); E d i t h and Sir
F. J. B . Watson, Louis XVIFurniture
Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), London;
don, i960), no. 24, p. 105, illus.; Gerald
p. 759; Pierre Verlet, French Furniture of the
Messadi, "J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , Califor
Eighteenth Century, Penelope Hunter-Stiebel,
Paris, H o t e l de la Monnaie, Louis XV:
siede
tionnaire (Paris, 1989), pp. 456, 758, illus.
(Lon
nia," Great Private Collections, Douglas
trans. (Charlottesville, 1991), fig. 4, oppo
Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191,
site p. 16; Handbook 1991, p. 189, illus.
illus. p. 187; Pierre Verlet, French Royal
Un Moment de perfection de Vart frangais,
Furniture (London, 1963), pp. 77, i n , fig. 7;
1974, no. 422, pp. 320-321, illus.
Verlet et al., Chef d'oeuvre, p. 122, illus.;

Getty, Collecting, p. 152, illus.; Jean Meuvret
and Claude Frgnac, Les Ebnistes du
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 68, fig. 1;
XVIII
29
30
FRENCH CORNER
CUPBOARDS
CORNER
CUPBOARDS

33. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Archives
10 (Paris,
Paris, circa 1740
de Vart frangais: Nouvellepriode
1919), pp. 128, 151-152; Jean Meuvret and
Oak set w i t h panels o f black Japanese
Claude Frgnac, Les Ebnistes du
lacquer and painted w i t h vends
Martin;
gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin marble tops
XVIII
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 46; W i l s o n ,

"Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 15,
Each cupboard stamped B. V.R.B. twice on
p. 52, illus. (one) p. 51; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,
top o f carcass.
detail illus. o n cover.

2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Ys i n .
3
(61.2 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.44.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; purchased by

Cupboard .1
33
J. Paul Getty.
p. 139.
One of a pair
34. Pair of Corner Cabinets

Paris, circa 1745
A t t r i b u t e d to Charles Cressent
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 6 ft. 3 Yz i n . (191.8 cm); W i d t h :
10 ft. 11 i n . (332.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n .
(39.4 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baron Mayer Alphonse de Rothschild,

Paris, by 1905; Baron Edouard de Roth
Cupboard . 2
33
schild, Paris; Baron G u y de Rothschild,

Paris; by descent to Baron D a v i d de Roth
schild, Paris.
34
F R E N C H
Back o f carcass stamped I . DUBOIS
three
C O R N E R
CUPBOARDS
times and bears one paper label inscribed
Emile Molinier, Histoire genrale des arts
i n ink w i t h the Rothschild inventory n u m
appliques a Vindustrie du V a la fin du
ber AR 653. Painted twice w i t h the same
XVIII
number AR 653 on the back. Signed Etienne
auXVIII
Le NoirA?aris on dial and movement. Back
p i . 13; Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
o f dial signed and dated a. n.
Notizen ber einige meiner
martinire.
sicle, vol. 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
Height: 9 ft. 6 i n . (289.5

c m
c m
) ; Width:
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 4 i n .
Steele (Paris, 1896), pp. 146-147,

Kunstgegenstnde
(Berlin, 1920), fig. 130; A d o l f Feulner,
(72 cm)
p. 445, illus. p. 321; comte Francois de

Salverte, Les Ebnistes du XVIII
Ordered by General M o k r o n o w s k i through

the marchand-mercier
Lullier o f Warsaw
i n 1753 for C o u n t Jan Klemens Branicki

(1689-1772), Warsaw, Poland; (?) Christine
Branicka (sister o f C o u n t Branicki), by
descent; (?) Marianna Szymanowska (ne
Potocka, granddaughter o f Christine
Branicka); Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
Vienna, before 1896; Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild, i n the Rgence (or Rote) Salon,
Theresianum Gasse 16-18, Vienna, 1905;
confiscated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h
1938 and destined for the H i t l e r Museum
i n Linz; restituted to the Baroness Clarice
de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947 and sent to
35. Corner Cupboard
New York soon afterward; [Rosenberg and
Paris, cupboard: circa 1744-1755; clock: 1744
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York]; [Wildenstein and
By Jacques Dubois after a drawing by
Co., N e w York, M a r c h 16,1950, stock no.
Nicolas Pineau; clock movement by Etienne
18018]; [Georges Wildenstein, N e w York];
I I Le N o i r ; enamel dial by Antoine Nicolas
[Daniel Wildenstein, N e w York]; A k r a m
Martinire
Ojjeh, 1978 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
O a k veneered w i t h bois satin, tulipwood,
June 25-26,1979, lot 60).
rosewood, and k i n g w o o d ; enameled metal;

gilt-bronze mounts
Ein
Handbuch fr Sammler und Liebehaber

Kunstgeschichte des Mbels (Berlin, 1926),
P R O V E N A N C E
35
et
(1903), no. 80; Robert Schmidt, Mbel:
1y44.-y.bre.
4 ft. 3 i n . (129.5
siede:
Leurs oeuvres et leurs marques (Paris, 1927),

pp. 104-105, p l . 18; (1953 ed.), p. 197, p l . 19;
and (Paris, 1963 ed.), p. 100, p l . 18; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Mbels seit dem
Altertum
(Berlin, 1927), pp. 330-331, Pineau
design illus. p. 321; Charles Packer, Paris

Furniture
by the Master Ebnistes (Newport,
Monmouthshire, 1956), p. 34, fig. 40; J. B.

Watson, Wallace Collection Catalogues:
Furniture
(London, 1956), p. 69; Andre
Boutemy, "Des Meubles Louis X V grands

succs: Les Encoignures," Connaissance des
arts 91 (September 1959), p. 36, illus. p. 41;
Jean Meuvret and Claude Frgnac, Les
Ebnistes duXVIII
siede frangais (Paris,
1963), pp. 101-102, illus. p. 100; Pierre

Verlet, French Cabinetmakers of the Eigh
teenth Century (Paris, 1963), p. 102; F. J. B.
Watson, The Wrightsman Collection (New
York, 1966), v o l . , p. 231; vol. 2, p. 544;
Alvar Gonzlez-Palacios, Gli ebanisti del
LuigiXV
(Milan, 1966), p. 67; Claude
Frgnac, Les Styles frangais de Louis XIII

Napoleon III(Paris,
1975), p. 100, p l . 2;
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier frangais du
31
32
F R E N C H
C O R N E R
C U P B O A R D S
moyen age a Louis XV(Paris,
1978), p. 192,
illus. no. 217, p. 193; Pierre Kjellberg,

"Jacques Dubois," Connaissance des arts
334 (December 1979), p. 115, illus.; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Mbels (Frank
furt am M a i n , 1980), pp. 180-181, illus.
no. 292, caption p. 358; W i l s o n , "Acquisi
tions 1979 to m i d 1980," no. 1, pp.. 1 - 3 , illus.;
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 21, pp. 42-43, illus.;
W i l l i a m Kingsland, "Collecting French
Furniture," Art and Auction
(December
1983), p. 79, illus.; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,

figs. 153-154, p. 173; Handbook 1986,
p. 163, illus. p. 162; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
pp. 267, 273, illus. p. 275; Stephane Boiron,

"Jacques Dubois, maitre d u style Louis X V , "
LEstampille-L'Objet
d'artx^G (June 1990),
Cupboard .1
36
Cupboard . 2
36
Cupboard . 2
37
pp. 42-59, illus. pp. 52-53; Jonathan Bourne

and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau (Lon
don, 1991), illus. p. 83, fig. 258; Handbook
1991, p. 179, illus. p. 178.

Carcass and mounts attributed to JeanPierre Latz; marquetry panels attributed to
the workshop o f Jean-Francois Oeben
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, stained syca
more, boxwood, and rosewood; gilt-bronze
mounts; breche dAlep tops
One cupboard once had two paper labels
on the back: one inscribed illegibly
[Bollfid(ct)?]
i n German, the other from
the Victoria and A l b e r t M u s e u m w i t h the
Cupboard .1
37
FRENCH CORNER CUPBOARDS
notation DEPT.
LOAN FROM
OF WOODWORK
ON
L . Currie, Esq. No. 5 I

15.V.1917.
Carcass and mounts attributed to Jean-
Height: 3 ft. 2*4 i n . (97.2 cm); W i d t h :
Pierre Latz; marquetry panels attributed
2 ft. 9 4 i n . (85.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. V% i n .
to the workshop o f Jean-Fransois Oeben
(58.7 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, stained syca
more, harewood, boxwood, and l i g n u m

vitae; gilt-bronze mounts; breche dAlep tops
P R O V E N A N C E
Laurence Currie, L o n d o n , 1917; private col

lection, Berlin (sold, H u g o H e l b i n g Gallery,
Frankfurt am M a i n , June 23,1936, lots
260-261); private collection, Germany (sold,
Height: 3 ft. *4 i n . (92.1 cm); W i d t h :

2 ft. 8% i n . (81.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. (61 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Lempertz Gallery, Cologne, M a r c h 11,1938,
[Sidney J. Block, L o n d o n ] ; [French and
lot 217); private collection, N e w York (sold,
Co., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 21-22,
J. Paul Getty.
1955, lot 358); Philip R. Consolo, Palm

Beach, Florida; (?) private collection, Cali
fornia; [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
1966]; [French and Co., N e w York, 1972];
Henry Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet

maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum
Cupboard .1
3^
Cupboard . 2
38
of
Art 57-7 (September-October 1970), no. 50,

p. 255, illus. (one), fig. 50.
L o n d o n , T h e V i c t o r i a and Albert
Museum, o n loan, 1917-1920, from
Laurence Currie, Esq.

Paris, circa 1755
By Jacques Dubois
H e n r y Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet
Oak painted w i t h vernis Martin;
maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland
mounts; breche dAlep tops
Museum
gilt-bronze
of Art 57-7 (September-October 1970),
Each stamped I.DUBOIS
no. 49, p. 254, illus. (one), fig. 49; Wilson,
o f carcass.
and J ME on top
Selections, no. 24, pp. 48-49, illus.

2 ft. 7 V 2 i n . (80 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11 V% i n .
(58.6 cm)
33
34
F R E N C H
C O R N E R
CUPBOARDS
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna;
2 ft. (61 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (41.9 cm)
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna;

P R O V E N A N C E
1938; restituted to the Baroness Clarice
Francois-Ferdinand-Joseph Godefroy, Paris
de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947; [Frank
(sold, H o t e l de B u l l i o n , Paris, November 15,
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1950];
1785, lot 238 bis, to [?] Harcourt); Espirito
purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
Santo Family, Portugal, and Lausanne,
Surrey; distributed by the estate o f J. Paul
Switzerland (sold circa 1976); [Didier Aaron,
Getty to the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Inc., N e w York].
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 3, pp. 71-73,
illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 31, pp. 62-63,
illus. figs 14-15; Handbook 1986, p. 170,
1955), pp. 121-122; Verlet et al., Chefi
illus. (one); Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 238
d'oeuvre, p. 120, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
bis, p. 250.
p. 150, illus.; Hans H u t h , Lacquer of the

West: The History of a Craft and an Industry,
i$$o-i9$o (Chicago and L o n d o n , 1971), cap
tion p. 145, fig. 234; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
DESKS
p. 273; Stephane Boiron, "Jacques Dubois,

maitre d u style Louis X V , "
LObjet d'artiê
L'Estampille-
4 0 . Desk (bureau
(June 1990), pp. 42-59,
"Mazarin")
Paris, after 1692-circa 1700
illus. p. 56.
O a k and walnut veneered w i t h brass,

tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, pewter,
copper, ebony, painted and unpainted horn,
and painted paper; silvered-bronze mounts;
Paris, circa 1765

One of a pair
By Pierre Gamier
39
steel key
Top engraved w i t h unidentified arms (later
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, kingwood, ama
replacement) beneath an electoral bonnet,
ranth, boxwood, and (?) ebonized fruit-
surrounded by the Collar and the Order
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; gray-veined
o f the Toisn d'Or, supported by crowned
white marble tops
lions.
Each cupboard stamped P. GARNIER
on top
o f carcass. One incised / o n top o f carcass,
2 ft. 11 i n . (89 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 8 i n . (51 cm)
4 on the other.
F R E N C H
D E S K S
P R O V E N A N C E
M a x Emanuel, Elector o f Bavaria (16621726); Captain Thomas Leyland, L o n d o n ,

circa 1854; W i l l i a m Cornwallis West, R u t h i n
Castle, Denbighshire; by descent around
1917 to his daughter, Mary-Theresa Olivia,
Princess o f Pless; D a v i d Style, Esq. (sold,
Christie's, Wateringbury Place, Maidstone,
Kent, June 1,1978, lot 545); private collec
tion, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
June 21,1987, lot 1097).
L o n d o n , Gore House, Kensington, French

Decorative Arts, 1854, lent by Captain Leyland; L o n d o n , The South Kensington
Museum, Special Exhibition of Works of
Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and More
Recent Periods, June 1862, no. 812, lent by
Captain Leyland.
40
T. A . Strange, French Interiors:

Decoration,
Furniture,
Woodwork and Allied
Arts
(London, circa 1920), p. 1467; Sotheby's

Art at Auction 86~8 (London, 1987),
p. 262, illus.; "Acquisitions/1987,"
GettyMusJ
16 (1988), no. 66, pp. 176-177, illus.;

Jean-Nre Ronfort and Jean-Dominique
Augarde, "Le Maitre d u Bureau de l'Electeur," LEstampille-LObjet
dart 243 (January
1991), pp. 4*~74> illus. p. 59.
Top
40
35
36
F R E N C H
DESKS
4i
4 1 . Double Desk
42
M a r c h 27,1772, and also i n the inventory
Paris, circa 1750
after his o w n death, March 17,1777 (sold,
Paris, H o t e l de la Monnaie, Louis XV: Un
September 1,1777, Paris); purchased by his
Moment de perfection de Van frangais, 1974,

no. 430, pp. 327-328, illus.
nephew and heir Louis-Balthazar Dange
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts
de Bagneux {fermier general,
Stamped J ME B. V.R.B. JME underneath
recorded i n the inventory after his death
and o n interior o f carcass. Underside o f
i n 1795; by inheritance to his wife Anne-
carcass bears several red wax seals o f the
Marie Samson and recorded i n her inven
Duke o f Argyll.
tory after death; by descent to her daughter
IJ39-IJ94),
Marie-Emilie-Fran9oise Dange, married
5 ft. 2% i n . (158.7 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9 /s i n .
to Augustin Creuz, i n rue Saint-Honor
(84.7 cm)
[information: P. Leperlier]; Dukes o f Argyll,
Inveraray Castle, Argyll, Scotland, by (?)
the early nineteenth century (sold by Ian,

P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Fran9ois Balthazar Dange, fermier

general, H o t e l de Villemare, Place Ven
dme, Paris, recorded i n the inventory
after the death o f his wife Anne (ne Jarry),
n t h D u k e o f Argyll, 19 51); Sir Robert Abdy,

Bt., L o n d o n , 1951; [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
Inc., N e w York, 1952]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1952.

Eighteenth C e n t u r y i n the J. Paul Getty
M u s e u m , " Art Quarterly \%, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 121, illus. p. 78; Jean Meuvret and
Claude Frgnac, Les Ebnistes du
XVIII
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 78, illus.;

Gerald Messadi, "J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u ,
California," Great Private
Collections,
Douglas Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963),

pp. 180-191, illus. p. 188; Verlet et al.,
Chefs d'oeuvre, pp. 116-117, illus.; Claude
Frgnac, Les Styles frangais (Paris, 1975), p i . 4;
Pierre Verlet, Les Meubles frangais du
XVTII
Steele (Paris, 1982), p. 27, p i . 3 (detail);

F R E N C H
"The Great Collections," French
Connec
SECRETAIRES
P R O V E N A N C E
tions: Scotland and the Arts of France (Edin
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York];
burgh, 1985), p. 66, fig. 30;
Handbook1986,
p. 160, illus.; Pierre Cabanne, L'Art du

XVTII
siecle (Paris, 1987), p. 97, illus.;
pp. 135,139, illus.
p. 130; Pierre Verlet, French Furniture of

1955), p. 125, illus. p. 133; Gerald Messadi,
"J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
the Eighteenth Century, Penelope Hunter-
(Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 186;
Stiebel, trans. (Charlottesville, 1991), fig. 3
Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 131, illus.;
opposite p. 16; Handbook 1991, p. 176, illus.
Getty, Collecting, illus. p. 161; U l r i c h Leben,

"Die Werkstatt Bernard Molitors," Kunst
und Antiquitten
illus. p. 52, fig. 1; U l r i c h Leben, Bernard
4 2 . Rolltop Desk
Molitor (i/tf-1833):

By Bernard M o l i t o r . Some mounts cast by
the bronzier Fran9ois Rmond after designs
by Gambier
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany and lacquer;
gilt-bronze mounts; griotte de Flandre
marble top
Stamped B. MOLITOR
4 (1987), pp. 52-60, detail

Leben und Werk, eines
Pariser Kunsttischlers, P h . D . diss. (Bonn,

1989), p. 108; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 582; U l r i c h Leben, Molitor: Ebniste

the Ancien Regime to the Bourbon
from
Restoration

1955), p. 122, illus. p. 130; Gerald Messadi,
"J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
(Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 189;
Getty, Collecting, p. 151, illus.; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 273; Stephane Boiron,
"Jacques Dubois, maitre d u style Louis XV,"

LEstampille-LObjet
d'am$6
(June 1990),
pp. 42-59, illus. p. 56.
(London, 1992), p. 153, no. 70, pp. 190-191,

figs. 8-9, 81-82,154.
o n l i p o f one
interior drawer.
5 ft. n*4 i n . (181 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n .
(87 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
SECRETAIRES
4 3 . Secretaire
Paris, circa 1755
By Jacques Dubois
(?) Louis X V I , listed i n the inventory o f the
Oak veneered w i t h panels o f red Chinese
Chateau de Saint-Cloud, an I I (1793-1794);
lacquer and painted w i t h vernis Martin;
[Vandyck, L o n d o n ] (offered for sale,
gilt-bronze mounts; breche dAlep top
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a y 16, 1800, lot 101,
Stamped I . DUB OIS and J ME at rear on
and again February 12,1801, l o t 70, bought
right upright.
in); (?) Octavius E. Coope, London;
M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York (sold by
3 ft. 9 i n . (114.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3/8 i n .
his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's, London,
(38.4 cm)
June 22,1938, l o t 59); purchased at that sale
by J. Paul Getty.
43
37
38
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . O r m e W i l s o n (sold by her executors,
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild,
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, March 25,1949,
M e n t m o r e Towers, Buckinghamshire, late
lot 339); Paul Rosenberg, Paris; [Didier
nineteenth century; Hannah de Rothschild
Aaron, Inc., N e w York, 1984].
(Countess ofRosebery, wife o f the 5th Earl,

married 1878, died 1890), Mentmore
N e w York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum,

Writing and Reading, September 1981January 1982; Richmond, Virginia, Experts
Choice: One Thousand Years of the Art Trade,
A p r i l 22-June 12,1983, p. 131, illus., lent by
Didier Aaron, Inc.
Towers, Buckinghamshire; Albert Primrose,

6 t h Earl o f Rosebery, M e n t m o r e Towers,
Buckinghamshire; N e i l Primrose, 7th Earl o f
Rosebery, M e n t m o r e Towers, Buckingham
shire (sold, Sotheby's, M e n t m o r e Towers,
M a y 18, 1977, l o t 24); private collection,
L o n d o n , 1977; [Mallett's, L o n d o n ] .
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 4,

pp. 81-83, illus.; "Acquisitions/i984,"
GettyMusJvt,
(1985), no. 62, p. 181, illus.;

Baumhauer, bniste privilegi du ro,"
44
UEstampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,

figs, , 36; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 53,
44. Secretaire
p. 245; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 450, illus.
Philippe Jullian, "Mentmore,"
Connaissance
des arts 303 ( M a y 1977), p. 82, illus.; W i l s o n ,

"Acquisitions 1982," no. 12, pp. 56-60,
figs. 79, 81-84; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 37,
pp. 56-57, illus.; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,
p. 334, illus. p. 337, fig. 392; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
illus. p. 509.
p. 448.

By Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, amaranth,
ebony, and boxwood; gilt-bronze mounts;
(?) portor d'ltalie top
Stamped JOSEPH
between two
fleur-de-lys
three times, twice o n the left forecorner and

once o n the right forecorner.
3 ft. 5 i n . (104 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3 i n . (38 cm)
45. Secretaire
Paris, circa 1770
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Fran$ois Leleu
O a k veneered w i t h amaranth, ebony, kingw o o d , tulipwood, boxwood, and burr
amboyna; gilt-bronze mounts; steel fittings;
breche dAlep top
Inked ijyo inside the carcass. Label printed
Earl ofRosebery pasted on back.
Height: 3 ft. 6Ys i n . (107.3 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 11Y4 i n . (120 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5% i n .
(43.6 cm)
45
F R E N C H
Bullion, Paris, November 15-19,1784,
gilt-bronze mounts; white marble top
lot 171, for 860 livres to Desmarest); Joseph-
Stamped M. CARLIN
Francois de Paule, marquis de Vaudreuil,
lower back. A l l the plaques except for two
Paris (sold under the direction o f Le B r u n
o f the spandrels are painted i n blue on their
i n the Grande Salle, rue de Clry, Paris,
reverses w i t h the crossed Z's o f the Sevres
and JME twice on
November 26,1787, lot 368, for 1,305 livres
manufactory. O n all but the central frieze
to Lerouge); [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, early
plaque the crossed Z's enclose the date letter
1960s]; M m e Jorge Ortiz-Linares, Paris
X f o r 1775; the circular plaque bears the
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, Monaco,
painter's mark i n blue o f P' for Pierre le
June 14,1982, lot 423, bought i n ) ; [ B . Fabre
jeune, and i n black, 216; two spandrel and
et Fils, Paris].
the two frieze plaques bear the painter's

mark i n blue. T h e central frieze plaque
Gillian W i l s o n , "A Secretaire by PhilippeClaude M o n t i g n y , " GettyMusJ14 (1986),

pp. 121-126, figs, , 4, 7; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 200, p. 246, illus.;
bears the gilder's mark LG i n gold, partly

rubbed. Rothschild inventory numbers each
chalked twice on back o f carcass: KKU 859,
AR 542, Ivll20,
and 3.

Baumhauer, bniste privilegi d u r o i , "
LEstampille
204 (June 1987), p. 30; Pradre,
"Boulle, d u Louis X I V sous Louis X V I , "

46
LEstampille-LObjet
dart o (June 1987),
pp. 56-67,118, illus.; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,
46. Secretaire
p. 305, illus. p. 307, fig. 347; Handbook 1991,

p. 190, illus.

By Philippe-Claude M o n t i g n y
O a k and pine veneered w i t h tortoiseshell,
brass, pewter, and ebony bandings; giltbronze mounts
Stamped on the back MONTIGNY
JME.

2 ft. 9 i n . (84.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
(40.3 cm)
Paris, circa 1775

By M a r t i n Carlin, circular Sevres porcelain
plaque painted by Jean-Jacques Pierre le
jeunc, two o f the frieze plaques and two o f
the spandrel plaques painted by Claude
Couturier; central frieze plaque gilded by
Etienne-Henri Le Guay.
P R O V E N A N C E
Monsieur de Billy, Paris (sold through the

marchand-mercierA.-].
47. Secretaire
Paillet, H o t e l de
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, boxwood,

and ebony, incised w i t h colored mastics;
set w i t h eight soft-paste porcelain plaques;
47
39
AO
F R E N C H
SECRETAIRES
(February 1986), pp. 384-395; Savill, Svres,
[Frank Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
3 ft. i n . (94 cm); Depth: 1 ft. \% i n . (34 cm)
vol. 2, pp. 612, 877, 879; . 45, p. 613;
n n . 45-46, p. 901; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,

no. 29, p. 356; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna,

by 1903; Baron Alphonse de Rothschild,
Vienna; confiscated by the T h i r d Reich
i n M a r c h 1938; restituted to the Baroness
Clarice de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947 and
sent to N e w York shortly afterward (sold
p. 162; Daniel Alcouffe, "Secretaire

abbattant," Louvre: Nouvelles acquisitions
du department des objets d'art,
ip8$-ip8p
(Paris, 1990), no. 71, p. 154, illus.; Sassoon,

Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 35,
pp. 174-176, illus. pp. 175-177.
Jean Nicolay, LArt et h Maniere des Maitres

Ebnistes frangais au XVIII
eme
siecle (Paris,
1956), p. 153, illus.; J. B. Watson, Louis

XVI Furniture (London, i 9 6 0 ) , no. 89, illus.;
Jean Meuvret and Claude Frgnac, Les
Ebnistes du XVIII
sicle frangais (Paris,
1963), p. 221, illus.; F. Lewis Hinckley,
privately, 1950); [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
A Directory of Antique French
1735-1800 (New York, 1967), p. 69, illus.
Furniture
48. Secretaire
Getty,1950.
Paris, circa 1775

Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
Notizen
ber einige meiner Kunstgegenstnde (1903),

no. 319, p. 128; Paul Wescher, "French Fur
niture o f the Eighteenth Century i n the
J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly 18,
no. 2 (Summer 1955), p. 131, illus. p. 134;
Charles Packer, French Furniture by the
Master Ebnistes (Newport, M o n m o u t h
shire, 1956), p. 59, fig. 175A; Verlet et al.,
Chef d'oeuvre, p. 127, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
By Rene Dubois
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, tulipwood,
and lemonwood; incised w i t h colored
mastics; set w i t h mother-of-pearl; giltbronze mounts; white marble top
Stamped I.DUBOIS
and JMEon
back.

2 ft. 3 /8 i n . (70.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 1% i n .
5
(33.7 cm)
p. 156, illus. p. 157; Michael Strmer,
P R O V E N A N C E
Handwerk
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris; Lady Wallace,
Mbelkunst
und hfische Kultur:
Europische
im 18. Jahrhundert ( M u n i c h ,
Paris, by inheritance, 1890; Sir John Murray
1982), p. 47, illus.; Adrian Sassoon, "Sevres
Scott, L o n d o n , by inheritance, 1897 (sold
Plaques," Techniques of the Worlds Great
after his death, Christie's, London, June 24,
Masters of Pottery and Ceramics, Hugo
1913, lot 54); . M . Hodgkins; [Jacques
Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
Seligmann, Paris]; Henry Walters, N e w
pp. 62-63, illus.; Gisela Zick, "Die russische
York (sold by his widow, Parke-Bernet,
Wahrsagerin, E i n Tisch fr Marie Karoline
N e w York, A p r i l 26,1941, lot 712); Baron
von Neapel," Kunst und Antiquitten
and Baroness Cassel van D o o m , Paris (sold,
4-5
(1984), pp. 36-52, p l . 4, p. 39; Reinier J.
Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, March 9,
Baarsen, "Rond een Nederlandse Lodewijk
1954, lot 90); Guedes de Souza, Paris;
XVI secretaire op H e t Loo," Antiek 7
48
F R E N C H
Stamped C. C.SAUNIER
stamped F.DURAND
o n upper back;
Fils o n side rail o f the
stand. A l l o f the plaques painted on their

reverses w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
Sevres manufactory; on the two front
plaques the crossed Z's enclose the date
letter Y for 1776, and below is the painter's
mark o f three dots for Tandart; on the two
side plaques the crossed L s are flanked by
the date letter Y for 1776 and the painter's
mark Ffor Bouillat; each plaque bears the
gilder's mark BD i n gold. Each plaque bears
a paper price label (only one intact) printed
w i t h crossed Z's and inked 132 [livres].
Inscribed i n pencil Saunier le Jeune
iyy
on carcass.
50

7
2 ft. 4 /8 i n . (72.8 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 /s i n .

5
(42.2 cm)
Paris, circa 1777
49
49. Secretaire
Paris, circa 1776 w i t h early twentiethcentury stand
By Claude-Charles Saunier, replaced
stand by F. D u r a n d fils; t w o o f the Sevres
50. Secretaire
By M a r t i n Carlin; the large Sevres plaques
P R O V E N A N C E
painted by Edme-Fran9ois Bouillat and the
(?) Prince Narishkine, N e w York; H e n r y
two smaller Sevres porcelain plaques i n the
Walters, N e w York (sold by his widow,
fall front painted by Raux fils am
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, M a y 3, 1941,
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, satinwood,
lot 1399); purchased at that sale by J. Paul
amaranth, and ebony; set w i t h five soft-paste
Getty, through [Duveen].
porcelain plaques; enameled metal; giltbronze mounts; white marble top
porcelain plaques painted by Jean-Baptiste
Tandart and t w o by Edm-Fran$ois
Bouillat; all four plaques gilded by Fran9ois
Baudouin pere
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ama
1955), p. 131; Charles Packer, Paris
ranth; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain
by the Master Ebnistes (Newport, M o n
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white
mouthshire, 1956), fig. 162; Savill, Sevres,
marble top
vol. 2, n . 45, p. 613; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Furniture
Sevres Porcelain, no. 37, pp. 181-182, illus.

pp. 182-183.
Stamped M. CARLIN
and JME twice under
the drawer front. A l l porcelain plaques

painted on their reverses w i t h the blue
crossed L s o f the Sevres manufactory. O n
the two large plaques the crossed Z's are
flanked by a F o n each side: one is the date
letter for 1776, the other is the painter's
mark; the two small plaques are each
painted i n black w i t h the painter's mark
41
42
F R E N C H
SECRETAIRES
o f a circle o f dots; the long plaque i n the
frieze bears an unidentified painter's mark i n
pp. 78-79; Handbook 1986, p. 175, illus.;
blue and the date letter for 1777 w i t h a
Frederic Edelmann, "Muse Getty, Le Trust
paper price label printed w i t h crossed L s
de art," Beaux-arts magazine (September
and inked 3a[livres]; the small plaque on
1987), no. 49, illus. p. 75; Savill, Sevres,
the right bears the date letter for 1777 and
vol. 2, p. 877; n . 45, p. 901; vol. 3, p. 1063;

n . 3, p. 1064; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 28,
the marks X a n d 10 i n gold.

Height: 3 ft. 6% i n . (107.9
c m
) ; Width:
p. 356; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 160;
3 ft. 4 V 2 i n . (103 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 i n .
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres PorceUin,
(35.5 cm)
Accession number 8 I . D A . 8 O
no. 38, pp. 184-186, illus. pp. 184,186;

P R O V E N A N C E
(?) D o n Francesco de Borja Alvarez de

Toledo, 16th D u k e o f Medina-Sidonia and
51. Secretaire
12th Marquess o f Villafranca; D o n Pedro
Paris, circa 1780
de Alcantara Alvarez de Toledo, 17th D u k e
A t t r i b u t e d to A d a m Weisweiler; one o f the
o f Medina-Sidonia (sold by his heir the
Sevres porcelain plaques gilded by Henry-
Marquess o f Villafranca, H o t e l D r o u o t ,
Francois Vincent lejeune
Paris, A p r i l 21,1870, lot 23); purchased at
O a k veneered w i t h amboyna and ebonized
that sale by Richard, 4th Marquess o f
wood; set w i t h five soft-paste porcelain
Hertford, Paris, through [Nieuwenhuys];
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris, by inheritance,
marble top
1870; Lady Wallace, Paris, by inheritance,
One o f the oval plaques and the two smaller
51
1890; Sir John M u r r a y Scott, Paris, by
rectangular plaques are marked i n gold on
inheritance, 1897; Victoria, Lady Sackville,
the reverse w i t h the crossed Z's o f the Sevres
Paris, inherited 1912; [Jacques Seligmann,
manufactory, adjacent to the gilder's mark
Paris]; Baron and Baronne Edouard de
2000;
Rothschild, Paris; Baron Guy de Rothschild,
T h e central rectangular plaque and one o f
Paris, by descent; M r . and M r s . H a b i b
the oval plaques have paper Sevres price
Sabet, Paris, early 1970s.
labels printed w i t h the crossed Z's; one is
the central plaque is inscribed No353.
inked 72 [livres].
F. J. B. Watson, WalUce Colhction Catalogues: Furniture (London, 1956), p. 159;

W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 1, pp.
63-66, illus.; D o r o thee Guilleme-Brulon,
"Les Plaques en porcelaine de Sevres dans le
mobilier," 'Estampille 163 (November 1983),
P R O V E N A N C E
Jules Lowengard, Paris, before 1908; Baron

Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna; Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna; confis
cated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h 1938;
restituted to the Baroness Clarice de
Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947, and sent to
N e w York soon afterward (sold privately,
1950); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
2 ft. $ A i n . (81.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 4 i n .
(37.5 cm)
Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI
(London, 1913), p. 127, illus.; Paul Wescher,
Furniture
"French Furniture o f the Eighteenth

Century i n the J. Paul Getty Museum," Art
F R E N C H
Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer 1955), p. 126,

illus. p. 134; Charles Packer, Paris
Furniture
by the Master Ebnistes (Newport, M o n mouthshire, 1956), fig. 209; F. J. B. Watso,

Louis XVI Furniture ( L o n d o n , 1963), no. 86,
illus.; Jean Meuvret and Claude Frgnac,
Les Ebnistes du XVIII
Steele frangais (Paris,
1963), p. 286, illus. (erroneously described as

being i n the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f A r t ,
N e w York); Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre,
p. 129, illus.; Getty, Collecting, pp. 158-159,
illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 872;
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,

no. 40, pp. 193-196, illus. pp. 194-197.
52
Secretaire
(?) Paris, circa 1780
O a k veneered w i t h satinwood, fruitwoods,
53
t u l i p w o o d , and ebony; incised w i t h mastics

T h e back o f the secretaire bears six wax seals
w i t h the date 1830 and the w o r d
CHARTE;
the back is inscribed w i t h the number

x
(55.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Two paper labels inked Hamilton
Jean Bedel, Les Antiquits
et la brocante
(Paris, 1981), illus. o n the front and back
covers; "Acquisitions/1985,"
3 ft. 8% i n . (112.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 6%. i n .
GettyMusJ14
(1986), no. 210, p. 250, illus.; Pierre Ramond,
(47 cm)
Marquetry (Newtown, Connecticut, 1989),
p. 85, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
U n k n o w n collection, Paris, circa 1830;
George Watson Taylor, Erlestoke Mansion,
private collection, Belgium (sold, Galerie

Moderne, Brussels, M a r c h 15, 1976, lot
1305); [La Cour de Varenne, Paris, late
1970S-1982]; [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York, 1982].
Pahce
o n the back.
Devizes, Wiltshire (sold, Erlestoke M a n
53. Secretaire
sion, July 9 et seq., 1832, lot 26); Alexander
Paris, circa 1785
Archibald Douglas, the 10th D u k e o f
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Henri Riesener
H a m i l t o n and 7th D u k e o f Brandon,
Oak veneered w i t h panels o f black Japanese
H a m i l t o n Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland;
lacquer and ebony; interior fittings o f
listed i n the Duke's Dressing R o o m i n an
mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; black
inventory o f 1835-1840; W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e
marble top
43
44
F R E N C H
o f H a m i l t o n and 9th D u k e o f Brandon,
54. Secretaire
H a m i l t o n Palace, by descent (sold, Christies,
Paris, circa 1824
L o n d o n , July 10,1882, lot 1296, to Samson
A t t r i b u t e d to Alexandre-Louis Bellang;
Wertheimer); Cornelius Vanderbilt I I
possibly after designs by the marchand
(1843-1899), T h e Breakers, Newport, Rhode
Philippe Claude Maelrondt
Island, by (?) the 1890s; Alice Vanderbilt
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, thuya wood,
(1846-1934, wife o f Cornelius Vanderbilt I I ) ,
ebony, and pewter; set with twelve hard-
The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island;
paste porcelain plaques; mirrored and
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (Countess Laszlo
painted glass; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge
Szchnyi, 1886-1965), by descent (sold
griotte marble top
by her heirs, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , Novem
The four porcelain plaques o f the fall front
ber 26, 1971, lot 71); purchased at that sale
are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 on their reverse; the
by J. Paul Getty
gilt-bronze collars at the bases o f the legs are

numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (?), 7, 8, p, 10 and u;
W i l l i a m Roberts, Memorials of Christies

(London, 1897), vol. 2, illus. facing p. 36;
Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI
Furniture
(London, 1913), p. 147, illus.; Frances Buckland, " D i e Karriere eines Kunstschreiners:
Johann H e i n r i c h Riesener, Ebenist am Hofe
Ludwigs X V I , " Kunst und Antiquitten
(1980), p. 37, illus. p. 28, fig. 7; Ronald

Freyberger, "Eighteenth-Century French
Furniture from H a m i l t o n Palace," Apollo
the feet mounts are numbered ^ t h r o u g h 12;

the leg sections are numbered / through 12.
Inscribed on carcass, under oval porcelain
plaque, Vovale ny lesporcehines
nontpoint
de marques.
Height: 5 ft. /s i n . (153.4
3
2 ft.
IO /I6
5
c m
) ; Width:
i n . (87.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4% i n .
(42.6 cm)
5 4
P R O V E N A N C E
114, no. 238 (December 1981), pp. 407-408,
Sold by M . Lapeyrire, Receveur general
A n n e Dion-Tenenbaum, "Alexandre-Louis
illus. p. 405, p i . 20; W i l s o n , Selections,
des contributions du dpartement
Bellang (Attribue ): Secretaire en cabinet
no. 41, pp. 82-83, illus.; "The Great Collec
A p r i l 19,1825, lot 97; reputedly purchased
(d'une paire)," Un ge d'or des arts
de la Seine,
dcoratifs
tions," French Connections: ScotUnd and the
at that sale by Marie-Jean-Pierre-Hubert,
1814-1848 (Galeries nationales d u Grand-
Arts of France (Edinburgh, 1985), pp. 78, 81,
due de Cambacrs, Paris; purchased from
Palais, Paris, 1991), p. 151, illus. fig. 55c;
84, illus. p. 83, fig. 47; Kjellberg, Diction
his heirs by Charles Michel, Paris, 1938;
Denise Ledoux-Lebard, "Multiples Bei
[W. Ball, N e w York, 1938]; purchased by
lange," Connaissance des arts
ber 1991), pp. 80-89, lus. no. 10, p. 88.
naire, p. 712, illus. p. 707.
(Decem
F R E N C H
TABLES
Height: 4 ft. 2 % i n . (128.8 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Louis XIV; (?) Dupille de Saint-
(35.6 cm)
Severin, Paris (sold, Paris, February 21,1785,
lot 323); [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris,

1982].
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1874),
Gunnersbury or N e w Court, Middlesex;
Gillian W i l s o n , "Two Newly Discovered
Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917), H a m i l
Pieces o f Royal French
ton Place, L o n d o n , by 1889; E d m u n d de
di belli arti27-28
Furniture,"Antologia
(1985), pp. 61-66, illus.;
Rothschild (b. 1916), L o n d o n ; Frank Green,
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJiz
Esq., Ashwick House, Dulverton, Somerset
p. 261, no. , illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 142,
(sold September 19,1947); [Frank Partridge
illus.; Jacques Charles et al., De Versailles
and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by
Paris: Le Destn des collections royales
J. Paul Getty, October 1950.
(1984),
(Paris, 1989), illus. p. 22, fig. 12; Pradre,

Les Ebnistes, p. 47, illus. p. 46, fig. 2; Hand
Getty, Collecting, p. 154, illus.; Savill,

55
55. Secretaire
book 1991, p. 156, illus.
Sevres, vol. 2, p. 879, n . 49, p. 901; Sassoon,

Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 36,
pp. 178-180, illus.
(?) Paris, m i d - to late nineteenth century;

circular Svres porcelain plaque circa 1775
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany, satinwood,
and t u l i p w o o d ; set w i t h one soft-paste and
TABLES
seven hard-paste porcelain plaques; giltbronze mounts; w h i t e marble top

Stamped LELEUa
forged stamp for Jean-
56. Reading and Writing Table

Fran9ois L e l e u a n d J ME at the top right
Walnut and oak veneered w i t h ivory, blue
and left corners o f the back. Painted w i t h
painted h o r n , and ebony; gilt-bronze m o l d
MA under a crown, a false mark for Marie
ings; steel; modern silk velvet
Antoinette, o n back and bearing under
neath a metal label stamped
ft. 7 / 8 i n . (48.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
PLACE.
HAMILTON
Circular porcelain plaque painted
on the reverse w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f
(35.5 cm)
the Svres manufactory.
56
45
A6
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
57. Table
58. Table
Paris, circa 1680
Paris, circa 1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Golle
Oak and rosewood veneered w i t h ebony,
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, pewter,
satinwood, mahogany, tortoiseshell, pewter,
brass, ebony, h o r n , ivory, boxwood, cherry,
and brass; gilded wood; gilt-bronze mounts
natural and stained sycamore, pear, thuya
One drawer bears a paper label inked
w o o d , satinwood, cedar, beech, and ama-
N.55148005.
ranth; gilt-bronze mounts
ft. 4 / 2 i n . (42 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2% i n .
3 ft. 7/4 i n . (110.5 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5 i n .
(36.1 cm)
(73.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Louis, Grand D a u p h i n o f France; (?)
(?) Le Despencer Family, Mereworth Castle,
H . Burgess (sold, Christies, L o n d o n ,
Kent (sold, circa 1831, to Levy, Maidstone,
M a y 30, 1899, lot 49, for 22 is.); H e n r y
Kent, 35); L o n d o n art market, 1831;
James Laird, Ardmore House, Blackheath
Richard, 2nd D u k e o f Buckingham and
Park, Middlesex (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Chandos, Stowe House, Buckinghamshire
March 19,1936, lot 147); private collection,
(sold, Christie's, Stowe House, August 15
Scotland (sold, Phillips, Glasgow, A p r i l 16,
et seq., 1848, lot 256, to [Redfern] for 59);
1981, l o t 305); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
57
L o n d o n , 1981].
W i l l i a m H u m b l e , n t h Baron W a r d (created
ist Earl o f Dudley, i860, died 1885), 1848;
W i l l i a m H u m b l e , 2nd Earl o f Dudley (died
1932), D u d l e y House, Park Lane, L o n d o n ;
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 2, pp. 18-23,
Sir Joseph C. Robinson, Bt., purchased w i t h
the contents o f D u d l e y House; D r . Joseph
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 145, illus.; Jacques
Labia (son-in-law o f Sir Joseph C. Robin-
Charles et al., De Versailles Paris: Le Destn
son), L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
des collections royales (Paris, 1989), illus. p. 22,
M a y 17,1963, lot 137); [Ronald Lee, L o n d o n ,
fig. 13; Handbook 1991, p. 158, illus.
97] [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

T h e Minneapolis Institute o f Arts, June 2 9 September 3,1972, no. 55.
Top
57
FRENCH TABLES
Top
58
58
Spree und Neie (Berlin, 1978), illus. p. 27;
59. Table
H e n r y R. Forster, The Stowe Catalogue:
Paris, circa 1680
"Acquisitions/1983," GetiyMusJn
(1984),
Attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
no. 2, p. 261, illus.; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,
no. 256, p. 16; Michael Strmer,
Handwerk
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
no. 302, p. 108.
und hfische Kultur: Europische
Mbel
horn, pewter, brass, ivory, boxwood, walnut,
Priced and Annotated
( L o n d o n , 1848),
kunst im 18. Jahrhundert
( M u n i c h , 1982),
satinwood or mahogany, amaranth, and
pp. 35, 215, illus.; G i l l i a n W i l s o n , "A Late
stained sycamore; gilt-bronze mounts
Seventeenth-Century French Cabinet at the
J. Paul Getty M u s e u m , " The Art
3 ft. 9% i n . (116.5 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 2 i n .
of Chicago Centennial Lecture:
Institute
Museum
Studies 10 (1983), pp. 119-131, illus.; Wilson,
(66 cm)
Selections, no. 4, pp. 8-9, illus.; Alvar

Gonzlez-Palacios, 77 Tempio del gusto:
Le Arti decorative in Ltalia fra Classicismi e
barocco ( M i l a n , 1986), no. 56, p. 26, illus.;
Handbook
1986, p. 146, illus.; Pradre, Les
Ebnistes, no. 301, p. 108, illus. p. 99, fig. 56;

Handbook
1991, p. 160, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bernheimer, M u n i c h , 1920s]; Hermann,

Graf von A r n i m , Schloss Muskau, Saxony,
taken to M u n i c h , 1945.
Hermann, Graf von A r n i m and W i l l i

Boelcke, Muskau: Standesherrschaft
zwischen
59
AJ
48
F R E N C H
TABLES
61. Table (bureau pfat)

Paris, circa 1725
A t t r i b u t e d to the workshops o f AndreCharles Boulle
O a k and pine veneered w i t h satin rouge
and amaranth; modern leather top; giltbronze mounts
Black and w h i t e chalk drawing, possibly for
a corner m o u n t , o n an interior panel.
6 ft. 7 /8 i n . (202.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 11Y i n .
5
(89.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
. H . A . Josse, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges

6o
Petit, Paris, M a y 29,1894, lot 152); pur

chased at that sale by Edouard Chappey,
Digby, Esq. (sold, Sotheby's, London,
Paris (sold privately after 1900); Ernest
June 22,19 51, l o t 70); [Michel Meyer,
Cronier, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges Petit,
Paris, 1985].
Paris, December 4-5, 1905, l o t 135, to
6 0 . Table (bureau fat)
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris]); Fran$ois Coty,
Oak veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony, and

brass; gilt-bronze mounts; leather top
Height: 2 ft. 7 % i n . (80.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 2 4 i n . (98.5 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. 4V16 i n .
3
(195.4 cm)
Paris (sold, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris,
"Le Meuble Boulle," Connaissance des arts 2

(April 1952), p. 20; Stephane Faniel et al.,
Le XVIII
siecle frangais (Collection Connais
sance des arts, Paris, 1958), p. 60, fig. 6;

"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJiA
November 30-December 1,1936, lot 84,

to [ B . Fab re et Fils, Paris]); confiscated by
the T h i r d Reich, 1940-1945; [Cameron, L o n
don, 1949]; purchased b y J. Paul Getty, 1949.
(1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 193, p. 243, illus.; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,
Alexandre de Flahaut, comte de la Billar-
no. 82, p. 102, illus. p. 78, fig. 27.
Paris, "Le M o b i l i e r travers les ages aux
derie, or Charles Claude de Flahaut, comte
grand et Petit Palais," Exposition
d'Angiviller, Paris; by descent to Auguste-
de , no. 2904; Paris, Exposition
Charles-Joseph (178 5-1870), comte de
spective de Van frangais des origines 1800,
Flahaut de la Billarderie, Paris, and French
1900, p. 299, illus. p. 188.
ambassador to England 1860-1862; by

descent to E m i l y de Flahaut, Baroness Keith
and Nairne, Paris and L o n d o n ; (?) Lady
E m i l y Fitzmaurice, L o n d o n ; . . H .
universelle
retro
F R E N C H
TABLES
62
61
decoration, mobilier (Paris, 1966), no. 133,
P R O V E N A N C E
Alfred de Champeaux, Portefeuille des arts
pp. 168-169, illus.; Claude Frgnac, Les
Jane, Countess o f Westmorland (wife o f the
dcoratifs yeme anne (Paris, 1884-1885),
Styles frangais, vol. 1 (Paris, 1975), p. 179,
10th Earl, married 1800, died 1857), Cotter-
pi. 578; Emile Molinier, Histoire genrale des
stock H a l l , Northamptonshire, from the
arts appliques Tindustrie du XV
illus.
late eighteenth century; Lieutenant Colonel
XVIII
a la fin du
siecle, v o l . 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
au XVIII
H o n . H e n r y Fane (son o f Jane, Countess
et
o f Westmorland; died 1857), Cotterstock
siecle (Paris, 1896), illus. p. 99;
Frantz M a r c o u and Emile Moliner, Cata

logue officiel illustre de Texposition retro
spective de l'art frangais des origines 1800
(Paris, 1900), illus. pp. 113-114 and fol. 60;
Sculpteur, bniste, collectionneur, Archives
de Vart frangais: Nouvellepriode
10 (Paris,
1919), pp. 113-114,136-137,145; A d o l f

Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Mbels seit
dem Altertum
(Berlin, 1927), p. 314; Getty,
Collecting, pp. 142-143, illus.; Pierre Verlet,

La Maison du XVIII
siecle en France:
Socit,
6 2 . Writing and Card Table

Paris, circa 1725
Oak and pine veneered w i t h satin rouge
and kingwood; walnut drawers; gilt-bronze
mounts; modern silk velvet
Closed Height: 2 ft. 6Y i n . (76.8 cm);
4
W i d t h : 3 ft. 3% i n . (101.3 cm); D e p t h :

ft. 8%. i n . (51.4 cm); Opened Height:
2 ft. 5/8 i n . (74 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 3% i n .
(101.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm)
H a l l ; H e n r y Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville

(cousin o f H o n . H e n r y Fane, died 1904),
Cotterstock H a l l ; Dundas family, Melville
Castle, Scotland, u n t i l 1967; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [French and Co.,
N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
49
50
F R E N C H
TABLES
64
63
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1735
Alexandre Benois, "La collection de .
(?) Empress Elizabeth o f Russia, given to her
Attributed to the workshops o f Andre-
Utheman St.-Petersbourg," Starye gody
by Louis X V , 1745, or purchased by C o u n t
Charles Boulle
(April 1908), p. 181, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
Vorontsov, St. Petersburg, i n Paris, 1745;
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood; modern
p. 143, illus. p. 142; Alexandre Pradre, "Le
Empress Catherine I I o f Russia by descent,
leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
Matre aux Pagodes,"
1762, or purchased w i t h the Vorontsov
d'artz<)6 (March 1992), pp. 22-44,
6 ft. 4% i n . (193.7
p. 35, fig. 17, p. 36, and no. 22, p. 43.
c m
) ; D e p t h : 3 ft. 1/2 i n .
LEstampille-LObjet
n m s
(95.2 cm)
Cabinet de la Souveraine, Chinese Palace,

P R O V E N A N C E
Oranienbaum (near St. Petersburg), by

1904; [Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1935];
64. Table (bureau plat)
A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace,
Uthemann, St. Petersburg, late nine
teenth century; i n Helsinki by 19 21; E d i t h
A t t r i b u t e d to Joseph Baumhauer
and Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968),
Oak veneered w i t h satin rouge; modern
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, by 1935
leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
loan, 1921-1923.
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, l o t

98); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
A l l mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
1745-1749
St. Petersburg, Exposition
Height: 2 ft. i n . (78.9 cm); W i d t h :
d'objets d'art Saint-Petersbourg, 1904,
5 ft.
pp. 229, 231, illus. p. 232.
Oslo, Norway, T h e Nasjonalgalleriet, o n
Palace; Helen, Duchess o f MecklenburgStrelitz (Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg),
i n . (181.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 3 /s i n .

5
II /S
(100.7
Accession number 71. D A . 9 5
retrospective
F R E N C H
Denis Roche, Le Mobilier frangais en Russie
5 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (163.8 cm); Depth: 2 ft. j A i n .

3
(Paris, 1912), v o l . 1, p l . 18; Duveen and Co.,
(79.6 cm)
A Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
Century in the Collection of Anna
TABLES
Thomson
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), p. ix, illus.; Andre

Boutemy, "L'Ebniste Joseph Baumhauer,"
Connaissance des arts 157 (March 1965), illus.
p. 88; Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749
Joseph Baumhauer, bniste privilegi d u
P R O V E N A N C E
Henry Hirsch, L o n d o n (sold, Christie s,

London, June 11,1931, lot 171); [J. M .
Botibol, London, 1931]; purchased by
roi," LEstampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,
fig. 3; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 27, p. 245.
Andre Boutemy, "B.V.R.B. et la morphologie

de son style," Gazette des beaux-arts 49
(March 1957), pp. 165-167; Barry Shifman,
65. Table
"A Newly-Found Table by Edward Holmes
{bureaupfa)
Baldock," Apollo 119 (January 1984),
66
pp. 38-42, illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,

O a k veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ebony;
p. 139.
modern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts

Stamped B. V.R.B. underneath. Some o f the
mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
66. Mechanical Writing and Toilet Table

Paris, circa 1750
1745-1749
By Jean-Fran$ois Oeben
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, amaranth,
satin rouge, kingwood, and various stained
woods; iron mechanism; gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped J.F.OEBEN
Height: 2 ft. 4V4 i n . (73 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 5/8 i n . (73.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 % i n .
Verlet et al., Chef d'oeuvre, p. 123, illus.;
(37.8 cm)
Andre Boutemy, "Jean-Francois Oeben
Mconnu," Gazette des beaux-arts 63 (April
P R O V E N A N C E
65
66
Top
zn JME underneath.
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris]; [Cameron, L o n d o n ] ;

1964), pp. 207-224, illus. p. 215, fig. 23;

Dictionnaire,
p. 619.
51
52
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
6j. Writing and Toilet Table
Paris, circa 1754
By Jean-Francois Oeben
Handbook 1986, p. 166, illus.; Pradre, Les
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood, tulipwood,
Ebnistes, illus. p. 255, fig. 264; Kjellberg,
amaranth, boxwood, sycamore, pear, satin-
Dictionnaire,
wood, lemon, padouk, and stained horn
illus.
p. 619; Handbook 1991, p. 182,
beam; leather; silk fabric lining; gilt-bronze

mounts
Stamped J . OEBEN
twice underneath
table and inscribed i n i n k No. 4. Label

underneath table printed Mrs John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.; label inside drawer inked
C. 64781J. D. RJ /10
NR
West Fifty
fourth
Street, New York.

2 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4 % i n .
6?
(42.8 cm)
Accession number 71.DA. 103
68. Writing Table

Paris, circa 1755
O a k and pine veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d ,
k i n g w o o d , amaranth, and laburnum;
modern leather panel; gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped B. V.R.B, and J ME twice under the
front rail. A label pasted underneath printed
Londesborough under a coronet. Another
label printed J . J .ALLEN,
P R O V E N A N C E
Depositories, LONDON
John George M u r r a y (1871-1917), Marquess
Countess
Ltd.,
Furniture
and stenciled
Londesborough.
o f Tullibardine, 8th Duke o f A t h o l l , Scot

land; M a r y Gavin ( H o n . M r s . Robert
Baillie-Hamilton), by inheritance; Lady
Harvey, London, by inheritance; [Lewis
and Simmons, Paris]; Judge Elbert H . Gary,
N e w York (sold, American A r t Association,
Top
A p r i l 21,1928, lot 272, when the above
67
provenance was given); [Duveen Brothers,

N e w York]; [Raymond Kraemer, Paris];
Martha Baird (Mrs. John D . Rockefeller, Jr.)
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 23,
1971, lot 712); [The Antique Porcelain Co.,
68
F R E N C H
70.

3 ft. i A
7
i n . (96.2
cm);
T A B L E S
Card Table
Paris, circa 1760
D e p t h : 1 ft. i o / i 6 i n .
n
By Jean-Fran$ois Oeben
(57.6 cm)
and green stained burr wood; modern baize

P R O V E N A N C E
lining; gilt-bronze mounts
Lady Grace Adelaide Fane (Countess o f
Stamped J.EOEBEN
Londesborough, wife o f the 2nd Earl,
beneath.
married 1887, died 1933), L o n d o n (sold,
2 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (85 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 / 2 i n .
H a m p t o n and Sons, L o n d o n , July 24,1933,
(36.8 cm)
lot 123); [J. M . B o t i b o l , L o n d o n , by 1937];
P R O V E N A N C E
Probably purchased by Sir Charles Mills
or his son Charles Henry, created L o r d

Dictionnaire,
H i l l i n g d o n i n 1886, Essex; Charles, 4th
p. 139.
L o r d H i l l i n g d o n (born 1922), Essex, by

descent (sold, Christie s, London, M a y 14,
6
69. Table
1970, lot 102); [Frank Partridge, L t d . ,

9
London, 1970]; [French and Co., N e w

, York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Paris, circa 1760

By A d r i e n Faizelot-Delorme
O a k veneered w i t h amaranth and green
stained burr yew; modern silver fittings
i n drawer for i n k , sand, and sponge; giltbronze mounts
Stamped DELORME
twice and JME once on
drawer panel.
n / 8 i n . (29.4 cm); D e p t h : 9 /s i n . (24.4 cm)
5
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris art market, early 1970s; [Rosenberg

and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1972]; pur
chased by J. Paul Getty.
70
53
54
FRENCH
TABLES
Stamped by Bernard van Risenburgh,"
71. Table
(1981), pp. 167-174, figs. 1-5,
Table: Paris, early twentieth century
GettyMusJy
Porcelain: Svres manufactory, 1761
8-9; Antoinette Fy-Halle et al., Frangois
Carcass perhaps by an imitator o f Bernard I I
Boucher (The M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m of Art,
van Risenburgh; porcelain top painted by
New York, 1986), no. 97, p. 355; Savill,
Charles-Nicolas D o d i n after a design by
Sevres, v o l . 2, n . 2f, p. 812; Kjellberg, Die-
Francois Boucher
tionnaire, p. 139; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Painted oak; set w i t h a soft-paste porcelain
plaque; gilt-bronze mounts
pp. 163,165.
Stamped B. V.R.B, and J ME
underneath
drawer. Underside o f the porcelain plaque

painted w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
7 2 . Toilet Table
Svres manufactory enclosing the date letter
/ f o r 1761, and w i t h the painters mark k.
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Fran9ois Leleu

3
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood, t u l i p w o o d ,
ft. iVs i n . (34.6 cm); Depth: 11 Ys i n .
pear, satinwood, lemon, padouk, amaranth,
(28.3 cm)
sycamore, boxwood, and ebony; gilt-bronze
mounts
P R O V E N A N C E
T h e number 499 cast into the reverse o f
Porcelain Plateau only: (?) Miss H .
each m o u n t . Paper label inked B.F.A. C.

1913 Meyer Sassoon Esq. inside drawer.
Cavendish-Bentinck (offered for sale,

71
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 3, 1893, lot 123,
Paper label printed BURLINGTON

CLUB EXHIBITION
FINE
bought i n ) ; (?) John Cockshut, Esq.
ARTS
(sold after his death, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
FRENCH
March 11,1913, lot 92, to Harding).
CENT. 1913, and another label inked Mr. A.
Table mounted w i t h Plateau: Private
Barker present parM.
SCHOOL
OF THE
OF THE
XVIIITH
Chenue, 24
Rue....
underneath table.
English collection; [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
despetits Champs
Height: 2 ft. 3V8 i n . (70.2 cm); W i d t h :
Getty, 1949.
ft. i o / 8 i n . (56.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .

3
(40.3 cm)

Getty, Collecting, p. 148, illus.; Hans H u t h ,
P R O V E N A N C E
Lacquer of the West: The History ofa Craft
[Alexander Barker, Esq.], probably acquired
andan Industry, 1550-1950 (Chicago and
in Paris (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 11,
London, 1971), p. 93, caption p. 145, fig. 231;

Adrian Sassoon, "New Research o n a Table
Top
71
1874, lot 693); (?) E d m u n d , ist L o r d

Grimsthorpe (1816-1905); Leopold George
Frederick, 5th Viscount Clifden (sold,
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
Robinson and Fisher, M a y 21 et seq., 1895,

lot 606, to [Seligmann, Paris], for 750
guineas); M r . and M r s . Meyer Sassoon,
Pope's Manor, Berkshire; V i o l e t Sassoon
(Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald), Heathfield Park,
Sussex (offered for sale, Sotheby's, London,
November 22, 1963, l o t 132, bought i n ; sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , M a r c h 23,1972, lot 88);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
L o n d o n , T h e B u r l i n g t o n Fine Arts Club,

1913; L o n d o n , M o r t o n Lee and Mallet and
Sons, The Royal Cabinetmakers
of France,
July 1951, no. 8, illus.
73
7 3 . Console Table
Design by V i c t o r Louis; table attributed
to Pierre Deumier
Silvered and gilt bronze; bleu turquin
marble top
Each gilt-bronze element is stamped w i t h
the letter B.
Height: 2 ft. j / s i n . (83.5 cm); W i d t h :
7

(52 cm)
Accession number 88.DF.II8
P R O V E N A N C E
72
Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, Paris (sold,

Sotheby's, Monaco, June 23, 1976, l o t 108);
purchased at that sale by The British Rail

Pension Fund.
Fran9ois-Georges Pariset, "Jeszcze o Pracach

W i k t o r a Louisa D l a Z a m k u Warszawskiego,"
Biuletyn Historii Sztuki,Nr.
2, Rok 24
(1962), pp. 141,154; "Acquisitions/1988,"

D a v i d Harris Cohen, "The Chambre des
Portraits Designed by V i c t o r Louis for
the K i n g o f Poland," GettyMusJ'19 (1991),
pp. 75-98, illus. p. 89, fig. 23a; Handbook
1991, p. 187, illus.
55
56
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
Height: 2 ft. 3% i n . (70.5 cm); Diameter:

ft. 3 /8 i n . (39.1 cm)
3
P R O V E N A N C E
Alfred de Rothschild, Halton, Buckingham

shire, after 1884; A l m i n a Wombwell (daugh
ter o f Alfred de Rothschild, Countess o f
Carnarvon, wife o f the 5th Earl, married
1895, died 1969), 1918; [Henry Symons
and Co., L o n d o n , 1919]; [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1919]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w
York, 1919 (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 52);
Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 70, p. 359; Kjell

berg, Dictionnaire, pp. 158,162; Sassoon,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcekin, no. 33,
pp. 166-169,
74
74. Table
m u s
- PP- 167-169.
75. Table
Table: Paris, circa 1773
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, 1773
Table by M a r t i n Carlin; circular porcelain
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, 1764
plaque attributed to Jacques-Fran9ois
A t t r i b u t e d to M a r t i n Carlin
Micaud
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d , ebony, and
O a k veneered w i t h tulipwood, holly, and
Alfred de Rothschild, H a l t o n , Buckingham
holly; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain
ebony; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain
shire, after 1884; A l m i n a W o m b w e l l (daugh
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white marble
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts
ter o f Alfred de Rothschild; Countess o f
lower shelf
Table stamped M. CARLIN ana J ME under
Carnarvon, wife o f the 5th Earl, married
The circular porcelain plaque painted o n
neath. Circular plaque painted w i t h the
1895, died 1969), 1918; [Henry Symons
the reverse w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the
blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory,
and Co., L o n d o n , 1920]; [French and Co.,
Sevres manufactory enclosing the date letter
the date 1773, and the painter's mark X.
N e w York, 1920]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w
L for 1764.
Height: 2 ft. 5 i n . (73.5 cm); Diameter:

ft. 3 4 i n . (40 cm)
3
75
P R O V E N A N C E
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
York, 1920 (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,


Getty, Collecting, p. 158; Dorothe GuillemBrulon, " U n decor pour les meubles,"
LEstampille
165 (January 1984), pp. 18-30,
illus. p. 24; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 69,

p. 359; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 158,162;
77
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain,
no. 34, p p . 170-172, illus. pp. 171-173.
Paris, 1777
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Oak veneered w i t h satinwood and amaranth;
76 Music Stand
modern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
Underside o f table painted i n black w i t h the
A t t r i b u t e d to M a r t i n Carlin
partly obliterated French royal inventory
O a k veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and pear-
mark No. 290$. Stamped under same panel,
wood; incised w i t h colored mastics; gilt-
i n the f o r m o f a circle that is half cut away,
bronze mounts
[GARDE-MEUBJLE
Stamped JME under oval shelf.
ing the monogram MA. Also painted under
M a x i m u m Height: 4 ft. 10 A i n . (148.6 cm);

l
76
M i n i m u m Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94.2 cm);

W i d t h : ft. 7 4 i n . (50.2 cm); Depth:
3
ft. 2% i n . (36.8 cm)
DE LA REINE
enclos
neath table is a crown that originally

appeared over the letters CT, w h i c h are
now cut away.
Paul Wescher, "An Inlaid Music Stand by
Height: 2 ft. 5V% i n . (74.9 cm); W i d t h :
M a r t i n Carlin and Related Pieces," Bulletin
4 ft. 5V2 i n . (135.9
of the J . Paul Getty Museum oj'Art (1959),
(70.8 cm)
Sir Robert Abdy, Bt., L o n d o n ; Edith and
vol. , no. 2, pp. 16-32, illus.; J. B.
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968),
Watson, Louis XVI Furniture
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
i960), no. 125, pp. 130-131, illus.; Verlet

P R O V E N A N C E
(New York,
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, pp. 125-126, illus.;

Getty, Collecting, p. 156, illus.
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3% i n .
P R O V E N A N C E
Ordered by Marie-Antoinette for the cabinet

o f Louis X V I i n the Petit Trianon, Versailles,
and delivered o n August 6,1777 (sold, Ver
sailles, August 25,1793 to August 11,1794,
lot 828, for 600 livres to D u m o n t ) ; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n , 19671971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
57
58
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
twentieth-century Duveen inventory
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The James A. de
number 2961$. Porcelain plaques marked
Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor:
variously (not all are marked) w i t h the
Furniture,
crossed I's o f the Sevres manufactory i n red,
Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (Fribourg,
the date letters A A for 1778, Vand s mark
1974), vol. , no. 69; vol. 2, no. 103;

Christian Baulez and Denise Ledoux-Lebard,
VD, and paper labels printed w i t h the
77 mobile Francese dal Luigi XVI alTart dec
crossed Z's and inked w i t h the prices o f 30
( M i l a n , 1981), p. 12, fig. 12; Jacques Charles
and 96 [livres].
et al., De Versailles Paris: Le Destn des col
lections royales, (Paris, 1989), illus. p. 191;
4 ft. 3 /8 i n . (131.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. Vs i n .
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 712; Pierre Verlet,

Le Mobilier
(62 cm)
royal frangais, vol. 4, Meubles
de la couronne conserves en Europe et aux

Etats-Unis
P R O V E N A N C E
(Paris, 1990), pp. 80-82, illus.
pp. 11, 81.
78
78 Toilet Table
Grand Duchess Maria-Feodorovna o f Russia

(later czarina o f Paul I ) , purchased i n 1782
from the marchand-mercier
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The James A. de
Daguerre i n Paris, installed i n her chambre
Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor:
Furniture,
Oak and pine veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and
1974), vol. 2, pp. 498-499
Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (Fribourg,
Dominique
coucher at Pavlovsk (near St. Petersburg),

Russia; Russian Imperial Collections, Palace
o f Pavlovsk; [Duveen and Co., N e w York],
stained holly; marquetry panels o f amaranth,
purchased i n 1931 from the Soviet govern
satinwood, pearwood, tulipwood, apple-
ment; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace,
wood, ebony, and other stained fruitwoods;

gilt-bronze mounts
2 ft. 7 4 i n . (80.6 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 8 /s i n .
3
(83 cm)
79. Writing Table (bureau pfot)

Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, circa 1778
T h e table by M a r t i n Carlin; at least seven
Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n , 1931 (sold,

Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 135);
H a b i b Sabet, Geneva, 1971 (sold, Christie s,
L o n d o n , December 1,1983, lot 54).
Sevres porcelain plaques gilded by Jean-
Baptiste-Emmanuel Vand pere
Alexandre Benois, Les Tresors d'art en Russie
O a k veneered w i t h tulipwood; set w i t h
(St. Petersburg, 1907), vol. 7, p. 186, p l . 20;
Sir Albert Edward Primrose, 6th Earl o f
fourteen soft-paste porcelain plaques; m o d
Denis Roche, Le Mobilier frangais en Russie
P R O V E N A N C E
Rosebery (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , Decem
ern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
(Paris, 1913), v o l . 2, p l . 55; Duveen and Co.,
ber 2,1971, lot 112); [French and Co., N e w
Stamped M. CARLIN
A Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
York, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
JME
(partly effaced) and
under front-right rail. Printed paper
trade label o f D o m i n i q u e Daguerre under

neath left-rear rail; three Russian inventory
numbers painted o n carcass; central drawer
contains a paper label inked w i t h the
Century in the Collection of Anna
Thomson
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), introduction p. v i i
F R E N C H
CARVED
TABLES
CARVED TABLES
80. Table
French, circa 1660-1670
Gessoed and gilded walnut; modern paint
3 ft. 3 / 2 i n . (100.3
c m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3 i n .
(68.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1986].

"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMus]6
(1988),
no. 65, p. 176, illus.
79
and non-paginated entry, illus.; Duveen and
177, no. 711 (May 1971), pp. 34-36, illus.;
Co., A Catalogue of Works of Art in the
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 10, pp. 201,
Collection of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit,
204-207, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 174,
1939), v o l . , i n t r o d u c t i o n pp. x v - x v i and
illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 887; n n . 83, 87,
non-paginated entry, illus.; Carl Dauterman
p. 901; Pradre, Les Ebnistes, no. 39, p. 358;
et al., Decorative Art from the S. Kress
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 160,162, illus.
Collection at the Metropolitan
p. 157; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
Museum of Art
(London, 1964), pp. 112, 114, 130; A n t h o n y

Coleridge, "Works o f A r t w i t h a Royal
Provenance from the Collection o f the Late
M r s . A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge," Connoisseur
lain, no. 39, pp. 188-192, illus. pp. 189-192.
80
59
F R E N C H
C A R V E D
T A B L E S
81 Table or Stand
83. Console Table
Gessoed and gilded oak
Gessoed and gilded oak and pine;
marble top
2 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (77 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 8 / 2 i n .
(52 cm)
(40 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
English private collection; L o n d o n art mar
82
ket; [B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1989].
(1991),
no. 55, p. 161, illus.
[Gerard Kerin, L o n d o n ] (sold, Christie s,

L o n d o n , July 1, 1982, lot 42); [Didier
82. Console Table
"Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJiy
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1725
Aaron, Paris]; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
Gessoed and gilded oak; lumachella pavo-
N e w York].
nazza marble top
Pasted under back rail, the remains o f a

printed label, 102, George Street, Portman
Square,
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\4
(1986),
no. 194, p. 244, illus.
Wl.

3
4 ft. ii A i n . (152.1 cm); Depth: 1 ft. uV i n .

7
(59.1cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Christie Robert, London, circa 1885-1916;

Baroness van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de
Haar, Paris, by 1964 (sold, Palais Galliera,
Paris, June 8,1971, lot 77); [Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by
81
J. Paul Getty.
Eveline Schlumberger, "En Hommage

Gerard M i l l e : l'appartement qui illustre le
mieux le style baroque qui couronna sa carriere de dcorateur," Connaissance des arts
146 (April 1964), illus. p. 71.
83
F R E N C H
CARVED
TABLES

6 ft. 5 /8 i n . (197.1 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 9 V 8 i n .
5
(115.8 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (ne

Charlotte v o n Rothschild), Gunnersbury
Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild
(1842-1918), H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, by
1884; by descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild
(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , London, 1972];
[French and Company, N e w York, on con
signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
8
84. Side Table
85. Center Table
Paris, circa 1730
Top: See entry no. 320 under
Gessoed and gilded oak; breche violette top
Italian
Height: 2 ft. 11 Ys i n . (89.3 cm); W i d t h :
Support: Paris, circa 1745
Gessoed and gilded w o o d
Furniture
(81.3 cm)
86
P R O V E N A N C E
Vicomtesse de . . . , Paris (sold, H o t e l

86. Console Table
D r o u o t , Paris, A p r i l , 26, 1923, lot 21);
[Fran$ois-Grard Seligmann, Paris].
Design closely related to the w o r k o f


no. 3, pp. 5-6, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
85
Contant d ' l v r y (1698-1777)

Gessoed and gilded oak; modern marble top
Height (without top): 3 ft.% i n . (92.1 cm);
W i d t h : 5 ft. 8 4 i n . (174.6 cm); Depth:
3
2 ft. 3 4 i n . (70.5 cm)

3
6l
62
F R E N C H
C A R V E D
T A B L E S
88. Console Table
P R O V E N A N C E
T h e Barons o f Hastings, M e l t o n Constable,
Paris, circa 1780
Norfolk; by descent to the 21st Baron, Sir
After designs b y Richard de Lalonde.
Albert Edward Delaval (sold w i t h the house
Painted walnut
i n 1940 to the D u k e o f Westminster); Roger
Height: 2 ft. 9 i n . (84 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9 i n .
Gawn, M e l t o n Constable, N o r f o l k (sold,
(84 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.5 cm)
Christies, L o n d o n , December 4,1986,
lot 96); [Jonathan Harris, L o n d o n ] .

P R O V E N A N C E
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1990].
Pallot, L'Art du siege, illus. p. 155; "Acquisi

tions/1991," GettyMusJ 20 (1992), no. 77,
87
p. 174, illus.
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ zo
(1992),
no. 73, p. 173, illus.
87. Console Table

Paris, circa 1775
SEAT
FURNITURE
Gessoed, painted, and gilded oak; bleu

turquin marble t o p
89. Pair of Settees
Settee .1: French, circa 1700
3 ft. 5% i n . (104.7
Settee .2: English, circa 1830
c m
) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 6*4 i n .
(46.3 cm)
Gessoed and gilded w o o d ; modern
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 10V% i n . (117.1 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
6 ft. 11 4 i n . (212.7
3
[Kraemer et Ce, Paris].
c m
) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.6 cm)
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ\% (1990),

no. 56, p. 195, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
88
Sir Ivor C h u r c h i l l Guest, Viscount W i m bourne (born 1873), Ashby St. Ledgers,
N o r t h a m p t o n , England; [Frank Partridge,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty
for Sutton Place, Surrey, 1968; distributed
Getty Museum.
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
T h u g n y (Ardennes); [(?) David Z o r k Co.,

Chicago, Illinois]; [A La Vieille Russie,
N e w York, 1984].
Reims, France, Palais archiepiscopal,

1876, (?) no. 267, lent by M . le comte de
Chabrillan [information: P. Leperlier].
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJiT, (1985),

no. 48, p. 176, illus.; Jean Feray, "Le
M o b i l i e r Crozat," Connaissance des arts
429 (November 1987), pp. 67-68, n. 2;
"The Crozat Suite," Christies Review of the
Season ip88 (Oxford, 1989), pp. 214-215;
Daniel Alcouffe, "Les recentes acquisitions
des muses nationaux, Muse d u Louvre,
One
of
'Deux fauteuils d u mobilier Crozat,' " La
a pair
Revue du Louvre et des Muses de France 4

Both paper labels are partially covered by
(1989), p. 264; Daniel Alcouffe, "Paire de
a second, r o u n d label printed w i t h A La
Fauteuils," Louvre: Nouvelles acquisitions
F e b r u a r y - A p r i l 1933, no. 529, illus.; W o o d -
Vieille Russie.
du dpartement
side, California, Filoli, o n loan, 1979-1991.
Height: ft. 6 A i n . (47 cm); W i d t h :
des objets d'art, ip8$-ip8p
(Paris, 1990), no. 67, pp. 140-142.
2 ft. i n . (63.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 6 /s i n .

7
(48 cm)
90. Stool (tabouret)

P R O V E N A N C E
Gessoed and gilded walnut; modern leather
Pierre Crozat (1661-1740), trsorier de
upholstery
France Paris i n 1704; by descent to his
Stamped GHC under each side rail. The
niece Antoinette-Louise-Marie Crozat de
stool bears t w o paper labels, one glued to
Thiers, comtesse de Bthune-Pologne (1731-
the inside o f each side rail, printed w i t h
1809); by descent to the families o f La Tour
From the David Zork Company I Exclusive
du Pin and de Chabrillan; by descent to
Furniture
and Decoration 1201-207 North
le comtesse A r m a n d de Caumont La Force,
Michigan
Boulevard I Chicago,
ne Anne-Marie de Chabrillan (1894-1983)
Illinois.
and her son, le comte Robert-Henry de

Caumont La Force, at the Chateau de
90
63
6A
F R E N C H
S E A T
F U R N I T U R E
92. Desk Chair (fauteuil de cabinet)

Paris, circa 1735
A t t r i b u t e d to Etienne Meunier
Walnut; leather upholstery; velvet pocket
linings; brass studs
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (90.8 cm); W i d t h :
3
2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 1%. i n .

(64.1 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a

T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christies,
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 48); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
One of four
91
93
One of two
91. Four Armchairs (fauteuih a fa rein)

Paris, circa 1735
93. Two Armchairs (fauteuih) and Two

Side Chairs (chaises)
Gessoed and gilded walnut, modern silk vel

vet upholstery
Gessoed and gilded beech; modern silk
upholstery
(57.8 cm)
Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (no.5 cm);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 6 / 8 i n . (76.6 cm); D e p t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
2 ft. SVs i n . (83.7 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
H u b e r t de Givenchy, Paris; [Jacques Kugel,
3 ft. i n . (94.1 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. /s i n .
Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
(62 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 /s i n . (69.4 cm)
Accession number 82.DA.95.1.4

Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 108, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England, from the eigh

teenth century u n t i l 1979; [ W i l l i a m Red-
92
ford, L o n d o n , 1979]; [Alexander and

Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1979].
F R E N C H
SEAT F U R N I T U R E
Chairs: Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.7
c m
);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 6 i n . (76.2 cm); Depth:

ft. u /i6 i n . (59.6 cm); Settee: Height:
7
3 ft. 6 i n . (106.7
c m
) ; W i d t h : 7 ft. i n .
(214.5 cm); Depth: 3 ft. (91.4 cm)

Accession numbers: Chairs: 83.DA.230.1-.2;
Settee: 8 4 . D A . 7 0
P R O V E N A N C E
Chairs: Private collection, New York (sold,

Sotheby's, N e w York, October 1981, lot 314);
[Matthew Schutz, L t d . , New York, 1982].
Settee: M r s . Rose Freda, N e w York;
[Edward D e Pasquale, N e w York, 1983]
(sold, Sotheby's, N e w York, M a y 4, 1984,
lot 41).
94
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1983,"

GettyMusJiz
(1984), no. 8 (armchairs),
(1984), no. 10 (armchairs),
GettyMusJiz
illus. (one armchair); Pallot, L'Art du siege,
13 (1985), no. 56 (settee), p. 179, illus.; Pallot,
GettyMusJ
p. 102, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 171, illus.
L'Art du siege, p. 278, illus. and p. 300;
(one armchair).
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 33, 37.
94. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuib a L rein)

and One Settee
By Jean Avisse
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern upholstery
Each chair stamped I AVISSE
beneath rear
rail. Settee stamped IAVISSE
twice beneath
rear rail.
One of a pair
94
65
66
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E

3
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^
no. 59, p. 180, illus.; Kjellberg,
(1985),
Dictionnaire,
p. 403.
2 ft. 2 /8 i n . (67.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 % i n .

5
(55.5 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 0 . 1 - . 2
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Versailles, 1762; Chateau de
96. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuils a L rein)

Frames: Paris, 1762
Fontainebleau; listed as i n the lodgings o f

Charles-Claude de Taillepied, seigneur de
Upholstery: Aubusson, nineteenth century
la Garenne, o n November 1,1786, and
Frames by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
again i n 1787; Annette Lefortier, Paris
Gessoed and gilded wood; wool tapestry
(sold, American A r t Association, N e w York,
Each armchair stamped Q FOLIO inside
November 20,1937, l o t 151); purchased at
rear rail and stenciled i n the same place w i t h
a crowned F a n d the number 832 for the

Chateau de Fontainebleau.
Pallot, LArt du siege, pp. 284, illus., and

308-309; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 317.
95
95. Armchair (bergre la rein)
97. Armchair {bergere)
Paris, circa 1755
By Nicolas Heurtaut
By Georges Jacob
Gessoed and gilded w o o d ; modern silk
Painted oak; p i n k and green silk upholstery
upholstery
Stamped .HEURTAUTunder
T h e frame o f the chair is stamped GI AC
rear rail.
and w i t h an anchor flanked by C and
beneath a crown, the mark o f the Chateau
2 ft. 7 4 i n . (80.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5% i n .

3
de Chanteloup. T h e dust cover o f the seat
(75.5 cm)
and the underside o f the cushion are also
stenciled w i t h the mark o f the Chateau de
P R O V E N A N C E
Chanteloup.
Private collection, N e w York; [Matthew
Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, circa i960] (sold,
(94 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 6 i n . (76 cm)
Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York, M a y 4,
1984, l o t 59).
One of a pair
96
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
Etienne-Fraôis de Stainville, due de
Part o f a suite o f seat furniture acquired b y
Choiseul, Chateau de Chanteloup; Louis
the order o f baron de Breteufl and delivered
de Bourbon, due de Penthivre, Chateau
to the garde meuble i n 1783; Chateau de Ver
de Chanteloup, 1785; "Poitevin Joubert et
sailles (sold, November 25,1793 [5 frimaire,
femme Fleury," after 1794, purchased at the
an I I ] , lot 5672, to Gastinet for 1,610 livres);
sale o f the contents o f the chateau; [Bernard
Jacques, comte de Braudire (sold, Paris,
Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1988].
M a y 18-30,1885, part o f lot 902); [Duveen

Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a Thomson
Alfred Gabeau, "Le M o b i l i e r d ' u n chateau
Michigan (sold, Christie's, London, June 24,
la fin d u X V l I I sicle: Chanteloup," Reunion

e
des socits des beaux-arts des
dpartements
J. Paul Getty.
(Paris, A p r i l 1898), pp. 529, 541; Jehanne

d'Orliac, La Vie merveilleuse d'un beau
domaine frangais-Chanteloup
Steele
A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Works of A r t w i t h a
siecle (Paris, 1929), p. 231; "Acquisi
Royal Provenance from the Collection o f
au XX
tions/1988," GettyMusJij
du XIII
the Late M r s . A n n a Thomson Dodge o f
(1989), no. 74,
Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May
pp. 142-143, illus.
One of a pair
98
1971), p. 34; Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 192,

illus., and p. 301; Kjellberg,
98. Pair of Side Chairs (chaises L rein)

By Jean Boucault
velvet upholstery
Each stamped J.BOUCAULT ana branded
w i t h a crowned double V, the mark o f the
Chateau de Versailles, under the seat rail.
Each also stenciled w i t h various royal inven
tory numbers.
Height: 2 ft. 11 % i n . (91 cm); W i d t h :
ft. 10% i n . (57 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. z% i n .
(66.5 cm)
97
pp. 84-85.
Dictionnaire,
6j
68
F R E N C H
S E A T
F U R N I T U R E
99. Four Armchairs (fauteuih a L rein)
June 22,1938, lot 55); purchased at that sale
and One Settee
by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey;
distributed by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to
By Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
the J. Paul Getty Museum.

velvet upholstery
Each piece stamped TILLIARD
under rear
Handbook1986,
seat rail.
L'Artdu
Chairs: Height: 3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h :
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 840; Handbook
2 ft. 5% i n . (75 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 5% i n .
1991, p. 190, illus. (one).
(74.9 cm); Settee: Height: 3 ft. n /s i n .

3
(120.3
c m
p . 174, illus. (one); Pallot,
siege, p. 218, illus., and p. 318;
) ; W i d t h : 7 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (229.7 cm);
Depth: 3 ft. i*4 i n . (94.6 cm)

1 0 0 . Four Side Chairs (chaises a L reine)

Paris, 1780-1781
P R O V E N A N C E
By Fran$ois-Toussaint Foliot after designs
M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York (sold by his
by Jacques G o n d o i n
heir John L . Schiff, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Gessoed and gilded beech, modern silk

One of four
99
upholstery
One chair stenciled GARDE
LA REINE
MEUBLE
DE
under seat rail. Another bears a
label inscribed Ex museo
L.Double.

ft. 9% i n . (55 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10% i n .
(56.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Marie-Antoinette, Salon d u Rocher,

"Hameau de la Reine," Petit Trianon,
Versailles, ordered from the menuisier
Fran9ois-Toussaint Foliot o n November 29,
1780; (?) removed f r o m the Chateau de
Versailles, 1791; Leopold Double, Paris
(sold, Paris, M a y 30-June 1,1881, lot 427);
H e n r i , comte de Greffulhe, Paris; [Duveen
Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a T h o m s o n
99
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Tuileries, Paris, 1797-circa 1806; [Michel,

M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,
Paris, 1933]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

(sold, Christies, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot
J. Paul Getty.

A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Works o f A r t w i t h a
Royal Provenance f r o m the Collection o f
Pierre Verlet, "Les meubles sculp ts d u
the Late M r s . A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge o f
X V I I I sicle: Quelques identifications,"

e
Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May
Bulletin de la Socit de Vhistoire de Vart
1971), p . 34, illus.; Kjellberg,
frangais (1937), pp. 259-263; Pierre Verlet,
Dictionnaire,
p. 426; Jean-Pierre Babelon, " U n magni
French Royal Furniture (London, 1963),
fique enrichissement des collections
pp. 35-36; A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Works o f
One of a pair
nationales-Muse national d u Chateau

de Versailles," La Revue du Louvre et des
Muses de France 5 (1990), p. 350.
1 0 1 . Pair of Folding Stools (pliants)

Paris, circa 1786
By Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sene; carved b y
Nicolas Vallois
Gessoed, painted, and gilded beech;
modern upholstery
Each stool branded w i t h three
fleur-de-lys
beneath a crown and w i t h TH, the mark o f

the Palais des Tuileries.
Height (without cushion): 1 ft. 4% i n .
(42 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (72.5 cm);
Depth: 1 ft. 9 i n . (53 cm)
Accession number 71. D A . 94.1-. 2
P R O V E N A N C E
Marie-Antoinette, from a set o f sixty-four

ordered i n two groups by Jean Haur i n
1786, at the cost o f 720 livres for each stool,
for the gaming rooms i n the Chateau de
Fontainebleau and the Chateau de C o m pigne; Palais d u Luxembourg or Palais des
One of four
IOO
A r t w i t h a Royal Provenance from the

Collection o f the Late M r s . Anna Thomson
Dodge o f Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711
(May 1971), p. 34; Pierre Verlet, Les Meubles
frangais du XVIII
Steele (Paris, 1982), p. 227;
p. 818.
69
JO
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
102. Swivel Chair (fauteuil [] de toilette)
Paris, circa 1787
M i c h e l Beurdeley, La France l'encan (Fri-
By Georges Jacob; carved by Triquet and
bourg, 1981), p. 109; Kjellberg,
Rode; originally painted by Chaillot and
p. 426.
Dictionnaire,
upholstered w i t h fabric by Desfarges

of Lyon
Beech; caning; modern silk velvet
103. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reine)
upholstery
Painted w i t h 8758 (Dalva Brothers' inven
By Georges Jacob
tory number) under the rail.
Painted beech; modern silk upholstery
Each stamped G'lACOB
ft. 10/8 i n . (56.2 cm); Depth: 2 ft. iVs i n .
under the front
seat rail.
(65 cm)
ft. IIVz i n . (59 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11 4 i n .

3
(60.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1990].

One of a pair
103
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusfzo
P R O V E N A N C E
Marie-Antoinette, ordered by BonnefoyD u p l a n for the chambre coucher du treilUge

in the Petit Trianon, Versailles, 1787 (sold
w i t h the contents o f the Petit Trianon,
Versailles, August 25 et seq., 1793, lot 2477,
to the dealer Rocheux, Paris, through the
agent citoyen Hebert); Edith . K . Wetmore and Maude A . K . Wetmore, Chteausur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island (offered
for sale, Parke-Bernet, Chteau-sur-Mer,
September 16-18,1969, lot 1037, bought i n ;
sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, February 20,
1971, lot 122); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
102
no. 72, p. 172, illus. (one).
(1992),
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Chair . 1 0
104
104
104. One Settee and Ten Armchairs
P R O V E N A N C E
(two bergeres and eight fauteuils)
Private collection, Paris, by 1908; [Jacques
Paris, circa 1810
Seligmann, Paris]; Grand D u k e Nicolai
LArt de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Designs in
Frames attributed to Jacob Desmalter et
Michailoff, Palais Michailoff, St. Petersburg,
France ij8p~ip8p, February-September 1989,
Ce; tapestry upholstery woven at the
purchased December 4,1912; Museums
illus. p. 19, fig. 10 {fauteuil67.DA.6.10
Beauvais manufactory
and Palaces Collections, Palais Michailoff,
Mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; silk and
St. Petersburg (sold, Lepke, Berlin, N o v e m
w o o l tapestry upholstery
ber 7,1928, lot 73, w i t h a fire screen); Ives,
Settee: Height: 3 ft. 4% i n . (102.9 cm);
comte de Cambacrs, Paris; Edouard
W i d t h : 6 ft. 2 % i n . (190.2 cm); Depth:
Mortier, 5th due de Trvise, Paris (sold,
2 ft. V% i n . (61.3 c m ) ; Chairs: Height:
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, M a y 19, 1938, l o t
3 ft. 3 /8 i n . (100.6 c m ) ; W i d t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n . (48.2 cm)

N e w York, T h e Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
only).
Decorations Interieurs et meubles des epoques

Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire, Revue d'art
dcoratif (lyoS-iyoy),
illus. no. 17, p i . 7.
Jl
72
F R E N C H
BEDS
B E D S
P R O V E N A N C E
S U P P O R T S
Private collection, England, since the end
105. Bed (lita fa turque)

A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques-Jean-Baptiste T i l l i a r d
Gilded beech; modern silk upholstery
Height: 5 ft. SYi i n . (174 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. 8*4 i n . (264.8 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. 2 i n .
(188 c m ) '
o f the eighteenth century; [Alexander and

Paris, circa 1680

106. Pair of Gueridons
(1987),
no. 106, p. 213, illus.; Pallot, L'Art du siege
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,

blue painted h o r n , brass, pewter; gilt-bronze
mounts
(Paris, 1987), p. 75, illus.
Height: 4 ft. 8 /s i n . (143.8 cm); W i d t h

5
(at base): 1 ft. 4% i n . (41.9 cm); D e p t h (at

base): 1 ft. /% i n . (43.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Pierre-Louis Randon de Boisset, Paris

(sold, Paris, February 27 to M a r c h 25, 1777,
lot 796, for 1,000 livres, to Sr. Platrier);
(?) Pierre-Nicolas, baron H o o r n van
Vlooswyck, Paris (sold, Paris, November 22,
1809, l o t 593, to the dealer Hennequart);
Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge, Paris, circa
1937; [Maurice Segoura, Paris, 1986].
Genevieve Mazel, "1777, La Vente Randon

de Boisset et le march de l'art au i 8
sicle," L'Estampille
202 (April 1987), p. 41,
illus.; M i c h e l Beurdeley, "Pars 1777: La

Vente Randon de Boisset o u le mcanisme
secret des ventes publiques au X V H I sicle,"
e
Trois Steeles de ventes publiques (Fribourg,

1988), p. 53, illus.; "Acquisitions/1987,"
ios

Pradre, Les Ebnistes, nos. 255-256, p. 106.
F R E N C H
et Delaroche, Paris, July 11,1803, lot 41);
S U P P O R T S
108. Wall Bracket
Baron James de Rothschild, Paris, before
i860; Baron Gustave Salomon de Roth
schild, Paris; Baron Robert de Rothschild,
Paris; Baron Alain de Rothschild, Paris;
ft. 9 / 2 i n . (54.6 cm); Depth: 8 / 2 i n .
Baron Eric de Rothschild, Paris (sold, H o t e l
(21.6 cm)
Drouot, Paris, December 4, 1987, lot 112);
Accession number 8 4 . D H . 8 6
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, N e w York; [Matthew
E X H I E B I T I O N S
Paris, L'Exposition
de I art frangais sous Louis
Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, 1984].
XIV et sous Louis XVau profit de Voeuvre de

rhospitalit
du ?zz/z>(i888), no. 94.
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),

no. 49, p. 177, illus.
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJIJ
(1989),
no. 68, pp. 140-141, illus.; Pradre, Les

Ebnistes, nos. 189-190, p. 105.
One of a pair
106
107. Pair of Pedestals

Paris, circa 1700
Pine and oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass,
108
and tortoiseshell; gilt-bronze mounts

ft. 9 /8 i n . (55.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .
7
(55.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Antoine-Alexandre Dubois, Paris (sold,

Paillet, Paris, December 18,1788, lot 168, to
"Berotaire" for 5599 livres); ([?] sold, Paillet
One of a pair
107
73
74
F R E N C H
S U P P O R T S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
[Galaries H e i l b r u n n e r ] ; [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1912-1925 (stock no. 5174)];
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christies,
M r s . James B. Haggin, N e w York, 1925;
L o n d o n , June 24, 1971, lot 75); purchased
[ M i d t o w n Antiques, N e w York, 1950];
[Frederick P. V i c t o r i a and Son, Inc., N e w

York, circa 1950-1988]; [Michel O t i n , Paris];
[Patrick Perrin, Paris].
n o . Pair of Supports (gaines)
French, circa 1770
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ 18 (1990),
After designs by Jean-Charles Delafosse
no. 55, p. 194, illus.
Pine w i t h traces o f gesso and paint

(40.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. (30.5 cm)
F I R E
S C R E E N S
i n . Fire Screen (cran coulisse)

A t t r i b u t e d to Georges Jacob
Walnut
One upright o f the screen is carved w i t h the
monogram / / / a n d the other w i t h C(7?).
One of a pair
109
2 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43 cm)

109. Pair of Torcheres

Paris, circa 1725
P R O V E N A N C E
Gessoed and gilded w o o d
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1988].
Height: 5 ft. 8% i n . (173.3 cm); Diameter
(at top): ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); Diameter (at
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJY]
base): 1 ft. 10Yz i n . (57.1 cm)
no. 80, pp. 144-145, illus.
no
(1989),
F R E N C H
D E C O R A T I V E
RELIEFS
C o l i n Streeter, "Two Carved Reliefs by

Aubert Parent," GettyMusJi?,
(1985),
pp. 53-66, figs. ia~d; "Acquisitions/1984,"

GettyMusJi^
(1985), no. 65, p. 183, illus.
113. Still Life

Paris, 1791
By Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Limewood
Incised AUBERT
PARENT.
1791 under the
base. A n inventory number, 172, is sten

ciled i n black on the back.
III
113
D E C O R A T I V E
R E L I E F S
Height: 1 ft. 11 Ms i n . (58.7 cm); W i d t h :

ft. 3 /8 i n . (39.7 cm); Depth: 2% i n .
5
112. Still Life
(5.7 cm)
Paris, 1789
Accession number 84.SD.194
By Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Limewood
P R O V E N A N C E
Incised AUBERT
PARENT
FECIT
AN
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1984].
1789 under the base.


3
C o l i n Streeter, "Two Carved Reliefs by
ft. 6 A i n . (47.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 /s i n .

7
Aubert Parent," GettyMusJi^
(6.2 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . S D . 7 6
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 66, p. 183, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
D a v i d Peel, L o n d o n ; Paul M e l l o n (sold,

Christie's, N e w York, November 22,1983,
lot 275); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York,
1983]
(1985),
pp. 53-66, figs. 3a~b; "Acquisitions/1984,"
112
75
j6
F R E N C H
FRAMES
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Switzerland, 1980s;

[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , London]; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6
(1988),
no. 68, p. 177, illus.
115. Frame
(?) By Paul Georges
Overall Height: 6 ft. 10 in. (208.3
c m
)?
W i d t h : 5 ft. % i n . (152.4 cm); Interior Height:

4 ft. 8% i n . (144 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. yV% i n .
115
(109.8 cm)
Stamped P. GEORGES
114
Architectural Woodwork
and Fixtures
on. back and inked 61
across the top.

PROVENANCE
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl o f

Haddington, Tyninghame House, East
FRAMES
Lothian, Scotland (sold after his death,

Sotheby's, Tyninghame House, Septem
114. Frame for a Mirror

ber 28-29,1987, lot 551); [Christopher

Gibbs, L o n d o n ] .
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern m i r r o r

glass
4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(1989),
no. 75, p. 143, illus.
Accession number 87.DH.78
F R E N C H
PANELING
I i 6 . Frame for a Mirror

Painted and gilded oak; modern mirror
glass
4 ft. 3% i n . (131 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Ce, Paris].

"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ21 (1993),

i n press, illus.
P A N E L I N G
M A N T E L P I E C E S
117. Ten Panels
One of four
117
Paris, circa 1661

Design attributed to Charles Le Brun
P R O V E N A N C E
Painted and gilded oak
(?) Nicolas Fouquet, Chateau de Vaux-le-
Panels .1-.2: Height: 6 ft. 11% i n . (213 cm);
Vicomte; Felix Harbord, England, 1960s;
W i d t h : 2 ft. IOVS i n . (88 cm); Panels . 3 - 4 :
Felix Fenston, England (sold by his widow,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a y 25,1990, lot 50, to
2 ft. 7 / 8 i n . (79 cm); Panels .5-.6: Height:
[Christopher Gibbs, L o n d o n ] ) .
3 ft. 11% i n . (120 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
(80.4 cm); Panels .7-.8: Height: 3ft.10V16
i n . (118 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (80.4 cm);
no. 76, p. 174, illus. (two).
Panel .9: Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm);

W i d t h : 5 ft. 11 Vie i n . (180.5
) ; Panel .10:

6 ft. 8 / i 6 i n . (202.25 cm)
I3
Accession number 91.DH.18.1.10
One of four
117
77
78
F R E N C H
PANELING
A N D
M A N T E L P I E C E S
118
118. Mantelpiece
(?) Paris, circa 1690-1700
Sarrancolin des Pyrenees marble (also k n o w n
as marbre d'Antin) and breche violette
Height: 5 ft. 10Vz i n . (179.1 cm); W i d t h :
7 ft. 10% i n . (240 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. i n .
(34.3 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[B. Fab re et Fils, Paris].
119

no. 52, p. 193, illus.
119. Paneling
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1725-1726
Guillaume Cressart, H o t e l Cressart,
By Jacques Gaultier, menuisier, after the
installed i n 1725 and 1726 i n the chambre
designs o f Armand-Claude Mollet
coucher o f 18 place Vendme, Paris;
Painted and gilded oak and walnut; breche
Louis-Auguste Duch, 1733; Jean-Baptiste
dAlep mantelpiece; modern mirror glass
Duch (brother o f Louis-Auguste Duch),
Height: 13 ft. (396.2 cm); W i d t h : 26 ft. 9 i n .
by 1743; Elisabeth-Louis Duch (wife o f
(815 cm); D e p t h : 22 ft. (670.6 cm)
Jacques Bertrand, marquis de Scpeaux et
de Beaupreau), after 1743; Elisabeth-LouiseAdlade de Scpeaux de Beaupreau (wife o f

the comte de La Tour d'Auvergne), 1769;
Jean-Louis M i l o n d'Inval, Paris, 1774; by
inheritance to his wife, Antoinette Bureau
Seraudey ( M m e d'Inval), i n an I I I (1794-
F R E N C H
1795) (sold by her heirs i n 1836); Sophie
PANELING
A N D MANTELPIECES
121. Mantelpiece
Dawes (baronne de Feuchres), 1836; the
chambre a coucher became the salon at this
Brecciated marble o f a variety o f sarrancolin
time (sold by her heirs after her death i n
des Pyrenees; modern brick
1841); the marquise de Las Marismas del
Height: 3 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (no.5 cm); W i d t h :
Guadalquivir ( M m e Alexandre Aguado),
5 ft. 9 i n . (175.3 cm); Depth: uYz i n .
1842; U n i o n Artistique, 1865; [Andre
(29.2 cm)
Carlhian, Paris; boiseries removed i n 1936];
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1939; stored

P R O V E N A N C E
i n Paris u n t i l removed to N e w York i n

1959]; N o r t o n Simon, N e w York, 1965;
Detail of one
I20
Paris].

i 2 o . Eleven Panels
Rene Colas, "Les Hotels de la place

Vendme," Paris qui reste: vieux hotels,
vieilles demeures, rive droite (Paris, 1914),
pp. 105-106, p i . 94; B r u n o Pons, "Les
boiseries de H o t e l Cressart au Getty
M u s e u m , " GettyMusJn
illus.
(1983), pp. 67-88,
Private residence, Paris; [Fransois Lage,
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi^.
Oak
(1986),
no. 195, p. 244, illus.
Panels .1-.2: Height: 9 ft. 2% i n . (280 cm);

W i d t h : 4 ft. Vz i n . (123 cm); Panels .3~.4:
4 ft. 6/4 i n . (139 cm); Panels .5~.7: Height:
9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
(40.4 cm); Panel .8: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n .
(279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6Y i n . (46.3 cm);
4
Panel .9: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4
c m
);
W i d t h : ft. 10 i n . (55.9 cm); Panels .10-.11:

Height: 6 ft. 1 i n . (185.4
c m
) ; W i d t h : 10 i n .
(25.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DH.52.1-.11
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Marly-Le-Roi, Yvelines, by

repute; Mallett family, Louveciennes, early
nineteenth century; M m e Claude M e l i n ,
Louveciennes, 1984, by descent.
121
79
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
123. Paneled Room

Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; breche d'Alep mantelpiece;
gilt-bronze hardware
H e i g h t ( w i t h o u t cornice): 15 ft. % i n .
(458 cm); W i d t h : 30 ft. 4V16 i n . (925 cm);
D e p t h : 20 ft. y /s i n . (627 cm)
7
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1920s];

[Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris].
124. Paneled Room

Panels attributed to Rousseau de la Rottire
after designs by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; white marble mantelpiece
Four Double Doors: Height: 9 ft. 5 %. i n .
122
122. Paneled Room
P R O V E N A N C E
A n unidentified hotel o n the quai Malaquais,
Painted and gilded oak; four oil-on-canvas
Paris, u n t i l 1900; M m e Doucet, Paris, 1900-
overdoor paintings; breche d'Alep mantel
1907; due de Gramont, avenue Georges
piece; modern mirror glass; gilt-bronze
Mandel, Paris, 1907 (offered for sale i n situ,
hardware
Ader Picard, Paris, October 9,1969, bought
in); [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris]; purchased
23 ft. 6Vz i n . (718 cm); D e p t h : 25 ft. 6 i n .
by J. Paul Getty.
c m
) ; W i d t h ( o f one door): 2 ft. 3% i n .
(70.5 cm); Four Large Panels: Height:
Paris, circa 1755
(777 cm)
(287.7
La comtesse Jean Louis de Maigret,

" U n demi-sicle l'Htel Gramont," Con
naissance des arts 141 (November 1963),
p. 92, illus.
9 ft. 5/8 i n . (297.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 8 4 i n .

3
(83.2 cm); Five Panels: Height: 9 ft. 3% i n .

(285.1 cm); W i d t h : ft. 6Yz i n . (46.9 cm);
Four Panels: Height: 9 f t . 3% i n . (285.1 cm);
W i d t h : ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Four Over
doors: Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (90.8 cm); W i d t h :
3
5 ft. 4 i n . (167 cm)

3
Accession number (moldings only)

91.DH.-60.1-.26
P R O V E N A N C E
"Grand salon," M a i s o n Hosten, rue SaintGeorges, Paris, u n t i l circa 1892; M m e C.

Lelong, Paris, after 1892; Fournier, Paris,
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
pp. 128-129, illus. p. 181, fig. 106; Michel

Gallet, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux 1736-1806
(Paris, 1980), pp. 209-213, figs. 372-383; La
Nouvelle Athenes: Le Quartier Saint-Georges
de Louis XV a Napoleon III (Muse Carnavalet, Paris, 1984), no. 22, p. 20.
Room as formerly installed in Paris
123
before (?) 1897; due de Rivoli, no. 8 rue
Jean Goujon, Paris, (?) 1897
Krafft and Ransonette, Choix des plus belles
t o
M a y 1913;
[in storage w i t h Maison Carlhian from
maisons de Paris (Paris, 1805), p i . 5; Alfred
M a y 1913 to January 1920, when consigned
de Champeaux, L'art dcoratif dans le vieux
to both Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Paris (Paris, 1898), p. 319; Paul M a r m o t t a n ,
Seligmann]; [Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Le Style empire: Architecture et dcors
Seligmann, Paris, 1921].
rieurs (Paris, 1927), vol. 4, pp. 1-2, pis. 1-7;
Panels only: O t t o Wolff, Cologne, 1925 or
Marcel Raval, Claude-Nicolas
1928; private collection, Cologne, before
1736-1806 (Paris, 1945), p. 51, pis. 50-59;
1969; [Joachim Kaiser and Georg Fahrbach,
Louis Hautecoeur, Histoire de Tarchitecture
Cologne, 1969-1986]; [Axel Vervoordt,
classique en France, v o l . 5, Revolution et
d'int-
Ledoux
Belgium, 1986]; acquired by the J. Paul
Tempire(Paris, 1953), pp. 347, 371; Jacques
Getty Trust.
Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de
Moldings only: [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris].
Paris (Paris, 1963), vol. 2, p. 408; "Ledoux e

Paris," Cahiers de la rotonde 3 (Paris, 1979),
Two door panels
124
8l
82
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
Clocks and Barometers
P O S T
127. Long-case Clock (regufateur)
126. Newel Post
Paris, circa 1735

Painted and gilded iron
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (90.5 cm); W i d t h :
the movement by A n t o i n e I Gaudron
11 Vx i n . (29.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n .
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony,
(40 cm)
brass, and pewter; gilt-bronze mounts; glass
Accession number 7 9 . D H . 1 6 4
Inscribed Gaudron Ataris on clock face and

movement and Solem Audet Dicere Falsum
P R O V E N A N C E
A . Gignoux, Paris; purchased by J. Paul

Getty, circa 1950.
(It dares the sun to tell a lie) o n face.

ft. 67A i n . (48 cm); D e p t h : 7Yz i n . (19 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D B . I 6
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jeanne Durier, Paris, circa 1945]; private

collection, Burgundy, from 1948-1988;
[Alain M o a t t i , Paris].
125
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ ij (1989),

no. 66, p. 140, illus.; Handbook 1991,
125 Wall Light
p. 160, illus.
Lorraine (Nancy), circa 1700

Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleB)
Height: 2 /i6 i n . (6.5 cm); W i d t h :
9
ft. io /8 i n . (59.5 cm); D e p t h : 8/4 i n .

5
128. Model for a Mantel Clock
(21 cm)
Paris, circa 1700
Terracotta; enameled metal plaques
P R O V E N A N C E
[Neidhardt Antiquitten G m b H , M u n i c h ,
ft. 8 i n . (52.1 cm); D e p t h : 9 / 2 i n .

(24.2 cm)
1985].
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 5 2
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
[Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York]; pur
no. 190, p. 242, illus.

126
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
New York, T h e Metropolitan Museum

o f A r t , Magnificent
Time-Keepers, January
1971-March 1972, no. 67.

Wilson, Clocks, no. 1, pp. 8 - 1 1 , illus.;

Handbook 1986, p. 149, illus.; Verlet, Les
Bronzes, p. 164, illus. p. 164, fig. 200; C. E.
Zonneyville-Heyning, "Gilden," Visuele
Knsten: Kunstgeschiedenis
van de nieuwe
tijd^ (1989), p. 44, illus.; Handbook 1991,

p. 161, illus.
129
129. Wall Clock (pendule d'akove)

Paris, circa 1710
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
G i l t bronze; blue painted horn; enameled
metal; glass
Label on back inked Vernon House, Staircase.
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); W i d t h : 11 % i n .
(28.6 cm); Depth: 454 i n . (11.4 cm)
I2
128
7
83
84
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
P R O V E N A N C E
(sold, Christie s, L o n d o n , M a r c h n - 1 2 ,
Charles W i l l i a m , 2nd L o r d H i l l i n g d o n ,
1829, l o t 103, to [Samuel Fogg, L o n d o n ] ) ;
Vernon House, L o n d o n ; Charles, 4 t h L o r d
H e n r y George Brownlow, 4th Marquess o f
H i l l i n g d o n , by descent (sold, Christie's,
Exeter (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 7-8,
London, June 29,1972, lot 56); [French
1888, lot 261, to [Charles Davis, L o n d o n ] ) ;
and Co., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by
Cornelius Vanderbilt I I (1843-1899), T h e
J. Paul Getty.
Breakers, N e w p o r t , Rhode Island, by (?) the

1890s; Alice Vanderbilt (1846-1934, wife o f
Cornelius Vanderbilt I I ) , The Breakers,
W i l s o n , Chcks, no. 3, pp. 18-21, illus.
N e w p o r t , Rhode Island; Gladys M o o r e

Vanderbilt (Countess Laszlo Szchnyi,
1886-1965), by descent (sold by her heirs i n
130. Long-case Musical Clock
1971 to [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
Paris, circa 1712
York]); [French and Co., N e w York, 1971];
Movement by Jean-Francois Dominic;
musical movement by M i c h e l Stollenwerck;

movement repaired and dial and hands
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 5, pp. 26-33, illus.;
replaced by Pierre-Bazile Lepaute; case and
Jean-Nre Ronfort, "Andr-Charles Boulle:
stand attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
D i e Bronzearbeiten u n d seine Werkstatt i m
grill under dial and some mounts after
Louvre," Vergoldete Bronzen: Die
drawings by Gilles-Marie Oppenordt
beiten des Sptbarock
Oak veneered w i t h brass and red painted
Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Prschel, eds.
tortoiseshell; enameled metal; bronze
( M u n i c h , 1986), v o l . 2, p. 491.
mounts; glass
Movement engraved J.F. Dominic
Bronzear
und Klassizismus,
JParis
and Fait par Stollenwerck dans I'abbaye St.

German Paris; dial engraved
LEPAUTE.
131. Pedestal Clock
3 ft. Vx i n . (92.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3 i n .
Case attributed to Andr-Charles Boulle;
(38.1 cm)
movement by Julien I I Le Roy
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony, and

brass; enameled metal plaques; gilt-bronze
P R O V E N A N C E
mounts; glass
(?) Vincent Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris,
Movement engraved Karel Solle
A p r i l 29,1793, lot 562); Peter Burreil, ist

L o r d G w y d i r (1754-1820); by descent to
Peter Burrell, 2nd L o r d G w y d i r (1782-1865)
1846and
486p as well as Julien Leroy on backplate;
130
enamel plaque painted JULIEN
LE ROY.
F R E N C H
Height: 9 ft. 4 i n . (284.5
c m
C L O C K S
) ; Width:
2 ft. 3 /8 i n . (69.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 1 i n .

3
(33 cm)
Accession number 7 4 . D B . 1
P R O V E N A N C E
English collection, nineteenth century; the

Duke o f Medinaceli, Spain; [Smolen, Paris,
circa 1962]; [Manuel Gonzales LopezGarcia, Galeria Velasquez, M a d r i d , circa
1965]; [French and Co., N e w York, 1972];
M a d r i d , Sociedad Espaola de Amigos

del Arte, El reloj en arte, May-June 1965,
no. 10, illus.
Luis Montas, " U n pndulo desconocido

de Julien Le Roy," Dersa (July 1967), no. 34,
pp. 8-16, illus. p. 1; Geoffrey de Bellaigue,
The James A. de Rothschild Collection at
Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and
Gilt Bronzes, v o l . 1 (Fribourg, 1974), p. 54;
132
Wilson, Clocks, no. 2, pp. 12-17, illus.; The

Country Life International
Dictionary
of
Clocks, Alan Smith, ed. (New York, 1979),
132. Mantel Clock

p. 87, fig. 7; Luis Montas, Relojes en ABC
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
(1983), pp. 96-99; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 9,
movement by Paul G u d i n , called G u d i n
lejeune; figure o f Chronos after a model by
illus.; Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 114, caption to
Fran9ois Girardon
fig. 141.
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, blue

painted horn, brass, and ebony; enameled
metal; gilt-bronze mounts; glass
Movement engraved Gudin lejeune A*arts;
dial painted GUDIN
131
LE
JEUNEJPARIS.
85
86
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
AND
B A R O M E T E R S
Height: 3 ft. 3% i n . (100.9
c m
) ; Width:
ft. 6/8 i n . (46 cm); D e p t h : 11% i n .
Eveline Schlumberger, "Caffiri, le bronzier
(28.6 cm)
de Louis X V , " Connaisance des arts ( M a y
Accession number 72.DB.55
1965), illus. p. 83; W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 6,

pp. 34-37, illus.; Gerard Mabille, Le Style
P R O V E N A N C E
LouisXV(Paris,
C o u n t Jnos Plffy (sold, Bad Pistyan,
1978), p. 175, illus.; O t t o
meyer and Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Czechoslovakia, June 30,1924, lot 285);
p. 112, fig. 2.3.4.
[Etienne Levy, Paris, 1971]; [French and Co.,

134. Barometer on Bracket
Paris, H o t e l George V, Haute Joaillerie de
Paris, circa 1740
France, June 1971; N e w York, The Frick

Collection, French Clocks in North
Clock case attributed to Charles Cressent;
American
bracket attributed to Jean-Joseph de
Collections, November 1982-January 1983,
Saint-Germain; movement by Digue
no. 38, p. 45, illus. p. 46.
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;

glass
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 4, pp. 22-25, illus.; The
D i a l painted DIGUE
Country Life International
Dictionary
of
Clocks, A l a n Smith, ed. ( N e w York, 1979),
PARIS.
ft. 5 / 2 i n . (44.3 cm); Depth: 7% i n .
p. 90, fig. 6; Ottomeyer and Prschel,
(18.4 cm)
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 40, fig. 1.2.5.

P R O V E N A N C E
133
133. Wall Clock (pendule de
repetition)

Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's,
Case attributed to Charles Cressent; move
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 40 [together
ment by Jean-Jacques Fieff pere
P R O V E N A N C E
w i t h no. 139 i n this book]); purchased at
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;
Baron Mayer Alphonse de Rothschild,
glass
Chateau de Ferneres, Tarn; Baron Edouard
D i a l painted FIEFFE
DELOBSERVATOIR;
movement engraved Fieff A*aris.

Height: 4 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (133.3
c m
) ; Width:
de Rothschild, Chateau de Ferneres, by

descent; Baron G u y de Rothschild, Chateau
de Ferneres (sold, Sotheby's, London,
2 ft. 2 / 2 i n . (67.3 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n .
November 24,1972, lot 7); purchased at
(14.4 cm)
Duveen and Co., A Catalogue of Works of

Art of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection
of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit, 1933),
non-paginated entry, illus.; Theodore D e l l ,
F R E N C H
CLOCKS
P R O V E N A N C E

W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 2,

illus. p. 155; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
p. 169.
136. Mantel Clock

Paris, circa 1742
Movement by Julien I I Le Roy; enamel dial
by Antoine-Nicolas Martinire
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; glass
135
35. Wall Clock (pendule d alcove)

y
Paris and Chantilly manufactory, circa 1740

Movement by Charles Voisin
Soft-paste porcelain; gilt bronze; enameled
134
metal; glass
Movement engraved C^
"The Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clocks o f Charles

Cressent," Burlington Magazine 109 (April
1967), pp. 210-217; W i l s o n , Clocks, nos. 8-9
( w i t h no. 139 i n this book), pp. 45-51, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Prschel, Vergoldete
Bronzen, p. 79, illus. fig. 1.12.7.
Voisin JParis.
and dial painted CHARLES
VOISIN
PARIS

ft. 2 i n . (35.6 cm); D e p t h 4 /s i n . (11.1 cm)
3
Accession number 8 I . D B . 8 I
136
87
88
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
D i a l painted JULI EN. LE ROY. .DE LA.

SO CI T DES ARTS;
movement engraved
138. Planisphere Clock
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold anonymously, Christie's, London,
on back Julien Le Roy Ataris-, dial enameled
July 15,1971, lot 21; [French and Co., N e w
Case attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz; move-
on reverse a.n. martiniere 1742.
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
ment (now missing) by Alexandre Fortier
Height: 1 ft. 6Vs i n . (46 cm); W i d t h :

ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm); D e p t h : 8/8 i n .
3
(20.6 cm)
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood; bronze

W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 10, pp. 52-55, illus.; The

Country Life Lnternational Dictionary of
Clocks, Alan Smith, ed. (New York, 1979),

p. 237, fig. 2; Ottomeyer and Prschel,
P R O V E N A N C E
D i a l engraved Lnventepar
A.
FORTIER;
mounts o f lower sections stamped w i t h

the crowned C f o r 1745-1749.
Height: 9 ft. 3 i n . (282 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. Vx i n .
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 114, fig. 2.5.2.
mounts; glass; gilt paper
(92.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3Vx i n . (39.5 cm)

N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, French

Clocks in North American
P R O V E N A N C E
Collections,
Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris; Charles
November 1982-January 1983, no. 52, p. 58,
Davis (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 29,
illus. p. 13.
1906, lot 132, for 577 to Stettiner); Maurice

Ephrussi, Paris (offered for sale, Galerie
Georges Petit, M a y 22,1911, lot 63, [?]
no. 14, pp. 50-52, illus.
bought i n ) ; (sold, "Property o f a Lady o f

T i t l e , " Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 24,
1972, lot 34); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
N e w York, 1974]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
137 Wall Clock

Paris, circa 1747
Case by Jacques Caffieri; movement by
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
Julien I I Le Roy; enamel dial by A n t o i n e -
A r t , The Grand Gallery, C I N O A , October
Nicolas Martiniere
1974-January 1975, no. 44.
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; glass

Case engraved fait par
Cafferi and stamped
w i t h the crowned C for 1745-1749. D i a l

inscribed JULIEN-LE-ROY-
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 18, p. 36-37, illus.;
and on reverse
Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 115, illus.
a. n. Martiniere Privilegi Du Roi 1747.

Movement engraved Julien Le RoyA?aris.
Height: 2 ft. 6Vx i n . (77.5 cm); W i d t h :
ft. 4 i n . (40.6 cm); D e p t h : 4Vx i n . (11.4 cm)
137
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
139. Clock on Bracket

Paris, circa 1758
Movement by Jean Romilly; clock case
attributed to Charles Cressent; bracket by
Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain
Gilt bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;
glass
Bracket stamped ST. GERMAIN;
movement
engraved and dial painted Romilly A?aris;

one spring inscribed for W i l l i a m I I Blakey
and dated 1758; all gilt-bronze elements
stamped Eon reverse.
ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); Depth: 7% i n .
3
(18.4 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
George Jay G o u l d , Georgian Court, Lakewood, N e w Jersey; [Duveen Brothers,

N e w York]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n
(sold, Christies, L o n d o n , June 24,1971,
lot 40 [together w i t h no. 134 i n this book]);
Duveen and Co., A Catalogue of Works of

Art of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection
of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit, 1933),
non-paginated entry, illus.; Theodore Dell,
"The Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clocks o f Charles
Cressent," Burlington Magazine 109 (April
138
1967), pp. 210-217; Wilson, Clocks, nos. 8-9

(with no. 134 i n this book), pp. 45-51, illus.;
Bronzen, p. 79, fig. 1.12.7.
139
89
90
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, "Property o f a Nobleman," Christie's,

London, July 5,1973, lot 31; purchased at
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 11, pp. 56-59, illus.
141
Wall Clock on Bracket

Paris, circa 1764
Movement by Lapina; case by Antoine
Foullet
Oak veneered w i t h panels o f green, red, and
cream painted horn; brass; enameled metal;
gilt-bronze mounts
140
Stamped ANTFOUVLLET
JMEon
back o f
case and bracket. Movement engraved

Lapina A Paris; one spring is inscribed
1 4 0 . Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1763
Richard X de 1764 Mouvement foule
Case attributed to Robert Osmond; move
Ebeniter and a second spring is engraved
ment by Etienne I I Le N o i r and/or Pierre-
RichardX
Etienne Le N o i r
Height: 3 ft. 10 4 i n . (118.7

3
Patinated and gilt bronze; enameled metal;

glass
D i a l painted Etienne Le NoirJParis
movement engraved Etienne le
de 1764 Sonnerie A foule Eben.
and
NoirJParis
c m
) ; Width:
ft. 7V2 i n . (49.5 cm); Depth: nV i n .

A
(28.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
No. 3p6; springs are inscribed Masson 1763.
Private collection, Cornwall; [Alexander and
ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); D e p t h : 9 / 8 i n .

3
(23.2 cm)

Ottomeyer and Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 158, fig. 3.2.6; Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 122,
illus. p. 113, fig. 137; Pradre, Les Ebnistes,
p. 275.
141
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
AND
B A R O M E T E R S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
Louis XV, Chambre du Rot, Marly; furnished
Marquis da Foz, probably removed from
by the valet de chambre-horloger du Rot,
Lisbon to L o n d o n (sold, Christie s, London,
Alexandre Lefaucheur, i n M a y 1769 for the
June 10, 1892, lot 65); M r s . Orme Wilson
Menus Plaisirs; later i n the Salle du Conseil
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, March 25-26,
o f the Palais des Tuileries, 1790; stored
1949, lot 386); M m e Lucienne Fribourg
i n the H o t e l de Coigny, Paris, between
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 19,
August 10,1792, and 24 prairial,
1969, lot 189); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
an I I
(June 2,1794); Palais Petit Luxembourg,
L o n d o n ] ; Frau Quandt, Bad H o m b u r g ,
Paris, from 29 frimaire, an I V (December 20,
Germany; [ B . Fabre et Fils, Paris], owned
1795); (?) the marquis de Saint-Cloud (sold,
j o i n t l y w i t h [Jeremy, L t d . , London, 1986].
H o t e l D r o u o t , February 25-26,1861, lot 1);

[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; [French and Co.,
New York, 1973].
"Acquisitions/1986," no. 108, p. 214, illus.
The Detroit Institute o f Arts, 1973; N e w

142
York, The Frick Collection, French Clocks

in North American Collections, November
1982-January 1983, no. 63, illus. p. 67.
1 4 2 . Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1769
Movement by workshop o f Charles Le Roy;
Wilson, Clocks, no. 13, pp. 64-76, illus.;
case attributed to Etienne M a r t i n c o u r t
G i l t bronze, enameled metal
Painted CHARLES
LE ROYA PARIS on dial;
movement engraved Ch^
Le RoyA*aris
and stamped 2417 o n backplate; two move
Bronzen, p. 181, fig. 3.7.10; Handbook 1986,

p. 169, illus.; HandbookT991,
p. 186, illus.
ment springs are signed and dated Richard

Fevrier 1772.
143. Barometer
ft. 11 A i n . (59.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. iV% i n .
(33.3 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h ebony; gilt-bronze
mounts; enameled metal; ivory; glass
barometrical tube
Height: 4 ft. Vz i n . (123.2 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n .
(24.1 cm); Depth: i n . (4.8 cm)
7
143
91
92
FRENCH
CLOCKS
145. Mantel Clock {pendule squelette)

Movement by Nicolas-Alexandre Folin;
enamel plaques b y Georges-Adrien Merlet
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; white marble
base; glass and gilded metal case
Painted Folin L'ainA
PARIS o n dial;
painted G Merlet o n one enameled ring.

io A i n . (27.6 cm); D e p t h : 5% i n . (14 cm)
7
P R O V E N A N C E
Louis G u i r a u d (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,

December 10,1971, l o t 35); [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1971].
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 14, pp. 68-71, illus.
144
144 Mantel Clock

Paris, circa 1785
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Sweden, by 1811; (sold,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe Thomire; dial
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , December 11,1981,
enameled by Dubuisson
lot 99).
G i l t and patinated bronze; enameled metal;

vertMaurin
des Alpes marble; white marble
Enameled clock r i n g inscribed o n the inte

rior Dubuisson', movement scratched w i t h
Sweden 1811.
2 ft. 1/8 i n . (63.8 cm); Depth: 9% i n .
(23.5 cm)

illus.; Alvar Gonzlez-Palacios, The Adjec
tives of History (P. and D . Colnaghi and
Co., L o n d o n , 1983), pp. 44-45; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 42, pp. 84-85, illus.; O t t o meyer and Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 299, fig. 4.18.8.
145
F R E N C H
SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS
Scientific Instruments
1 4 6 . Pair of Globes
Paris, terrestrial globe, circa 1728
Celestial globe, circa 1730
Globes made b y the Abbe Jean-Antoine
Nollet; terrestrial map engraved by Louis
Borde and celestial map engraved by
Nicolas Bailleul, called Bailleul le jeune;
camomille and capucin lacquered decoration
attributed to the M a r t i n family
Printed paper; papier mach; w o o d painted
w i t h vernis Martin-, bronze; glass
T h e terrestrial globe is inscribed Dedie
et present a S.A. S. MADAME
DUCHESSE
DU MAINE
LA
par [son] tres hum
ble et tres obissant [serviteur] Nollet. Lic. en

Theologie. [1728], Borde exe, and GLOBE
TERRESTRE
DRESS sur les observations les
plus nouvelles et le plus exactes approuves
par
Mrs. de TAcademie Roale des sciences Jâris

avec privilege du Roi. 1728 Mont par Tauteur.
T h e celestial globe is inscribed DEDI et
present S.A.S. Monseigneur le Comte de
[Clejrmont
[par son tres] humble [et] tres
[obissent] serv[iteur]
[Nollet de U So]c[it
des Arts 173]0. and Globe celeste
[c]alculpour
Tanne [17^0 sur les observations]
les plus
nouvelles [et le]s plus exactes. [APaJris avec

privilege]
du Roy. Baillieul
leje[une sculpsit.
Mont par Tauteur.] Each stand painted

underneath i n yellow N. 32 and i n blue, per
haps stenciled, (?) 3323.
Height: 3 ft. 7% i n . ( n o cm); W i d t h :
ft. $Yz i n . (45 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. Yz i n .
(32 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D H . 7 0 5 . 1 - . 2
146
P R O V E N A N C E
Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron, 12th marquis
W l a l d i m i r d'Ormesson, Merveilles des
de Biron, Paris; le due de Talleyrand and
Chateaux de Vile de France: Collection
by descent to le due de Dio A n d i a y
realties (Vans, 1965), p. 131, illus.; "Acquisi-
Talleyrand-Prigord, Chateau de Saint-Brice-
sous-Fort, Pavillon Colombe, Val d'Oise;
p. 211, illus.; Jean-Nre Ronfort, "Science
[Maurice Segoura, Paris].
and Luxury: Two Acquisitions by the J. Paul

Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
pp. 47-82, figs. 13-17; Handbook 1991, p. 176,
illus.
93
94
F R E N C H
S C I E N T I F I C
I N S T R U M E N T S
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Paris (sold, Sotheby's,

Monaco, February 23,1986, lot 901);
M r s . Kila Kugel, N e w York, 1986.

no. 102, p. 212, illus.; Jean Perfettini, Le
Galuchat, 1988, pp. 62-63, illus.; Jean-Nre
Ronfort, "Science and Luxury: Two Acqui
sitions by the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
GettyMusJ 17 (1989), pp. 47-82, figs.
18-19, 21, 23, 25, 28-29, 35; Handbook 1991,
p. 175, illus.
Metalwork
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
C A N D L E S T I C K S
One of a pair
148
One of a pair
149
C A N D E L A B R A
147
N
1 4 7 . Compound Microscope and Case

Paris, after 1749
Micrometric stage invented by M i c h e l -
148. Pair of Girandoles

Ferdinand, due de Chaulnes
G i l t bronze; beads and drops o f rock crystal,
G i l t bronze; enamel; shagreen; glass; case
coral, jasper, amethyst, carnelian, agate, and
o f wood; gilded leather; brass; velvet; silver
garnet
galon and lace; various natural specimens i n
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); W i d t h : 10 i n .
slides; and a number o f extra lenses
(25.5 cm); Diameter (at base): 5 i n . (13 cm)
Microscope: Height: 1 ft. 6% i n . (48 cm);
Accession number 85.DF.382.1-.2
W i d t h : 11 i n . (28 cm); D e p t h : 8/16 i n .

(20.5 cm); Case: Height: 2 ft. 2 i n . (66 cm);
W i d t h : ft. i 4 i n . (34.9 cm); Depth:
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris].
10 /8 i n . (27 cm)
5
Accession number 8 6 . D H . 6 9 4

no. 188, p. 241, illus.
F R E N C H
G I L T
1 4 9 . Pair of Candlesticks
B R O N Z E :
C A N D E L A B R A
A N D
C A N D L E S T I C K S
151. Pair of Candlesticks
Paris, circa 1780
G i l t bronze
By Etienne M a r t i n c o u r t
Height: 10 i n . (25.4 cm); Diameter: 5% i n .
G i l t bronze
(14.6 cm)
Each candlestick stamped
Accession number 72.DF.56.1.2
under base. One inscribed Louis
MARTINCOURT
Antoine
Blois and LA inside base.

P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm); Diameter: 5 /s i n .

3
(13.7 cm)

1938; restituted to the Baroness Clarice de
P R O V E N A N C E
Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947; [Rosenberg
M r . and M r s . Meyer Sassoon, Pope's
Manor, Berkshire, by 1914; Violet Sassoon
(Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald) (sold, Christie's,

L o n d o n , M a r c h 23,1972, lot 59); purchased

One of a pair
p. 58, illus.
150
L o n d o n , The Burlington Fine Arts Club,

1914, no. 117.
150. Pair of
Girandoles
Paris, circa 1730
F. J. B . Watson, Wallace Collection Cata
Rock crystal; gilt bronze
logues: Furniture
2 ft. % i n . (62.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 4 i n .
p. 230, illus.
(37.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; purchased by

J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
151
(London, 1956), p. 95;
95
96
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
C A N D E L A B R A
153 Pair of Candelabra
Paris, circa 1775
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthire
p. 230, illus.
G i l t bronze
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38.3 cm); W i d t h : 8% i n .
(21.6 cm); Depth: y /s i n . (19.9 cm)
7
154. Pair of Candelabra
One of a pair
Paris, circa 1785
P R O V E N A N C E
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e and
(?) Baron H e n r i de Rothschild, Paris;
Louis-Simon Boizot
[Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris, circa
Patinated and gilt bronze; white and griotte
1948]; Carreras Savedra, Director o f the
marble
M u s e u m o f Fine Arts, Buenos Aires;
Height: 2 ft. 10 4 i n . (83.2 cm); Diameter:

3
[Jacques Helft, Buenos Aires]; [French and
uVx i n . (29.2 cm)
Co., N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
152
P R O V E N A N C E
152. Pair of Candelabra
(?) Anatole Demidov, Prince o f San Donato,

San Donato Palace, Pratolino, near Florence
Elephants: German (Meissen manufactory),

circa 1741-1745
(sold, San D o n a t o Palace, M a r c h 15,1880,
Flowers: (?) Vincennes manufactory, circa
lot 804, en suite w i t h a mantel clock);
1745-1750
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris].
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750
Elephants modeled by Peter Reinicke
i n 1741
no. 109, p. 214, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 196,
Hard-paste porcelain elephants; soft-paste
illus.
porcelain flowers; gilt-bronze mounts

Height: 97s i n . (23.2 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n .
(24.7 cm); D e p t h : \V% i n . (10.5 cm)
Accession number 75.DI.68.1.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron M a x i m i l i a n v o n GoldschmidtRothschild, Frankfurt am M a i n ; [Rosenberg

One of a pair
153
F R E N C H
GILT
BRONZE:
CANDELABRA
155 Pair of Candelabra

Attributed to L . F. Feuchre
Blued metal; gilt bronze
3
ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); D e p t h : i n .

3
(26.7 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, M e n t more Towers, Buckinghamshire; Hannah

de Rothschild (Countess o f Rosebery, wife
o f the 5th Earl, married 1878, died 1890),
Mentmore Towers; Albert Primrose,
6th Earl o f Rosebery, Mentmore Towers,
by inheritance (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 17,1964, lot 25); [Claude Sere, Paris,
1964]; private collection, Paris, late 1960s;
[Frank Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
London, 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,

February-April 1933, no. 485, illus.
"French Furniture at the Exhibition o f

One of a pair
154
'Three French Reigns', 25 Park Lane,"

Country Life 73-1884 (February 25,1933),
p. 206, figs. 5, 7; Ottomeyer and Prschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 261, illus.; Jonathan
Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the
Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau
(London, 1991), illus. p. 101, fig. 321.
One of a pair
155
97
98
F R E N C H
G I L T
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
B R O N Z E :
C H A N D E L I E R S
158. Chandelier
C H A N D E L I E R S
Paris, circa 1710

156. Chandelier
Paris, circa 1700
G i l t bronze
Lead glass and rock crystal; gilt bronze
Each element is stamped w i t h the crowned
Height: 3 ft. 6Ys i n . (107 cm); Diameter:
Cfori745-i749.
2 ft. 5/8 i n . (74 cm)
Height: 2 ft. 6Vz i n . (77.5 cm); Diameter:

2 ft. 8 i n . (81.3 cm)
Accession number 76. DF.13

P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris].
P R O V E N A N C E
A n t e n o r Patino, Paris; [Kraemer et Cie,

Paris, 1976]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

no. 67, p. 140, illus.
157

p. 51, illus.; Jean-Nre Ronfort, "AndrCharles Boulle: die Bronzearbeiten u n d
157. Chandelier
seine Werkstatt i m Louvre," Vergoldete
Paris, circa 1700
Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
G i l t bronze
Height: 3 ft. 9% i n . (115 cm); Diameter:
3 ft. 6%. i n . (110 cm)
Accession number 87.DF.28
Sptbarock
und Klassizismus, Hans Ottomeyer and

Peter Prschel, eds. ( M u n i c h , 1986), v o l . 2,
p. 505; Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 91, 269, fig. 98.
P R O V E N A N C E
Edouard Chappey, Paris, circa 1900;

[Michel Meyer, Paris, 1986].
Paris, Exposition
Universelle de , 1900,
no. 2891, p. 190.


no. 69, p. 177, illus.
156
158
F R E N C H
60.
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
Chandelier
By Andr Galle
Glass; enameled metal; gilt bronze
3 ft. 2 i n . (96.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, H o t e l Drouot, Paris, early 1960s;

(sold, H o t e l Drouot, Paris, February 7,
1972, lot 83); [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1972];
[French and Co., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
Michael Shapiro, "Monsieur Galle, Bronzier

et Doreur," GettyMusJ 6-7 (1978-1979),
pp. 61-66, illus. figs 3-5, 8; Ottomeyer and
Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 359, illus.;
159

One of a pair
159. Chandelier
161
(?) Paris, circa 1710-1715

Colored and plain glass; silvered foils
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
lacquered w i t h p i n k and green translucent
W A L L
L I G H T S
B R A C K E T S
varnish; silvered pakton; gilt and silvered

bronze; rock crystal
161. Pair of Girandoles
Height: 2 ft. 5 V 2 i n . (75 cm); Diameter:
2 ft. 8 i n . (81.3 cm)
Silvered bronze; mirror glass; oak support
Girandole .1 is painted 22 i n black on the

wooden backing and its bobeche is stamped
P R O V E N A N C E
w i t h the crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Private Collection, T u r i n ; [Jacques Kugel,
Giran
dole .2 is painted 20 i n black on the wooden
Paris]; [ M i c h e l Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et
backing and its bobeche is indistinctly
Cie, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
stamped w i t h the crowned C.
160
99
IOO
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
W A L L
L I G H T S
Height: ft. 7 / 2 i n . (50 cm); W i d t h : 11% i n .

(29.5 cm); Depth: 6V4 i n . (17.2 cm)
Accession number 85.DG.49.1.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Swedish art market, circa 1980; [Michel

Meyer, Paris, 1984].
N e w York, The Cooper-Hewitt M u s e u m

and Pittsburgh, T h e Carnegie Museum,
Courts and Colonies: The William and
Style in Holland, EngUnd, and
Mary
America,
November 1988-May 1989, no. 126, p. 169,

illus.
John A . Cuadrado, "Antiques: L i g h t i n g

and Style," Architectural Digest (April 1983),
GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 209, p. 249, illus.
162
162. Pair of Wall Lights
G i l t bronze
ft. (30.5 cm); D e p t h : 9 i n . (22.9 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Francois Lage, Paris].
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\
no. 191, p. 242, illus.
(1986),
F R E N C H
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
AND
BRACKETS

GettyMusJ
12 (1984), no. 6, p. 263, illus.; Ottomeyer

and Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 62,
illus. pp. 62, 83; Jean-Nre Ronfort,
"Andr-Charles Boulle: D i e Bronzearbeiten
u n d seine Werkstatt i m Louvre," Vergoldete
Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
Sptbarock
un\ Klassizismus, Hans Ottomeyer and

Peter Prschel, eds. ( M u n i c h , 1986), vol. 2,
p. 495; n . 229, p. 519; A n n a Saratowicz,
"Apliki do Sali Rycerskiej," Kronika
(1988), pp. 18-30, illus. p. 20.
Zamkowayvj
1 6 4 . Pair of Wall Lights

O n e of a pair
163
Gilt bronze
Height: 1 ft. 11 i n . (58.5 cm); W i d t h : 11 Ys i n .
(28.3 cm); Depth: 8 i n . (20.3 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
G i l t bronze
[Cameron, London, 1950]; purchased by
Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 in.
O n e of a pair
164
(35.5 cm); D e p t h : 9 / i 6 i n . (25 cm)

I3

p. 109, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
Pierre de Faucigny-Lucinge, Vaux-le-Penil

(near M e l u n ) ; [Franois-Gerard Seligmann,
Paris]; Samuel K a h n , Verbere (Oise) and
Nice; [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1982].
165. Wall Bracket

Paris, circa 1730-173 5
Gilt bronze, brass, w i t h oak core
Jean-Nre Ronfort, "Le Fondeur Jean-
Pierre Mariette et la F i n de PAtelier
ft. 3 /8 i n . (39 cm); Depth: 6 4 i n .
dAndre-Charles Boulle," L'Estampille

(September 1984), pp. 72-73, illus.;
173
(17.2 cm)
Accession number 87.DF.136
165
I02
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
W A L L
L I G H T S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
Paul Wallraf, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
H e n r y Seymour, London (with another
London, December 8, 1983, lot 579);
pair); [French and Co., New York (six)];
[La Cour de Varenne, Paris, 1987].
two lights sold to [Arnold Seligmann, Rey

and Co., 1941], later i n the Georges Lurcy
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6
(1988),
no. 70, pp. 177-178, illus.
collection, N e w York; Rita Lydig, (?) N e w

York, 1927; Sidney J. Lamon, N e w York
(sold, Christie's, London, November 29,
1973, lot 69); [Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty.
1 6 6 . Four Wall Lights

Paris, circa 1740
Soft-paste porcelain flowers; gilt bronze
ft. 1/4 i n . (34.3 cm); D e p t h : 7% i n .
(19.7 cm)
G i l t bronze
Each light bears one crowned Cfor

1745-1749
One
of
a pair
167

ft. 6 4 i n . (47.6 cm); Depth: io A i n .
3
(26.7 cm)

Paris, circa 1750
A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques Caffieri
P R O V E N A N C E
G i l t bronze
European private collection; [Alexander and
Two lights stamped w i t h a crown flanked by
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
CR for Casa Reale and the inventory n u m

bers C$62.1 and C$62.2 on front near base.
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS
(1990),

illus.
Two other lights stamped similarly C. 1068.1

and
C1068.2.

ft. 10 4 i n . (57.8 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. iVs i n .
3
(34 cm)
One
of
four
166
P R O V E N A N C E
M m e Louise-Elisabeth o f France (Duchess

o f Parma), Palazzo d i Colorno (near Parma),
circa 1753; ducal collection o f Parma; private
collection, France (sold, Ader, Picard et
F R E N C H
Tajan, Paris, December 12,1978, lot 48);
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
169. Four Wall Lights
[Partridge (Fine Arts) L t d . , L o n d o n , 1978];
(See entry no. 303.)
private collection, L o n d o n ; [Partridge (Fine
Paris, 1756
Arts) L t d . , L o n d o n , 1983].
By Franois-Thomas Germain
Gilt bronze

GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 57, p. 180, illus.;
pp. 100,140, illus.; Alvar Gonzlez-Palacios,
II Tempio del Gusto: Le arti decorative in
Italia fra Chssicismi e barocco ( M i l a n , 1986),
vol. i , p. 206; v o l . 2, pp. 230-231, fig. 453;
Handbook 1986, p. 161, illus. (one).
Two wall lights engraved FAIT

F. T. GERMAIN.
GALLERIES
PAR
SCULP. O RED U ROI AUX
DU LOUVRE.
lower
1756at
right and left. Two stamped w i t h Palais d u

Luxembourg inventory number 1051 LUX
1 and two w i t h 1051 LUX2.,All
punched
w i t h Chateau de Compigne inventory

marks CP under a crown and N 28, at
lower rear. Various numbers stamped o n
bobeches and drip pans.
Wall Light .i.a: Height: 3 ft. 3% i n .
(99.6 cm); W i d t h : 2 . A i n . (63.2 cm);
7
Depth: 1 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (41.0 cm); W a l l Light

.i.b: Height: 3 ft. 1% i n . (94.6 cm); W i d t h :
ft.
io /8
5
i n . (57.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. i /s i n .

s
One of four
169
(34.6 cm); Wall Light .2.a: Height:

3 ft. 4/4 i n . (102.9 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
pairs regilded by Feuchre i n the first six
(63.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. iVi i n . (34.3 cm);
months o f 1787 for 500 livres a pair and
Wall Light .2.b: Height: 2 ft. 11 V% i n .
installed i n the Salon des Nobles de la Reine,
(89.2 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i o / s i n . (56.8 cm);
Chateau de Compigne, until 1791; Govern
Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40.3 cm)
ment o f France, Palais d u Luxembourg,
Accession number 8 i . D F . 9 6 . i . a - . b and
Paris, after 1792; Baron Mayer Amschel de
.2.a-.b
Rothschild, the Great D i n i n g Room,

Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, late
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Louis-Philippe, due d'Orlans;

four pairs installed i n the Chambre de
Parade and the Salon des Jeux o f the Palais
Royal, Paris, circa 1756; sold privately i n
1786 by Louis-Philippe-Joseph,
due
d'Orlans, and purchased by the bronzier

Feuchre (probably Pierre-Fran$ois Feuchre)
for Louis X V I ; four pairs purchased by the
One of four
168
Mobilier Royal, Paris, August 30,1786, and

described as having damaged gilding; two
nineteenth century; Hannah de Rothschild

(Countess o f Rosebery, wife o f the 5th Earl,
married 1878, died 1890), Mentmore Towers;
Albert Primrose, 6th Earl o f Rosebery,
Mentmore Towers (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 17,1964, lot 18); [Francois-Grard
Seligmann, Paris]; private collection,
IO3
I04
F R E N C H
GILT
B R O N Z E :
WALL
LIGHTS
Argentina and Switzerland (offered for sale,
Kronika Zamkowayvy
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14-15,1981, lot
Jacques Charles et al., De Versailles Paris:
lot 787A); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
Le Destn des collections royales (Paris, 1989),
L o n d o n , 1980].
148ab, bought i n ) .
(1988), pp. 18-30;
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, October 21, 1980,
illus. p. 143, fig. 2; Jonathan Bourne and

Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert,

Encyclopdie
Interior: Renaissance to ArtNouveau
ou dictionnaire raisonn des
sciences, planches (Paris, 1762), vol. 1, s.v.
p. 180, illus. (one).
"architecture," pis. 32-33; Axelle de Broglie

de Gaigneron, "Le 3
e m e
(London,
1991), illus. p. 75, fig. 237; Handbook 1991,
Tmoin de l'art de

no. 7, pp. 42-43, illus. (one); Sassoon,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 10, pp. 52-53, illus.;
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 35, pp. 7 0 - 7 1 , illus.
(one); Ottomeyer and Prschel, Vergoldete
F - T h . Germain, bronzier," Connaissance des
Bronzen, pp. 190-191, illus.; Handbook 1986,

Six Wall Lights
p. 173, illus. (one); Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 293,
M a x Terrier, "L'Appliqu: Sa Provenance,"
illus. p. 199, fig. 228, and p. 253, fig. 267;
Connaissance des arts 201 (November
By Philippe Caffieri
1968), pp. 32-33; Svend Eriksen, Early
G i l t bronze
Neo-Classicism in France (London, 1974),
Lights 78.DF.263. and 82.DF.35.1 stenciled
arts 199 (September 1968), pp. 76-77, illus.;
p. 349, p i . 202; Pierre Verlet, "Bronzes
No 151 on back. Light 82.DF.35.1 engraved
d'ameublement fran$ais d u X V I I I sicle:
fait par Caffiery on one drip pan and
Notes et documents," Bulletin de la
stamped w i t h the numbers 2 and 5 on
Socit de l'histoire de l'art frangais (1980),
back. 82.DF.35.2 stamped w i t h the number
pp. 200-201, illus. p. 203; M i c h e l Beurdeley,
4 on back.
La France Vencan iy8p-iypp
(Fribourg,
1981), p. 167, pis. 177-178; W i l s o n , "Acqui
ft. 4 V 2 i n . (41.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. % i n .
sitions 1981," no. 4, pp. 73-78 (with a note
(31. cm)
on conservation by Barbara Roberts);
Accession numbers 78.DF.263.1-.4 and
82.DF.35.1-.2

p. 145, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 164, illus.
(one); Jean-Louis Baritou and D o m i n i q u e
Foussand, Chevolet-Contant-Chaussard:
Un
Cabinet d'architectes au siecle des lumieres

(Lyon, 1987), pp. 135-140, illus. p. 182;
Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 296-299, illus.
p. 30, fig. 18; p. 171, fig. 209; p. 256, fig. 275;
p. 297, figs. 327-329; - 298, figs. 330-331;
Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 160, illus.; A n n a
Saratowicz, "Apliki do Sali Rycerskiej,"
P R O V E N A N C E
78.DF.263.1-.4: (?) Sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris,

M a y 26-27,1921, lot 99, to de Friedel; p r i
vate collection, Paris (sold, Etude Couturier
Nicolay, Paris, A p r i l 6,1978, lot 52); [Alex
ander and Berendt, L t d . , London, 1978].
82.DA.35.1-.2: H e n r i Smulders, Amsterdam
(sold, two from a set o f four, Frederik
M u l l e r and Co. [Mensing et Fils], Amster
dam, June 26-27,1934, lot 98); private col
lection, Los Angeles, probably purchased i n
Paris; M r . Lee Greenway, Los Angeles (sold,
O n e o f six
170
F R E N C H
One of four
171
One of six
172
Six Wall Lights
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
W A L L
L I G H T S
One of a pair
173
Paris, circa 1775
A t t r i b u t e d to Philippe Caffieri
After a design attributed to Richard de
p. 173, illus. p. 172, fig. 3.5.4 (here attributed
G i l t bronze
Lalonde
to Jean-Louis Prieur); Jonathan Bourne and
Gilt bronze
Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); D e p t h : 10% i n . (26 cm)
Interior: Renaissance toArtNouveau
ft. 1% i n . (33.7 cm); Depth: 1 0 i n .
1991), n . 84, p. 110.
(London,
(26.7 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, M a r c h 29,1966,

lot 45, to [ B . Fabre et Fils, Paris, circa 1977];
Accession numbers 74.DF.3.1.2 and

77.DF.29.1-.4
private collection, Paris, circa 1977; [Maurice
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1781
Segoura, Paris].
74.DF.3.1-.2: [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthire, after a
London, 1974]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
design by Fran9ois-Joseph Blanger
77.DF.29.1.4: Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
G i l t bronze
December 2,1976, lot 3; [Alexander and
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi
i n press, illus.
(1993),
IO
I 5
/I6
i n . (27.8 cm); Depth: 7 i n . (17.8 cm)
IO5
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
W A L L
L I G H T S
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1974]; purchased by

J. Paul Getty.

p. 243, illus.

Paris, circa 1787
Attributed to Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e
G i l t bronze
Height: 3 ft. 6Vz i n . (107.9
) ; Width:
ft. 10V16 i n . (57 cm); D e p t h : i n .

7
(30.1 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Dues de Mortemart, Chateau de SaintVrain, Seine-et-Oise, from the eighteenth
One of a pair
174
One of a pair
175
century, by descent u n t i l 1982; [Maurice

Segoura, Paris, 1982].
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Franois or
p. 292, illus.; Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 336,
pp. 207-208, 211, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
Jean-Pierre Feuchre
378-379, illus. p. 383, fig. 393.
GettyMusJ12
(1984), no. 13, p. 266, illus.;
G i l t bronze
Height: 2 ft. % i n . (61.6 cm); W i d t h :
p. 290, illus. p. 291.
ft. /i6 i n . (32 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (18.5 cm)

9

P R O V E N A N C E
J. Bardac, Paris; Paul Dutasta, Paris (sold,

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 4,1926,
lot 105); (?) Rothschild collection, Paris;
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
GILT
BRONZE:
FIREDOGS
177. Pair of Firedogs
F I R E D O G S
Paris, circa 1735

By Charles Cressent

Paris, circa 1735
G i l t bronze
G i l t bronze
Left: Height: 1 ft. 2V8 i n . (35.9 cm); W i d t h :
ft. 2 /8 i n . (36.4 cm); Depth: $Vs i n .
ft. 3 i n . (38.1 cm); Depth: 9 /s i n . (24.4 cm);
(20.6 cm)
Right: Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.3 cm); W i d t h :
ft. 3 4 i n . (38.7 cm); D e p t h : 8 /s i n .

X
P R O V E N A N C E
(22.6 cm)
Private collection, Paris; [Didier Aaron,
Paris, by 1971]; [French and Co., N e w York,

P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; Anna
Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Fourth
International
L o n d o n , June 24, 1971, l o t 18); purchased
CINOA,
One of a pair
177
Exhibition
Presented by
M a r c h - M a y 1970, no. 237.

Archives
de Vart frangais: Nouvelle priode 10 (Paris,

1919), p. 218; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 17,
p. 34, illus.; Ottomeyer and Prschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 112.
Firedog .1
176
Firedog . 2
176
lOJ
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
F I R E D O G S

Paris, circa 1775
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthire
G i l t bronze; dark blue enamel panels
Stamped i n various places w i t h either the
letters A, E, or EA.
ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); D e p t h : 5 A i n . (14 cm)
l
179
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Louise-Jeanne de D u r f o r t , <luchesse de
Mazarin, Paris (sold, Paris, December 10-15,
Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 130, illus.;
Porcelain: Chinese, early eighteenth century
1781, l o t 285); comtesse de Clermont-
Getty, Collecting, p. 150; Ottomeyer and
Lacquer: French, circa 1750
Tonnerre, Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris,
Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 272, illus.
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1750
180. Inkstand
October 10-13,1900, lot 290); private col
Hard-paste porcelain, vernis Martin-, gilt-
lection, Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris,
bronze mounts
February 4, 1909, lot 96); M o r t i m e r L .

Schiff, N e w York (sold by his heir John L .
Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .

G I L T
B R O N Z E :
I N K S T A N D S
Schiff, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot

(35.6 cm); D e p t h : 10 i n . (26.7 cm)
Accession number 76.Di.12

179. Inkstand and Paperweights
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1715
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1976]; purchased by
G i l t bronze
Inkstand: Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty.
ft. 2 % i n . (37.2 cm); Depth: V% i n .
(28.2 cm); Paperweights: Height: 2 /s i n .
W i l s o n et al., Mounted
(6.7 cm); W i d t h : 6 A i n . (16.2 cm); Depth:
no. 14, pp. 68-69, illu-S,
Oriental
Porcelain,
4 i n . (11.4 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et Cie,

Paris, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pan
178
180
F R E N C H
GILT
B R O N Z E :
FIGURAL
BRONZES
182. Inkstand
(?) Paris, late nineteenth century
Oak veneered w i t h rosewood; set w i t h hardpaste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts
One plaque bears an unidentified mark i n
script. Base pasted w i t h paper label printed
181
Palace ofPavlovsk i n Russian, inked w i t h the

inventory number 1004, and overstamped
w i t h a French customs stamp. Another
181. Inkstand
paper label inked w i t h the Duveen inven
Paris, circa 1810
tory number 29652 and another stenciled
W h i t e marble; gilt bronze; velvet

Height: 3% i n . (8.9 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6 / 2 i n .
(47 cm); D e p t h : 9 V 2 i n . (24.1 cm)
w i t h a French customs stamp. Base painted

Height: 3% i n . (9.8 cm); W i d t h : 11% i n .
Accession number 73.DJ.67
183
L'Etude
1044 i n white and Uh.6$22 i n blue.

G I L T
B R O N Z E :
(28.6 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (18.4 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
Adolphe L i o n , Paris, 1929; M r s . Benjamin

P R O V E N A N C E
Stern, N e w York (sold, American A r t

Association, N e w York, A p r i l 4-7,1934,
lot 848); [Frederick Victoria, Inc., N e w
York]; [Mallett and Son, L t d . , London,
Russian Imperial Collections, Palace o f
F I G U R A L
B R O N Z E S
183. Pair of Figures, L'Etude and

La Philosophie
Pavlovsk (near St. Petersburg), u n t i l the
early twentieth century; [Duveen Brothers,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe Thomire after
New York]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
models by Louis-Simon Boizot
Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n
Patinated and gilt bronze
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot
Male Figure: Height: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 cm);
W i d t h : ft. 2 i n . (35.7 cm); Depth: 4V8 i n .

(11.7 cm); Female Figure: Height: 1 ft. 1 i n .
(33 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i /s i n . (35.2 cm);

7
The D e t r o i t Institute o f Arts, French Taste

in the Eighteenth Century, April-June 1956,
no. 174, illus. p. 50.
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 2, n . 15, p. 860.
182
La Philosophie
183
IO9
HO
F R E N C H
P A I N T E D
B R O N Z E :
F I G U R A L
B R O N Z E S
Depth: 4 /s i n . (11.7 cm)
Height: 9 i n . (22.8 cm); Diameter: 6 i n .
Accession number 88.SB.113.1-.2
(15.2 cm)
185. Fountain
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1661-1663, w i t h English alterations o f
Private collection, Chateau de la Chesaie,
P R O V E N A N C E
Eaubonne (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
Marquise de Pompadour, Paris, before 1752;
February 5,1978, lot 20); purchased at that
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; private collection,
sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund.
Paris, purchased circa 1910; [Jean-Luc
century
Silver
Livre-Journal
de Lazare Duvaux,
Marchand-
M a r k e d o n body w i t h the maker's stamp
Bijoutier ordinaire du Roy, 1/48-1758, Louis
o f J.L.R. flanking a scepter and the device
Courajod, ed. (Paris, 1873), vol. 2, p. 135,
o f a laurel wreath and two grains below a
no. 1213; "Acquisitions/1988,"
fleur-de-lys; a crowned R (the warden's
GettyMusJij
PAINTED BRONZE!
(1989), no. 72, p. 142, illus.; Handbook 1991,
FIGURAL
p. 172, illus. (one).
BRONZES
Jean I V Le Roy, probably altered i n L o n d o n

Garden, and again later i n the eighteenth
Chalmin, Paris, 1988].
no. 78, p. 144, illus.
1695, 1758, and circa 1762

i n 1695 by Ralph Leeke, i n 1758 by Phillips
SILVER
mark used between December 30,1661,

and January 26,1663). Scratched w i t h the
weights 34814 (partially obliterated) and
184. Pair of Decorative Bronzes
363 13 under base. Engraved w i t h the arms
Paris; silver, 1738-1750; bronzes, 1745-1749
o f Curzon and Colyear o n central cartouche.
The lacquer painting o f the figures is
attributed to Etienne-Simon M a r t i n and
ft. 2V8 i n . (35.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2% i n .
Guillaume M a r t i n
(36.2 cm)
Painted bronze; silver
Accession number 82.DG.17
The base o f each bronze is stamped w i t h

P R O V E N A N C E
the crowned Cfor 1745-1749. Each silver
I n England by 1694, when probably adapted
element is marked w i t h a crowned F(the
from a lidded one-handled vase w i t h a spout
wardens mark used between October 4,
m o u n t e d higher, and when a matching
1738, and October 12,1739); a fox's head
fountain and two basins were made by Ralph
(the Paris discharge mark for small works
Leeke; Sir Nathaniel Curzon, ist Baron
i n silver and gold used between October 4,
Scarsdale (born 1726, married Caroline
1738, and October 12,1744); and a helmet
Colyear 1750, died 1804), Kedleston H a l l ,
w i t h open visor (the Paris discharge mark
Derbyshire, by 1750; Earls o f Scarsdale,
for works i n gold and small works i n o l d
Kedleston H a l l , by descent (offered for sale,
silver used between October 13,1744, and
Christie's, L o n d o n , July 16,1930, lot 42,
October 9, 1750). The silver also bears an
bought i n ; offered for sale, Christie's,
obliterated mark w h i c h m i g h t be a charge

or maker's mark.
One
of
a pair
184
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
Jacques Helft, French Master Goldsmiths and

Silversmiths (New York, 1966), pp. 6 0 - 6 1 ,
illus.; Gillian Wilson, "The Kedleston Foun
tain: Its Development from a SeventeenthCentury Vase," GettyMusJ 11 (1983), pp. 1-12,
figs. 1-4, 6-7, 9,11,16-17.
186. Pair of Tureens, Liners, and Stands

Paris, 1726-1729
One of a pair
186
By Thomas Germain, w i t h arms added i n

1764 by his son Francois-Thomas Germain
Silver
Marked variously o n tureens, liners, and
stands w i t h a crowned AT (the warden's mark
used between August 13,1726, and August
13,1727); a crowned (the warden's mark
used between August 12,1728, and August
26, 1729); a crowned A overlaid w i t h crossed
8
Z's (the charge mark used between M a y 6,
and .48^3^2^;
stands engraved w i t h the
weights -48^2^
and -48^^
t n
stands,
one w i t h the added date 1764, engraved

FAIT. PARF. T.GERMAIN.
OYAUX
ORF.SCULP.DU.R
GALLERIES.DULOUVRE.
APARIS.
T h e coat o f arms o f the Mello e Castro

family engraved o n stands and applied on
tureens.
1722, and September 3,1727, under the fer-
Tureens: Height: 6 A i n . (17.4 cm); W i d t h :
L o n d o n , November 7,1945, bought i n ) ;
mier Charles Cordier); a crowned A o n its
ft. 6Yz i n . (47 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.4 cm);
[Jacques Helft, Paris, 1940s]; A r t u r o Lopez-
side (the charge mark used between
Stands: Height: i Ae i n . (3.7 cm); W i d t h :
Willshaw, Paris, late 1940s; Patricia Lopez-
September 3,1727, and December 22,1732,
ft. 10V16 i n . (57 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4 i n .
Willshaw (widow o f A r t u r o Lopez-Willshaw),
under the fermier Jacques Cottin); (?) a
(40.6 cm)
Paris (offered for sale, Sotheby's, Monaco,
chancellor's mace (the discharge mark used
Accession number 82.DG.12.1-.2
June 23, 1976, l o t 48, bought i n ) .
between September 3,1727, and December

22,1732); an artichoke mark (for o l d works
Paris, Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Louis XIV:

Faste et decors, M a y - O c t o b e r i960, no. 378,
pi. 58.
i n silver to which new parts have been

added, used between November 22,1762,
and December 23,1768); and w i t h three
obliterated marks, probably o f Thomas
Germain. One tureen, stand, and liner
engraved N 1,
0m
the others N '2\

0
tureens
engraved w i t h the weights .^<?^j ^2^
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Jacques-Samuel Bernard (1686-1753),

comte de Coubert, i n the salle a manger o f
his hotel, 46 rue d u Bac, Paris [information:
B. Pons]; altered by Fran9ois-Thomas
Germain i n 1764 for D . M a r t i n h o de Mello
e Castro, C o u n t o f Galveias, the Portuguese
ambassador i n L o n d o n (1755) and i n Paris
I I I
112
FRENCH SILVER
used i n Paris exclusively from M a y 10, 1838).
from 1760-1761 (temporarily residing i n the
pp. 126-153; Leonor d'Orey, The Silver
hotel Jacques-Samuel Bernard i n the rue d u
Service of the Portuguese Crown (Lisbon,
Bowl engraved w i t h the coat o f arms o f the
Bac), and later Secretary o f State to K i n g
1991), pp. 24-25, illus. p. 25.
M o u l i n e t family, probably i n the nineteenth
Jose I and subsequently to Queen Maria I ,
century.
listed i n the September 14, 1796, inventory
Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); W i d t h : 11 4 i n .

3
o f his possessions (taken after his death) w i t h
(29.9 cm); D e p t h : yVs i n . (18.7 cm)
their lids decorated w i t h artichokes, cauli
Accession number 7 i . D G . 7 7 . a - . b
flowers, birds, shells, and shrimp (these lids

PROVENANCE
were probably lost at the beginning o f the
M o u l i n e t family, Ile-de-France; M . Marquis,
nineteenth century); Mello e Castro de V i l -
Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, February
hena family, Portugal and Paris, by descent;
10-18, 1890, lot n o [?]); D a v i d David-Weill,
(sold, Christies, Geneva, November 11, 1975,
Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, Novem
lot 230); Jean Rossignol, Geneva, 1975.
ber 24, 1971, lot 17); purchased at that sale

by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Exposicao de arte francesa, May-June 1934,

187
nos. 230-231; Paris, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Les Tresors de I'orfevrerie
eme
siecle en
France (Paris, 1951), no. 192, p. n o , illus.
du Portugal,
November 1954-January 1955, no. 453.
Emile Dacier, LArt au XVIII
187. Lidded
Ecuelle
Paris, 1727
BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Claude-Gabriel Dardet
Daniel Alcouffe, Louis XV: Un Moment de
Silver-gilt
perfection de Vanfrancais"
H o t e l de la
Marked on bowl w i t h the maker's stamp
Monnaie, Paris, 1974, no. 484, p. 358;
o f C.G.D., a dart, and two grains below a
Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned L (the war
main," Christies Review of the Season
den's mark used between August 13,1727,
(London and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221,
and August 12, 1728); a crowned A (the
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 3,
charge mark used between September 3,
1727, and December 22,1732, under the
pp. 22-23, illus.; A r m i n B. Allen, An
fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a fleur-de-lys
Exhibition
of Ornamental Drawings (New
w i t h i n a pomegranate (the discharge mark
York, 1982), no. 53, illus.; Handbook 1986, p.
used on large silver objects between Septem
157, illus. (one); Bruno Pons, " H o t e l
ber 3,1727, and December 22, 1732); an
Jacques-Samuel Bernard," Le Faubourg
unidentified flower, possibly a lily o f the
Saint-Germain:
valley (a discharge mark used to indicate a
la rue du Bac, Etudes offertes
a Colette Lamy-Lassalle (Paris, 1990),
m i n i m u m standard o f silver between 1727

and 1732); and a boar's head (the "restricted
warranty" o f .800 m i n i m u m silver standard
188. Lidded Bowl and Stand

Lacquer: Japanese, early eighteenth century
Mounts: Paris, circa 1727-1738
W o o d lacquered w i t h red and brown
pigments; gold powder; silver-gilt mounts
L i d , bowl, and stand mounts variously
marked w i t h the unidentified maker's stamp
P.L.R. w i t h a crescent, two grains, and a
fleur-de-lys; a crowned bell (the Paris
countermark used between September 3,
1727, and December 22, 1732, under the
fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a crowned S (the
warden's mark used between September 18,
1734, and September 23, 1735); and an
unidentified mark.
FRENCH SILVER
189. Pair of Sugar Castors
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1743
J. E. Horstmann (sold, Frederik Mller,
By Simon Gallien
Amsterdam, November 19-21,1919, lot 178);
Silver
Jean-Louis Bonnefoy, Paris; Sir Robert Abdy,
Each castor is marked w i t h the maker's
Bt., N e w t o n Ferrers, Cornwall; by descent to
stamp o f S.G., a sun and two grains below a
Sir Valentine Abdy; [S. J. Phillip^ London].
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned C (the war

den's mark used between M a y 30,1743, and
July 6,1744); a crowned A (the charge mark
used between October 4,1738, and Octo
188
ber 13,1744, under the fermierLouis

no. 53, p. 178, illus.
Robin);
a fox's head (the discharge mark used o n

Overall Height: $Vi6 i n . (14.1 cm); Bowl:
small silver objects between October 4,1738,
Height: 5M6 i n . (13.2 cm); W i d t h : yVs i n .
and October 13,1744); a salmon's head (the
(18.7 c m ) ; D e p t h : 5 /s i n . (13.6 cm); Stand:
discharge mark used o n small silver objects
Height: Vs i n . (2.3 cm); Diameter: yVi6 i n .
between October 13,1744, and October 10,
(18.2 cm)
1750, under the fermier Antonie Leschaudel);
Accession number 84.DH.74.1.2a .2b
a fly (the countermark used between Octo
ber 13,1744, and October 10,1750, under
P R O V E N A N C E
Hans Backer, L o n d o n ; M a r t i n N o r t o n ,
London.
the fermier Antoine Leschaudel); a laurel

leaf (the countermark used between Octo
ber 13,1756, and November 22,1762, under
the fermier'Eloy Brichard); an open right
Nieda, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 2, pp. 72-76,
hand (the countermark used between
illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
November 22,1762, and December 23,1768,
(1985), no. 52, p. 177, illus.
GettyMusJi^
under the fermier Jean-Jacques Prvost); an

TV inscribed i n an oval (the D u t c h date letter
for 1822 for works i n precious metal); and
an ax (a D u t c h standard mark used since
1852 for old silver objects returned to circu
lation). The base o f castor .1 is inscribed
409\ the base o f castor .2 is inscribed 409A.
Castor .1: Height: 10%. i n . (26 cm);
Diameter: 4% i n . (11.5 cm); Castor .2:
Height: i n . (26.6 cm); Diameter:
4 /8
5
i n . (11.7 cm)
One of a pair
189
113
114
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
90. Pair of Lidded Tureens, Liners,

and Stands
Paris, 1744-1750
By Thomas Germain
Silver
Marked variously o n the tureens, liners,
lids, and stands w i t h a crowned D (the war
dens mark used between July 6,1744, and
November 27,1745); a crowned / (the war
den's mark used between July 18,1749, and
July 15,1750); a crowned
(the warden's
mark used between July 15, 1750, and

January 22,1751); an indistinct mark, pos
sibly a crowned A (the charge mark used
between October 4,1738, and October 13,
1744, under the firmier Louis Robin); a
crowned A (the charge mark used between
October 13, 1744, and October 10,1750,
190
under the firmier A n t o i n e Leschaudel);

a hen's head (the discharge mark used o n
small silver objects between October 10,
Tureens: Height: 11 MO i n . (30 cm); W i d t h :
A p r i l 27,1976, lot 446); private collection,
1750, and October 13, 1756, under the
ft. i 4 in. (34.9 cm); Depth: 11 V% i n .
Geneva, 1976.
firmier Julien Berthe); a boar's head (the
(28.2 cm); Stands: Height: i /s i n . (4.2 cm);
discharge mark used o n large silver objects
W i d t h : ft. 6V16 i n . (46.2 cm); Depth:
between October 10, 1750, and October 13,
ft. 6V16 in. (47.2 cm)
1756); and a laurel leaf (the countermark
used between October 13, 1756, and

November 22,1762, under the firmier Eloy
Brichard); and several obliterated marks.
(?) Archbishop D o m Gaspar de Bragan$a

(1716-1789, archbishop o f Braga 1757),
w i t h DUN
Braga, Portugal; Robert John Smith, 2nd
3; the other w i t h DUN
4.
Paris, Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Les Tresors

de Torfevrerie du Portugal, November 1954January 1955, no. 455, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
One tureen, liner, l i d , and stand engraved

0
Stands scratched w i t h various dealers'
L o r d Carrington (succeeded to the title i n
marks o f twentieth-century date. Originally
1838), England; [S.J. Phillips, L o n d o n ,
engraved w i t h an archbishop's coat o f arms
1920s or 1930s]; M r . and Mrs. Meyer
surrounded by the collar and cross o f the
Sassoon, Pope's Manor, Berkshire, by the
Order o f Christ, now partly erased and
1930s; [S.J. Phillips, London]; [Jacques
replaced w i t h the arms o f Robert John
Helft, Paris]; Jos and Vera Espirito Santo,
Smith, 2nd L o r d Carrington.
Paris, by 1954 (sold, Christie's, Geneva,
Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger

m a i n , " Christies Review of the Season 197$
( L o n d o n and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221,
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 7,
pp. 39-45, illus.; Storia degli Argenti,
Kirsten Aschengreen-Piacenti, ed. (Novara,
1987), p. 129, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 173,
illus. (one).
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
P R O V E N A N C E
Marquis de Menars; (?) Junius Spencer

Morgan, N e w York; [Puiforcat, Paris, by
1926, and through 1938]; D a v i d David-Weill,
Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, N o v e m
ber 24,1971, lot 24); purchased at that sale
by J. Paul Getty.
Paris, Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Exposition

d'orfevrerie frangaise civile du XVT Steele au
e
191
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 91;

e
192
London, 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,

191. Tray
February-April 1933, no. 388; N e w York,
leaves (the charge mark used between
Paris, 1750
The Metropolitan Museum o f A r t , French
November 22,1762, and December 23,1768,
By Frari9ois-Thomas Germain
Domestic Silver, May-September 1938,
under the firmier Jean-Jacques Prvost);
Silver
no. 149, p i . 85.
crossed laurel branches (the charge mark
M a r k e d underneath w i t h the maker's stamp

o f F.T.G., a lamb's fleece, two grains, and a
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned A^(the war
used on small silver objects between Novem

S. Brauk and Y. Bottineau,

frangaise du XVIII
den's mark used between July 15,1750, and

January 22,1751); a crowned A w i t h palm
and laurel branches (the charge mark used
between October 10, 1750, and October 13,
1756, under the firmier Julien Berthe); a
boar's head (the "restricted warranty" o f
.800 m i n i m u m silver standard used i n Paris
L'Orfevrerie
Steele (Paris, 1959), p. 186,
pi. 17; Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of

French Domestic Silver: Its Makers and Its
Marks (New York, i 9 6 0 ) , v o l . 1, p. 116,
fig. 149; H e n r y N o c q , Le Poingon de Paris
(Paris, 1968), v o l . 2, p. 243, illus. opposite
p. 244.
ber 22,1762, and December 23,1768, under

the firmier Jean-Jacques Prvost); a pointer's
head (the discharge mark used on small sil
ver objects between November 22,1762, and
December 23, 1768); a hunting horn (the
countermark used between December 23,
1768, and September 1,1775, under the
firmier Julien Alaterre); a man's slipper (the
countermark used between September 1,
exclusively f r o m M a y 10,1838); and a swan
1775, and A p r i l 7,1781, under the firmier
i n an oval (the standard mark for silver o f
Jean-Bap tiste Fouache); a boar's head (the
u n k n o w n o r i g i n that is sold at auction as
192. Sauceboat on Stand
"restricted warranty" o f .800 m i n i m u m sil
used by contracting countries between July 1,
Paris, 1762
ver standard used i n Paris exclusively from
1893, and 1970). Engraved i n the center w i t h
By Jean-Baptiste-Francois Cheret
M a y 10,1838); and a swan i n an oval (the
the arms o f the marquis de Menars.
Silver; silver-gilt
standard mark for silver o f u n k n o w n origin
Height: iVs i n . (3.8 c m ) ; W i d t h : SVs i n .
Sauceboat and stand marked w i t h maker's
that is sold at auction as used by contracting
(21.9 cm); D e p t h : y /s i n . (20 cm)
stamp o f J . B.C.-, a key and two grains below
countries between July 1,1893, and 1970).
a crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned (the
A coat o f arms has probably been burnished
warden's mark used between July 21,1762,
off the cartouche o n the sauceboat.
and July 13,1763); a crowned A w i t h laurel
115
Il6
F R E N C H
SILVER
Cumberland and Brunswick-Lneburg,
Height: 4% i n . (12.1 cm;); W i d t h : 5 /s i n .

5
(14.3 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (19.8 cm)
K i n g o f Hanover, 1837; (?) Ernst Augustus,
D u k e o f Cumberland and BrunswickLneburg, 1851 (sold after his death, circa
P R O V E N A N C E
1924); Cartier, L t d . , L o n d o n , by 1926; Louis
Dukes o f Buckingham and Chandos, L o n
Cartier, Paris, by the 1960s; Claude Cartier,
don (sold 1903); J. H . Fitzhenry, L o n d o n
Paris, 1970s (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , November 20,
November 25-27,1979, lot 824, w i t h
1913, lot 214); [Gaston Bensimon, Paris];
another pair o f matching candelabra);
D a v i d David-Weill, Paris (sold, Palais
Veronique Cartier, Paris, 1979.
Galliera, Paris, November 24,1971, lot 14);

Paris, Muse des Arts Dcoratifs,

Exposition
d'orfevrerie frangaise civile du XV siecle au

e
Paris, Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Exposition
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 144,

e
d'orftvrerie frangaise civile du XV siecle au

e
o n loan f r o m Cartier, L t d . , L o n d o n ; Paris,
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 108, on

e
Galerie Mellerio, LOrfevrerie
loan from D a v i d David-Weill.

Storia degli Argenti, Kirsten AschengreenPiacenti, ed. (Novara, 1987), p. 128, illus.
et le bijou
d'autrefois, 1935, no. 70.

One of a pair
193
Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of French

and June 4,1783, under the
fermier'Henry
Domestic Silver: Its Makers and Its Marks
Clavel); a j u g (the discharge mark used on
(New York, i 9 6 0 ) , v o l . 1, no. 20, p. 45, illus.
works destined for export between A p r i l 7,
vol. 2, p. 31; Claude Frgnac et al., Les
1781, and June 4,1783); an ant i n a rectangle
Grands orfevres de Louis XIII
Paris, 1779-1782
(the mark o f .800 m i n i m u m standard for
(Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris,
1 9 3 . Pair of Candelabra
a Charles X
By Robert-Joseph Auguste
works imported into France from contract
1965), pp. 240-241, fig. 2; Jacques Helft,
Silver
ing countries as used since July 1,1893); and
French Master Goldsmiths and
Marked variously w i t h maker's stamp o f
the letter G (of u n k n o w n meaning). Each
(New York, 1966), p. 240, fig. 2; Serge
R.J. A. w i t h a palm branch and two grains,
base engraved w i t h the monogram GR III
Grandjean et al., Cinq annes
below a crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned
under a crown.
ment du patrimoine
Silversmiths
d'enrichisse-
national1975-1980,
(the warden's mark used between July 18,
Height: 1 ft. ioV% i n . (56.1 cm); W i d t h :
Grand Palais, Paris, November 1980-March
1778, and July 21,1781); a crowned S (the
ft. 3/8 i n . (38.5 cm) Depth: 1 ft. 2 /s i n .
1981, no. 109, pp. 128-129; "Acquisitions/
wardens mark used between August 1,1781,
(36.5 cm)
1984," GettyMusJi?,
and July 13,1782); the letters P.A.R.I.S. (the
illus. (one); Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa
Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Lnterior:
charge mark used between September 1,

1775, and A p r i l 7,1781, under the fermier
Jean-Baptiste Fouache); crossed Z's (the
charge mark used between A p r i l 7, 1781,
(1985), no. 63, p. 182,
P R O V E N A N C E
From a service made for George I I I o f

England; (?) Ernst Augustus, Duke o f
Renaissance to Art Nouveau (London, 1991),

illus. p. 108, fig. 344.
F R E N C H
E N A M E L S
E N A M E L S
195. Prudence Commesso Hat Badge
(enseigne)
1550-1560
Gold; white, blue, red, and black enamel;
chalcedony; and a table-cut diamond
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm)
Accession number 85.SE.238
P R O V E N A N C E
Baronne James de Rothschild, Paris, 1866;

Thomas Flannery, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , December 1, 1983,
lot 288); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
194
Back view
194
G O L D :
J E W E L R Y
Loyola University o f Chicago, The Art of
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of

194. Hercules Pendant
Paris, circa 1540
Gold; white, blue, and black enamel; and
a baroque pearl
Height: 2 /s i n . (6 cm); W i d t h : 2V8 i n .
3
(5.4 cm)
the Goldsmith and the Jeweller, Novem

ber 6-23,1968, no. 8, p. 15.
Jewelry, 1450-1600,1975, no. 9; T h e Fine Arts

Museums o f San Francisco, The Triumph
of Humanism:
Three Phases of Renaissance
Decorative Arts 1450-1600, October 1977January 1978, no. 99.
Yvonne Hackenbroch, "Bijoux de FEcole

de Fontainebleau," Actes du Colloque Inter
nationalsur
I Art de Fontainebleau
(Paris,
1975), p. 71, figs. 1-2; Yvonne Hackenbroch,
P R O V E N A N C E
Renaissance Jewellery (London, 1979),
dust jacket illus. and p i . 7, nos. 140A-B,
pp. 63-64; Christies Review of the Season
C. R u x t o n Love, N e w York (sold, Christie's,
1984 (Oxford, 1985), p. 338; Souren
Geneva, November 13, 1984, lot 45); [David,
Melikian, Art and Auction 7 (January 1985),
Inc., Vaduz].
p. 144; "La Cote d u M o i s , " L'Estampille 177

(January 1985), p. 67;"Acquisitions/i985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (19S6),no. 216, pp. 252-253,
illus.; Handbook1991,
p. 204, illus.
195
11J
Il8
F R E N C H
E N A M E L S
Edouard Livre, Les Collections clebres

d'oeuvres d'art (Paris, 1866), p i . 49; D o n a l d
Rowe, "The A r t o f Jewellery, 1540-1650,"
Connoisseur188 (April 1975), p. 293, p i . 4;
Yvonne Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery
(London, 1979), pp. 90-92, p i . 8, fig. 236;
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby's 1983-1984
(London, 1984), p. 202; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 217, p. 253, illus.
196. Twelve Plaques with Scenes from the

Passion of Christ
Limoges, 1530s
By Jean I I Pnicaud
Polychrome enamel o n copper w i t h gold
highlights
Each stamped o n back under clear counterenamel w i t h a surmounted by a crown
(Pnicaud workshop stamp). Also inscribed
SANCT. PETR.
o n Saint Peters robe i n The
Entry into Jerusalem plaque and IOSEP
DABAR o n robe o f Joseph i n The Entomb

ment plaque.
Height (each plaque): approx. 3%) i n .
196
(9.4 cm); W i d t h : approx. 2% i n . (7.3 cm)

Accession number 88.SE.4.1-.12
P R O V E N A N C E
Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l
"The Passion o f Christ: Twelve Enamel
Lille, Exposition retrospective de l'art frangais
Plaques i n the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
au Trocadro, 1889, no. 1037.
GettyMusJ 18 (1990), pp. 127-140.
D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 12-16," 1884, l o t 472);
Mante collection, Paris, 1884; by descent to
Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes
Robert Mante, Paris, u n t i l 1986; [Same A r t ,
d'art faites en France et Vtranger. . . (Paris,
Ltd., Zurich].
1901-1912; rpr. Hildesheim, 1971), p. 522;

"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJYj
(1989),
no. 89, pp. 148-150, illus.; Peggy Fogelman,
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S
Ceramics
198. Oval Basin
Saintes, circa 1550
A t t r i b u t e d to Bernard Palissy
Lead-glazed earthenware
Height: 2 /s in.(6.6 cm); Length: 1 ft. 7 i n .
5
(48.2 cm); W i d t h : i f t . 2% i n . (36.8 cm)

Accession number 88.DE.63
P R O V E N A N C E
197
Mars
197. Allegory of Charles IX as Mars

Allegory of Catherine de' Medici as Juno
Limoges, 1573
197
Juno
Carl Becker, Cologne; private collection,

England; British art market.
P R O V E N A N C E
Debruge-Dumenil, 1847; Albert Primrose,
6th Earl o f Rosebery, Mentmore Towers,
Katalog der Kunst-Sammlung,
Leonard L i m o s i n
Buckinghamshire (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Becker, J. . Heberle (. Lempertz Shne),
Consul Carl
Polychrome enamel o n copper and silver
M a y 20, 1977 [hors catalogue]); L o r d Astor,
Versteigerung zu Kln (Cologne, 1898),
w i t h painted gold highlights; modern
Hever Castle (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a y
no. 12, p. 2; A l a n G i b b o n , Cramiques
frames
6,1983, lot 296); [Cyril H u m p h r i s ,
Bernard Palissy (Paris, 1986), book jacket;
Signed LL o n sword o f Mars, dated 1573 i n
London].
center o f cloud at left o f Mars. Signed LL at

b o t t o m o f cloud i n b o t t o m center o f Juno.
Inscribed o n backs at a later date C DE
MEDICIS
a n d CHARLES
IX.
de
(1989),
no. 84, p. 146, illus.

Joseph Laborde, Description des objets d'art

qui composent la collection Debruge
Height: 6Vs i n . (17.5 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n .
Dumenil (Paris, 1847), nos. 704-705;
(23 cm), each plaque, w i t h o u t frames
Joseph Laborde, Notice des maux,
Accession numbers: 86.SE.536.1 (Mars);
et objets divers exposes dans les galeries du
86.SE.536.2 (Juno)
Muse du Louvre (Paris, 1853), pp. 186-187;
bijoux,
Louis Dimier, Histoire de la peinture de

portrait en France au XVI
siecle, vol. 3
(Paris and Brussels, 1926), no. 33, p. 250;

Philippe Verdier, The Frick Collection, vol.
8 (New York, 1977), no. 13, pp. 124,126;
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJis
no. 199, pp. 218-219, illus.
(1987),
198
II9
I20
F R E N C H
CERAMICS
199. (?) Model for a Ceramic Vessel
NIVERNOIS

Terracotta
2 0 0 . Lidded Jug
Incised under the base EX MUSEO

MONCREIFFE.
Nivernois, 1680-1690
DOCT. ET. SOC.
SORBONICI.
DECANUS.
P.C. DE.
ECLE AE DUEN
Tin-glazed and painted earthenware
(?)SI
Height: 7 A i n . (19.1 cm); W i d t h : 7 / 8 i n .

l
Modeled w i t h the arms, mono
(18. cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
gram, and coronet (now partly missing) o f
Louis-Henri, prince de Conde, due de

Bourbon.
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm); W i d t h : 11 4 i n .
D e Jouvenal collection, France; [Georges
(29.8 cm); D e p t h : 11 4 i n . (29.8 cm)
Lefebvre, Paris, 1988].
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 65, p. 140, illus.
Louis-Henri, 7th prince de Conde, due de

Bourbon, Chateau de Chantilly
199
(1692-1740); (?) Francois-Augustin Paradis

de M o n c r i f (1687-1770); Pierre-Charles de
SAINT-CLOUD
Moncrif, archbishop o f the cathedral church

d A u t u n , recorded as item 6 i n M o n c r i f s
2 0 1 . Lidded Ewer and Basin
cabinet de curiosits i n the inventory taken

after his death o n September 25,1771 [infor
Porcelain: Saint-Cloud manufactory, early
mation: B. Pons]; D a v i d David-Weill, Paris;
eighteenth century
[Didier Aaron, Paris, 1981].
M o u n t s : Paris, 1717-1722
Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue deco
ration; silver mounts
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 5, pp. 187,
T h e base o f the ewer bears a paper label 5.L.
189-192,194, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"

GettyMusJ12
4338.8 and Charles E. Dunlap. Each silver
(1984), no. 7, p. 263, illus.
m o u n t has a fleur-de-lys w i t h o u t a crown

(the Paris discharge mark for small silver
works used between October 23,1717, and
M a y 5,1722) and an indistinct mark.
Ewer: Height: 6 /s i n . (17 cm); W i d t h : 5 i n .
5
200
(12.8 cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm); Basin:

Height: 3 /i6 i n . (8.1 cm); Diameter: 8*4 i n .
3
(20.8 cm)
Accession number 88.DI.112.1-.2
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
MOUSTIERS
M O U S T I E R S
2 0 2 . Lidded Jar
Moustiers, (?) Clrissy manufactory,
circa 1723-1725
Tin-glazed earthenware
Painted w i t h the arms o f Jean d'Arlatan,
marquis de la Roche and baron de Lauris,
on the jar and l i d . T h e base is painted i n
blue (?) FA.
Height: 10% i n . (26 cm); Diameter: 8 4 i n .
3
201
(22.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.917.a-.b
P R O V E N A N C E
Mrs. H . Dupuy, N e w York (sold, Parke-
203
P R O V E N A N C E
Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 3,1948, lot 358);
Jean d'Arlatan, marquis de la Roche, circa
estate o f M r s . Charles E. Dunlap, N e w York
1723; [Nicolier, Paris].
2 0 3 . Plate
(sold, Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York,

December 3, 1975, lot 231); purchased at
that sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund.
Moustiers, Olerys manufactory, circa

1740-1760
(1985),
no. 51, p. 177, illus.
decoration
Height: i /i6 i n . (3.7 cm); Diameter:

7
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f
A r t , Masterpieces of European
Earthenware; polychrome enamel
ft. 5 /8 i n . (44.8 cm)

5
Porcelain,
1949, no. 144; M a l i b u , T h e J. Paul Getty

Museum, o n loan, 1982-1988.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Georges Lefebvre, Paris, 1986].

no. 70, p. 141, illus.

no. 75, p. 178, illus.
202
121
122
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
C H A N T I L L Y
N e w York, T h e C o o p e r - H e w i t t Museum,
Design in the Service of Tea, A u g u s t October 1984.

pp. 33-36, illus.
204
Height: 16 i n . (2.3 cm); W i d t h : 4V16 i n .
CHANTILLY
One
of
pair
205
2 0 5 . Pair of Magot Figures
(11.6 cm); Depth: 4 % i n . (11.5 cm); Sugar
C h a n t i l l y manufactory, circa 1740
Bowl: Height: 3/8 i n . (7.7 cm); W i d t h :
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Chantilly manufactory, circa 1730-1735
4 /8 i n . (11. cm); D e p t h : 4/16 i n . (10.3 cm);
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Teapot: Height: 3/2 i n . (8.9 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 7 i n . (18 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n . (18 cm);
decoration
5/8 i n . (13.1 cm); Depth: 3 /i6 i n . (8.4 cm)
D e p t h : 7 i n . (18 cm)
Tray: Height: % i n . (2.1 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 82.DE.167.1-.5
2 0 4 . Tea Service
8 % i n . (22.4 cm); Depth: 8 % i n . (22.7 cm);

Cups: Height:
i n . (4 cm); W i d t h : 3% i n .
I /I6
9
(8.2 cm); Depth: 2 A i n . (6.7 cm); Saucers:

5
P R O V E N A N C E
[Klaber and Klaber, London, 1980];

[Winifred Williams, L t d . , London, 1982].
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
L U N E V I L L E
P R O V E N A N C E
Miss A . Phillips, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,

L o n d o n , February 28,1961, lot 56); [Wini
fred W i l l i a m s , L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [Partridge
(Fine Arts) L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
(1986),
no. 197, p. 245, illus.
2 0 6 . Chamber Pot (bourdaloue)

C h a n t i l l y manufactory, circa 1740
decoration
Painted o n the base w i t h the iron-red
h u n t i n g h o r n mark o f the Chantilly
manufactory.
Height: 3 % i n . (9.8 cm); W i d t h : 7 % i n .

(19.6 cm); D e p t h : 4 A i n . (11.8 cm)
5
207
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 9
LUNEVILLE
P R O V E N A N C E
Pierre de Regainy, Paris, 1957; Wilfred J.
207
Sainsbury, England; [Kate Foster, Rye,
Pair of Busts: Louis X V and

Marie Leczinska
England]; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
Lnville manufactory, circa 1755
N e w York, 1977].
Lead-glazed earthenware (faience fine)
Bust o f Louis X V : Height: 1 ft. 8 i n .
(53 cm); W i d t h : 9 ^ 6 i n . (24 cm); Depth:
9 /s i n . (25 cm); Bust o f Marie Leczinska:

7
pp. 36-38, illus.

206
Height: 1 ft. 8 /s i n . (53 cm); W i d t h : 67s i n .

7
(15.5 cm); Depth: 9% i n . (25 cm)

123
124
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
M E N N E C Y
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Vandermeersch, Paris].
Private collection, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,

Paris, M a r c h 14,1910, lot 44); [Vander

no. 103, pp. 212-213, illus.
meersch, Paris, late 1940s]; M r . and M r s .

W i l l i a m Brown Meloney, Riverdale, N e w
York, late 1940s; [The Antique Porcelain
Co., Z u r i c h , from late 1950s].
Babette Craven, "French Soft Paste Porce
MENNECY
lain i n the Collection o f M r . and Mrs.

W i l l i a m B r o w n Meloney," Connoisseur143
2 0 8 . Bust of Louis X V
Mennecy manufactory, circa 1750-1755
(May 1959), pp. 135-142, fig. 10; "Acquisi
Soft-paste porcelain
tions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 55,
Height: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43.2 cm); W i d t h : 9 /i6 i n .
p. 179, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 160, illus.;
(24.5 cm); D e p t h : $ 6
i n . (14.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 4 6
2 0 9 . Figure of a Street Vendor

Mennecy manufactory, circa 1755-1760
209
Impressed o n the right side o f the base w i t h

the Mennecy manufactory mark DV.
Babette Craven, "French Soft Paste Porce

lain i n the Collection o f M r . and M r s .
W i l l i a m B r o w n Meloney," Connoisseur 143
Height: 9 /s i n . (23.9 cm); W i d t h : 4 / 2 i n .
( M a y 1959), p. 142; "Acquisitions/1986,"
(11.5 cm); Depth: 4% i n . (10.7 cm)
GettyMusJ i5

P R O V E N A N C E
M r . and M r s . W i l l i a m Brown Meloney,

Riverdale, N e w York; [The Antique Porce
lain Co., N e w York, 1986].
208
(1987), no. 104, p. 213, illus.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
V I N C E N N E S
S C E A U X
2 1 0 . Vase
(pot-pourri)
Sceaux manufactory, circa 1755

A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques Chapelle
Glazed earthenware; polychrome enamel
decoration
Height: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 c m ) ; W i d t h : 9% i n .
(24.1 c m ) ; D e p t h : 6 i n . (15.2 cm)
211
212
P R O V E N A N C E
Florence J. G o u l d , V i l l a E l Patio, Cannes
V I N C E N N E S
(sold, Sotheby's, M o n a c o , June 27,1984,
211. Lidded Bowl and Stand (acuelle ronde

etpfoteau rond)
lot 1588); [The A n t i q u e Porcelain Co.,

London].

no. 198, p. 245, illus.
212. Watering Can (arrosoir, deuxieme

grandeur)
Vincennes manufactory, 1754
Vincennes manufactory, circa 1752-1753
Painted by Bardet
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu Upis ground color;
Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
decoration; gilding
Bowl and stand b o t h painted underneath
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the Vincennes
Z's o f the Vincennes manufactory ( w i t h a
manufactory; both incised /.
dot at their apex) enclosing the date letter

for 1754, and w i t h the painter's mark o f two
short parallel lines. Incised 4.
Bowl: Height: 5% i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 8 4 i n .

3
(22.2 cm); D e p t h : 6Vs i n . (16.7 cm); Stand:

Height: 1 Vs i n . (4.1 cm); Diameter: 8 % i n .
(22.8 cm)
Accession number 8 9 . D E . 4 4 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; [Alexander and


no. 51, p. 192, illus.
210
Height: 7% i n . (19.7 cm); W i d t h : 9%; i n .

(24.5 cm); D e p t h : 5/8 i n . (13 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Florence, Countess o f Northbrook (wife o f

the 2nd Earl, married 1899, died 1946) (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , November 25,1940, part
o f lot 78); H u g h Burton-Jones, England,
1940; Kathleen Burton-Jones (Mrs. Gifford
I25
126
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
V I N C E N N E S
Scott) (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 12,
1984, lot 172); [Winifred Williams, L t d . ,
Z's o f the Vincennes manufactory enclosing
London, 1984].
the date letter A for 1753, and w i t h the

painter's mark o f a crescent.
Adrian Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sevres

Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul Getty
Museum i n 1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
Height: 9% i n . (23.4 cm); W i d t h : u A i n .

7
GettyMusJY>, (1985), no. 58, p. 180, illus.;

Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain,
David Battie, ed. (London, 1990), p. 107,
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
lain, no. , pp. 4 - 7 , illus. pp. 5, 7.
(30 cm); Depth: 8 / 2 i n . (21.6 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Sold by the Vincennes manufactory

between January! and August 20,1756, to
the marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux, Paris,
for 840 livres; (?) sold by Lazare Duvaux on
M a r c h 1,1756, to C o u n t Joachim Godske
M o l t k e o f Copenhagen, Denmark, as part
One of a pair
214
o f a garniture o f five vases (sold by his

descendants i n Paris i n the nineteenth
century); [(?) Gilbert Levy, Paris, early
twentieth century]; private collection, Paris;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
early 1970s]; purchased by J. Paul Getty..
de Lazare
marchand-bijoutier
213
213. Vase (cuvette tombeau, premiere

grandeur)
Vincennes manufactory, 1754-1755
Painted by the crescent mark painter
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
gilding
Vincennes manufactory, 1755

M o d e l design by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
painted by Jean-Louis M o r i n after engraved
designs by Francois Boucher
Le Livre-Journal
214. Pair of Pot-pourriVases (pots-pourris

Pompadour, troisieme grandeur)
Duvaux,
ordinaire du roy,
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu lapis ground color,

carmine red decoration; gilding
1/48-1758, Louis Courajod, ed. (Paris,
Each vase painted under the base w i t h blue
1873), vol. 2, no. 2420, p. 274; Savill, Sevres,
crossed L s o f the Vincennes manufactory
vol. , p. 33; n . 2a, p. 40; Tamara Praud and
enclosing the date letter C f o r 1755, also w i t h
Antoine d'Albis, La Porcekine de Vincennes
Morin's mark Mm blue and two blue dots.
(Paris, 1991), p. 67, illus., and no. 195, p. 180,
Each vase incised 2 under the base.
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce

lain, no. 2, pp. 8-10, illus. pp. 9,11.
F R E N C H
Height: 10 i n . (25.5 cm); Diameter: 6 i n .
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
(15.2 cm)
Private collection, France (sold, Christie's,
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 3 . 1 - . 2
L o n d o n , June 28,1982, lot 19); [ A r m i n .

Allen, N e w York, 1982].
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Sold by the Sevres manufactory between
August 20, 1756, and September 1756 to the

marchand-mercier
Lazare Duvaux, Paris, for
180 livres each; (?) sold by Lazare Duvaux i n
pp. 52-53, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Sevres:
September 1756 to Frederick, 3rd Viscount
Luxury for the Court," Techniques of the
St. John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, Lydiard
Worlds Great Masters of Pottery and Ceramics,
Park, Wiltshire; anonymous collection (sold,
H u g o Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 5, 1957, lot 96);
[The A n t i q u e Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1957];
illus.; Antoine d'Albis, "Le Marchand Mer-
private collection; [The A n t i q u e Porcelain
cier Lazare Duvaux et la Porcelaine de V i n
Co., L o n d o n , 1983].
cennes," Les Decors des boutiques parisiennes,
215
A d r i a n Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sevres

Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul Getty
M u s e u m i n 1984," GettyMusJ
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 752; n . 3d, p. 756;

S E V R E S
13 (1985),
La Delegation l'Action Artistique de la

Ville de Paris, eds. (Paris, 1987), pp. 76-88;
215. Basket (panier^ deuxieme grandeur)
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 60, p. 181, illus.;
Sevres manufactory, 1756
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, p. 129; n . 3k, p. 132;
Soft-paste porcelain, green ground color;
nn. 26, 32, p. 134; vol. 2, p. 851; n. 59, p. 857;
gilding
Painted under the base w i t h the blue
no. 3, pp. 12-18, illus. pp. 13-15,18.
crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory

enclosing the date letter D for 1756, and
w i t h three dots. Incised w i t h rpareurs
PZ under the base.
Height: 8 /s i n . (22 cm); W i d t h : j A i n .

5
(20.1 cm); Depth: y A i n . (18 cm)

l
mark
no. 4, pp. 20-22, illus. pp. 21-22;

1991, p. 181, illus.
Handbook
1TJ
128
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Sons, Retford, Nottinghamshire, July 23,

1970, lot 288); [Winifred Williams, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1970]; Eric Robinson, Mereworth
Castle, Kent (sold, Sotheby's, London,
June 12,1984, l o t 213); [Winifred Williams,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1984].
Best, Son, and Carpenter, Catalogue of the

Ornamental Furniture, Works of Art, and
Porcehin at Welbeck Abbey (London, 1897),
216
2 i 6 . Ewer and Basin (broc etjatte feuille

d'eau, premiere grandeur)
no. 296, p. 52; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Vincennes

and Svres Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul
Getty Museum i n 1984," GettyMusJ 13
The Flute Lesson
217
The Grape Eaters
217
(1985), pp. 95-98, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJY>> (1985), no. 61, p. 181, illus.;
Possibly modeled after a design by Jean-
Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain,
Claude Duplessis
D a v i d Battie, ed. (London, 1990), p. 109,
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k ground color;
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Svres Porce
Basin painted underneath w i t h the blue

crossed I s o f the Svres manufactory
enclosing the date letter for 1757, and
w i t h an unidentified painters mark. Ewer
incised .T.m; basin incised C.N.
217. Pair of Figure Groups: The Flute
Lesson (Le Fluteur) and The Grape

Eaters (Les Mangeurs de Raisins)
Svres manufactory, circa 1757-1766
After designs by Francois Boucher
Ewer: Height: y 6 i n . (19.2 cm); W i d t h :

9
5 /8 i n . (14.1 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (8.1 cm);

5
Basin: Height: 2 4 i n . (7.1 cm); W i d t h :

3
Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, traces o f red

pigment
The Flute Lesson incised Fon back.
Accession number 7 0 . D E . 9 8 . 1 - . 2
P R O V E N A N C E
11/4 i n . (29.1 cm); D e p t h : 8%s i n . (22.1 cm)
G o u r y de Rosland, Paris (sold, Galerie
Accession number: 8 4 . D E . 8 8 . a - . b
Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 29-30,1905,

P R O V E N A N C E
The Flute Lesson: Height: 8 4 i n . (22.3 cm);

3
lot 108); M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
(?) W i l l i a m John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott,
W i d t h : 10 i n . (25.4 cm); Depth: 6 i n .
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's,
5th D u k e o f Portland (died 1879); Dukes
(15.2 cm); The Grape Eaters: Height: 9 i n .
L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 27); purchased
o f Portland, by descent, Welbeck Abbey,
(22.9 cm); W i d t h : 9 4 i n . (24.8 cm); Depth:
Nottinghamshire (sold, H e n r y Spencer and
7 i n . (17.8 cm)
F R E N C H
A n t o i n e d'Albis, "Le Marchand Mercier
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, n . 3m, p. 589; Sassoon,
CERAMICS:
219. Pair of Cups and Saucers (gobelets

Cafabre et soucoupes)
Lazare Duvaux et la Porcelaine de V i n -
Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 7,
cennes," Les Decors des
pp. 36-38, illus. p. 37.
Painted by Charles Buteux pere
boutiquesparisiennes
SEVRES
(Paris, 1987), La Delegation l'Action artis-
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green ground
tique de la V i l l e de Paris, eds., pp. 76-88,
colors; polychrome enamel decoration;
The Flute Lesson illus. p. 83; Sassoon, Vin-
gilding
cennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 6, pp. 29-34,
Saucers painted underneath w i t h the blue
illus. pp. 31-33.
crossed L s o f the Sevres manufactory

enclosing the date letter ^ f o r 1759, and
w i t h the painter's mark o f a blue anchor.
One cup incised under the base w i t h an h;
218. Tray {plateau carr, deuxieme

grandeur)
the other cup incised w i t h an indecipherable

mark i n script.

Soft-paste porcelain; p i n k ground color;
I s o f the Sevres manufactory enclosing the
218
date letter ^ f o r 1758, and w i t h an unidenti

fied painter's m a r k o f a blue E. Incised 60
underneath.
Height: 6 i n . (2.3 cm); W i d t h : 5 i n .

I$
(12.7 cm); D e p t h : 5MO i n . (12.8 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
A n n e and Deane Johnson, Los Angeles

(sold, Sotheby's, N e w York, December 9,
1972, l o t 27); purchased at that sale by
J. Paul Getty.
219
129
I30
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cups: Height: 3%. i n . (8.3 cm); W i d t h : 4 i n .

(10.2 cm); D e p t h : 3 Ys i n . (7.9 cm); Saucers:
Height: i /s i n . (4.1 cm); Diameter: 6V16 i n .
5
(15.7 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D E . 7 4 . 1 - . 2
P R O V E N A N C E
O t t o and Magdalena B l o h m , H a m b u r g
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 5, i 9 6 0 ,
lots 126-127); Anne and Deane Johnson,
Los Angeles (sold, Sotheby's, N e w York,
December 9,1972, l o t 21); purchased at that
sale by J. Paul Getty.
E. S. Auscher, A History and Description of

French Porcelain (London and N e w York,
1905), p i . 4; Robert Schmidt, Early
European PorceUin as Collected by Otto
Blohm ( M u n i c h and L o n d o n , 1953), p. 101,
Vase .1
220
Vase .1 back view
220
Vase . 2
220
Vase . 2 back view
220
illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, pp. 629, 652; n . 2,

p. 637; n . 134, p. 666; Sassoon, Vincennes
and Sevres Porcelain, no. 8, pp. 39-40, illus.
pp. 40-41.
F R E N C H
220. Pair of Vases (pot-pourri bobeches)

Painted by Charles-Nicolas D o d i n after
engraved designs by D a v i d Teniers
Nacional de A r t e Decorativo, El Arte de

vivir en francia del siglo XVIII,

lejeune
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green

ground colors; polychrome enamel decora
tion; gilding
One painted underneath w i t h the blue
enclosing the date letter G for 1759, and
w i t h Dodin's mark k. Various paper collec
tors' labels pasted under the bases. One
vase unmarked.
September-
November 1968, no. 427, p l . 221.
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
221. Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (vase or

pot-pourri vaisseau a mat, deuxieme
grandeur)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
P. G. Konody, " D i e Kunsthistorische

Sammlung Pierpont Morgans," Kunst und
Kunsthandwerk
Dodin
(Vienna, 1903), no. 6, p. 158;
comte Xavier de Chavagnac, Catalogue

des porcelaines frangaises de M. J . Pierpont
Morgan (Paris, 1910), no. 107, p l . 32; Gillian
Wilson, "Sevres Porcelain at the J. Paul
Getty Museum," GettyMusJ4 (1977),
pp. 5-24, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Sevres
Vases," Techniques of the Worlds Great
Masters of Pottery and Ceramics, H u g o
Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
Height: 916 i n . (24.9 cm); W i d t h : 5V16 i n .

(14.4 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (9.4 cm)
pp. 64-67, illus. p. 31; Pierre Enns,

"Essai de rconstitution d'une garniture
de Madame de Pompadour," Journal
of
the Walters Art Gallery 42-43 (1984-1985),
P R O V E N A N C E
pp. 70-82; / . Pierpont Morgan, Collector:
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; J. Pierpont
European Decorative Arts from the Wads-
M o r g a n , L o n d o n and N e w York; J. Pier
worth Atheneum, Linda H o r v i t z Roth, ed.
pont M o r g a n , Jr., N e w York (sold, Parke-
(Hartford, 1987), p. 203; Barry Shifman,
Bernet, N e w York, M a r c h 25, 1944, lot 647);
"Eighteenth-Century Sevres Porcelain i n
Paula de Koenigsberg, Buenos Aires, 1945;
America," Madame de Pompadour et la
Claus de Koenigsberg, Buenos Aires;
Jhraison des arts (Montreal, 1988), pp. 118-123;
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres PorceUin,
no. 9, pp. 42-48, illus. pp. 42-45.
221
A r t , o n loan 1914-1915 from J. Pierpont
M o r g a n ; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de
Bellas Artes, Exposicin
de obras maestras:
Coleccin Paula de Koenigsberg, October

1945, no. 206, illus.; Buenos Aires, Museo
Back view
221
131
132
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green ground
colors; polychrome enamel decoration;
N e w York, T h e Metropolitan Museum
et la floraison des arts (Montreal, 1988),
gilding
o f A r t , o n loan 1914-1915 from J. Pierpont
pp. 118-123; Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, p. 192;
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed Es
Morgan; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de
n n . 43-44, p. 55; n . 25, p. 117; n . 3h, p. 196;
(partially abraded) o f the Sevres manufactory.
Bellas Artes, Exposicin de obras maestras:
n . 23, p. 197; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres
Height: ft. 2 4 i n . (37.5 cm); W i d t h :
Coleccin Paula de Koenigsberg, October
Porcehin,
ft. i / i 6 i n . (34.8 cm); D e p t h : 6 / i 6 i n .
1945, no. 205, illus.; Buenos Aires, Museo
53-55; Handbook 1991, p. 183, illus.
(17.4 cm)
Nacional de Arte Decorativo, El arte de
I3
Accession number 7 5 . D E . n . a - . b
lain i n America," Madame de Pompadour
vivir enfrancia del siglo XVIII, SeptemberNovember 1968.
222. Pair of Vases (pots-pourris fontaine

or pots-pourris dauphins)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) George W i l l i a m , 6 t h Earl o f Coventry,
no. 10, pp. 49-56, illus. pp. 51,
Crome Court, Worcestershire; George
George Redford, Art Sales 1628-1887 (Lon-
W i l l i a m , 7 t h Earl o f Coventry, Crome
don, 1888), v o l . i , pp. 400, 438; comte
Court, Worcestershire (sold, Christie's,
Xavier de Chavagnac, Catalogue des porce-
Dodin
L o n d o n , June 12,1874, part o f lot 150,
Uines frangaises de M. J . Pierpont Morgan
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k , green, and bleu
for 10,500); W i l l i a m H u m b l e , ist Earl
(Paris, 1910), no. 109, p l . 33; Frederick
Upis ground colors; polychrome enamel
o f Dudley, Dudley House, L o n d o n , 1874;
Litchfield, "Imitations and Reproductions:
decoration; g i l d i n g
(sold privately, 1885-1886); W i l l i a m J.
Part ISevres Porcelain," Connoisseur
Painted underneath the central section o f
Goode, L o n d o n (offered for sale, Christie's,
(September 1917), p. 6; C. C. Dauterman,
one vase w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
L o n d o n , July 17,1895, P
J. Parker, and E. Standen, Decorative Art
Sevres manufactory.
a r t
o f lot 147,
bought i n for 8,400; sold, Christie's, L o n -
from the S. Kress Collection in the Metro
don, M a y 20,1898, part o f lot 94b, for
politan Museum of Art (London, 1964),
6,450 to Pilkington); [Asher Wertheimer,
p. 195; Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at
L o n d o n , 1898]; [Duveen Brothers, N e w
the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
York]; J. Pierpont M o r g a n , N e w York,
( M a l i b u , 1977), pp. 5-24, illus. pp. 6-7;
1908-1910 (purchased for 15,500); J. Pier-
pont M o r g a n , Jr., N e w York, 1913 (sold,
Pierre Enns, Nouvelles acquisitions du
GettyMusJ4
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.8 cm); W i d t h : 6/4 i n .

3
(16.5 cm); D e p t h : 5 4 i n . (14.6 cm)

3
Accession number 78.DE.358.1.2
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, January 8, 1944,
department des objets d'art, 1980-1984 (Muse
lot 486); Paula de Koenigsberg, Buenos
d u Louvre, Paris, 1985), p. 135; Handbook
Marquise de Pompadour, H o t e l Pompa
Aires, 1945; Claus de Koenigsberg, Buenos
1986, p. 167, illus.; Sir John Plumb, "The
dour, Paris, 1760-1764; M m e Legere, Paris
Aires; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
Intrigues o f Sevres," House and Garden 158,
(sold, Paris, December 15-17, 1784, part o f
no. i (U.S.A., January 1986), pp. 44-45;
lot 152); (?) Grace Caroline, Duchess o f
P R O V E N A N C E
/. Pierpont Morgan, Collector: European Deco
Cleveland (married the 6th D u k e 1815,
rative Arts from the Wadsworth
died 1883); W i l l i a m Goding, before 1862
Atheneum,
Linda H o r v i t z Roth, ed. (Hartford, 1987),
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 19,1874,
p. 34, illus. fig. 8, p. 162, and p. 203; Barry
lot 100, to [E. Rutter, Paris] [for the Earl o f
Shifman, "Eighteenth-Century Sevres Porce
FRENCH
CERAMICS: SEVRES
D u d l e y ] , for 6,825); W i l l i a m Humble, ist

Earl o f Dudley (offered for sale, Christie's,
L o n d o n , M a y 21, 1886, lot 194, bought i n
for 2,625, returned to Dudley House,
London); Sir Joseph C. Robinson, Bt.,
acquired circa 1920 w i t h the contents o f
Dudley House, L o n d o n ; Dr. Joseph Labia
(son-in-law o f Sir J. C. Robinson, Bt.),
L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, London, February
26,1963, lot 23); [The Antique Porcelain
Co., L o n d o n and N e w York, 1963]; Nelson
Rockefeller, N e w York, 1976-1977; The
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer
Research, N e w York, 1976-1977.
L o n d o n , The South Kensington Museum,

Special Loan Exhibition of Works of Art,
Vase .1
222
Vase .1 back view
222
June 1862, nos. 1281-1282, lent by W i l l i a m

Goding; Memphis, D i x o n Gallery and
Gardens, and N e w York, Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., Louis XV and Madame de
Pompadour: A Love Affair with Style, 1990,
no. 57, p. 97 and p. 84; illus. p. 85, fig. 60;
George Redford, Art Sales 1628-1887

(London, 1888), vol. 1, pp. 193, 440; Jean
Cordey, Lnventaire des biens de Madame de
Pompadour rdig apres son dces (Paris, 1939),
p. 39, no. 380; Ronald Freyberger, "Chinese
Genre Painting at Sevres," American Ceramic
Circle Bulletin (1970-1971), pp. 29-44, illus.;
Marcelle Brunei and Tamara Praud, Sevres:
Des origines nos jours (Fribourg, 1978),
p. 68, illus. (one) p i . 22; Wilson, "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," p. 44, illus.;
Vase . 2
222
Vase . 2 back view
Rosalind Savill, "Two Pairs o f Sevres Vases

222
I33
134
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
2 2 4 . Plaques on a Jardiniere
at Boughton House," Apollo n o , no. 210

(August 1979), pp. 128-133, illus.; Madeleine
Paris, circa 1760
Jarry, Chinoiserie (New York, 1981), p. 120,
illus. (detail o f one); W i l s o n , Selections,
Dodin
no. 28, pp. 56-57, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon,
Soft-paste porcelain, green ground color;
"Sevres Vases," Techniques of the Worlds
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding;
Great Masters of Pottery and Ceramics,
gilt-bronze frame
Height: 6 /i6 i n . (16.6 cm); W i d t h : nYz i n .
pp. 64-67, illus.; Pierre Enns, "Essai de
(29.2 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n . (14.3 cm)
rconstitution d'une garniture de Madame

de Pompadour," Journal of the Walters Art
One of a pair
223
P R O V E N A N C E
Gallery 42-43 (1984-1985), pp. 70-82; Pierre

Enns, Nouvelles Acquisitions du department
Accession number 73.DI.62
2 2 3 . Pair of Lidded Chestnut Bowls
Miss Botham (sold after her death, Christie s,

L o n d o n , M a y 5,1817 et seq., l o t 96, for
des ob jets dart, 19 80-19 84 (Muse d u Louvre,
(marronnires ozier)
Paris, 1985), p. 135; Handbook 1986, p. 168,
61 ios to the Earl o f Yarmouth [later 3rd
illus. (one); Barry Shifman, "Eighteenth-
Marquess o f Hertford]); private collection,
Century Sevres Porcelain i n America,"
Paris; [Gaston Bensimon, Paris]; purchased
Madame de Pompadour et lafloraison des arts
gilding
by J. Paul Getty.
(Montreal, 1988), pp. 118-123, illus. p . 123;
Bowl .1 incised underneath w i t h the mark j
Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. 192; n . 29, p. 68;
and w i t h FR for the rpareur.
n n . 24, 33, p. 197; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, n . 18, p. 191; v o l . 2,

p. 838; n . 11, p . 841; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres PorceUin, no. 11, pp. 57-63, illus.
pp. 58-62.
pp. 69, 71.
Bowl .1: Height: $% i n . (13.4 cm); W i d t h :

io%s i n . (27 cm); Depth: 8 /i6 i n . (21.1 cm);
5
Bowl .2: Height: 5% i n . (13.4 cm); W i d t h : 10

Yz i n . (26.7 cm); Depth: 8MO i n . (20.8 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Swiss art market, 1980; [ A r m i n . Allen,

N e w York, 1980].
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p . 759; n . 4f, p. 761;

no. 12, pp. 64-68, illus. pp. 65, 67.
224
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Geneva, A p r i l 22,1970, lot 18, bought i n ;

sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , October 4,1971,
lot 42); [Olivier Levy, Paris, 1971]; [French
and Co., N e w York, 1971]; purchased by
Cup: Height: 3 /i6 i n . (9.1 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty.
4 /i6 i n . (10.7 cm); D e p t h : 3 /s i n . (8.6 cm);
Saucer: Height: i A i n . (3.8 cm); Diameter: 6

l
Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at the

J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 4 (1977),
pp. 19-24, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, pp. 38,
225
225. Vase (cuvette Mahon, troisieme

grandeur)
V% i n . (15.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
93; n n . 40, 43, p. 42; n . 44, p. 55; n n . 15, 22,
[Olivier Levy, Paris]; [French and Co., N e w
p. 97; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce-
York, early 1970s]; M r s . John W . Christner,
kin, no. 14, pp. 72-76, illus. p. 73.
Dallas (sold, Christie's, N e w York, June 9,

1979, lot 241).

Painted b y Jean-Louis M o r i n
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k ground color
p. 19, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 675;
overlaid w i t h blue enamel; polychrome
n n . 21, 26, p. 685; Sassoon, Vincennes and

Sevres Prcehin,
enamel decoration; gilding
pp. 79-80.
Painted under one foot w i t h the blue

crossed L's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letter / f o r 1761, and
w i t h Morin's mark M.
226
Height: $Vs i n . (15 cm); W i d t h : 9/16 i n .

(23 cm); D e p t h : 4 / i 6 i n . (11.9 cm)
n
P R O V E N A N C E
226. Cup and Saucer (gobelet et soucoupe

enfonc, premiere grandeur)
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k ground color
Sold, M a r c h 30, 1763, by the Sevres manu
overlaid w i t h blue enamel; polychrome
factory to Lemaitre, as part o f a garniture
enamel decoration; gilding
w i t h another cuvette Mahon, for 264 livres
Saucer painted underneath w i t h the blue
each, and w i t h a cuvette masques; de
Bargigli collection (offered for sale, Christie's,
enclosing the date letter / for 1761, and

w i t h a dot. Saucer incised 00 underneath.
Cup incised DU underneath i n two places.
no. 15, pp. 78-80, illus.
135
I36
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
B o w l and stand b o t h painted underneath

w i t h the blue crossed I s o f the Sevres manu
factory enclosing the date letter L for 1764,
and w i t h Mreaud s mark S. Bowl incised
DU and O and the stand, I .
Bowl: Height: A /% i n . (12.4 cm); W i d t h :

7
7 4 i n . (19.7 cm); Depth: 6 i n . (15.2 cm);

3
227
Stand: Height: 1V16 i n . (3.9 cm); Diameter:

SV16
i n . (21. cm)
Accession number 7 8 . D E . 6 5 . a - x
P R O V E N A N C E
Madame Louise o f France (youngest daugh

ter o f Louis X V ) , 1764; Mrs. Lyne Stephens,
228
Norfolk, L o n d o n , and Paris (sold, Christie's,

L o n d o n , M a y 9 et seq., 1895, lot 733, to
228. Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet a fait

et soucoupe, deuxieme grandeur)
W i l l i a m Boore for 130); M o r t i m e r L .

Schiff, N e w York (sold by his heir John L .
Schiff, Christie's, London, June 22,1938, lot
Barry Shifman, "A Newly Discovered Piece

Stand
227
Soft-paste porcelain; camaieu rose enamel

decoration; gilding
T h e base o f the cup is incised w i t h a reverse
o f Royal Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760-1765
S above a dot.
6-j
(1978-1979), pp. 53-56, illus.; Wilson, Selec
227. Lidded Bowl on Stand (cuelle ronde

etpfateau rond)
Painted by Pierre-Antoine Mreaud
l'am
tions, no. 33, p. 66-67, illus.; Handbook 1986,

p. 169, illus.; Barry Shifman, "Eighteenth-
C u p : Height: 3 /i6 i n . (9.1 cm); W i d t h :
Century Sevres Porcelain i n America,"
5 / 2 i n . (14 cm); D e p t h : 3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm);
I3
Madame de Pompadour et la floraison des
Saucer: Height: 1 % i n . (4.3 cm); Diameter:
arts (Montreal, 1988), pp. 118-123; Savill,
7 /8
decoration; gilding
Sevres, vol. 2, pp. 648, 800; n. 33d, p. 663;
Accession number 8 7 . D E . 1 3 4 . a - x
i n . (19.3 cm)
n. 99c, p. 665; n . 36, p. 804; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 16, pp. 81-82,
illus. pp. 82-83; Handbook1991, p. 185, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Isabella A n n e Ingram-Shepherd, 2nd

Marchioness o f Hertford, H e r t f o r d House,
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
L o n d o n , 1834; (sold, Christie's, London,

M a r c h 25,1985, l o t 9); [Winifred Williams,
Ltd., London].
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ\
(1988),
no. 73, p. 178, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and

pp. 85-87.
2 2 9 . Pair of Lidded Vases (vases a tetes

de bouc)
Possibly molded by Michel-Dorothe
Coudray; possibly finished by the
rpareur
Nantier
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
color; gilding
Each incised cd. underneath for the mouleur.
Vase .1 incised 1; Vase .2 incised 2
underneath for the
tpareur.
Height: 1 ft. i%> i n . (34.2 cm); W i d t h :

8 /8 i n . (21.9 cm); D e p t h : 6V% i n . (16.8 cm)
5

P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Sold by the Sevres manufactory to

H e n r y Pelham-Clinton, through Sir John
Lambert, October 5,1768, for 600 livres
each; Earls o f L i n c o l n , by descent (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1937, part o f
lot 115); [J. Rochelle Thomas, L o n d o n ] ;
private collection, N e w York (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, January 12,1957, l o t
One of a pair
229
SEVRES
137
138
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
247); Christian H u m a n n , N e w York (sold,

Sotheby's, N e w York, A p r i l 22,1982, lot 41);
[ A r m i n . Allen, N e w York, 1982].

pp. 54-56, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
pp. 89, 91, 93.
2 3 0 . Pair of Vases ([?] vases oeuf)

Sevres manufactory, 1768-1769
Figure painting attributed to Jean-BaptisteEtienne Genest
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu
Fallotground;
grisaille enamel decoration; gilding; giltbronze mounts

Vase .1 incised w i t h the number 4 o n its
body, foot, and twice o n its l i d ; Vase .2
incised w i t h the number 1 on the body, w i t h
(?) 3 o n its foot, and 2 o n its l i d .
Vase .1
230
Vase .2
230
E d m u n d de Rothschild, Exbury House,
Hampshire, 1942 (sold w i t h a mounted vase
James Sassoon, " T h e A r t Market/Sevres and
9 / 2 i n . (24.1 cm); D e p t h : 7 / 2 i n . (19.1 cm)
Hebert, Christie's, London, July 4,1946,
Vincennes," Apollo 125, no. 304 (June 1987),
lot 90); [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;
P R O V E N A N C E
Purchased by Sir H a r r y Fetherstonhaugh,

Uppark, Sussex, from the
marchand-mercier
Rocheux, Paris, September 22,1819; Alfred

de Rothschild, i n the South D r a w i n g Room,
H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, 1884; Leopold
de Rothschild, Ascott, Buckinghamshire,
before 1918; by descent to Lionel de Roth
schild, Exbury, Hampshire; by descent to
Seymour Egerton, 7th Earl o f W i l t o n ,
L o n d o n , 1947 (this pair o f vases only, w i t h
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, pp. 184, 377; n . 2J,
out the vase Hber)-, Sir Charles Clore,
p. 190; n . 16, p. 191; n . 9, p. 383; Sassoon,
L o n d o n and M o n t e Carlo (sold after his
death, Christie's, Monaco, December 6,
pp. 94-101, illus. pp. 95-96, 99-101; Hand
1945, lot 6).
book 1991, p. 188, illus.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S

P R O V E N A N C E
The Earls o f Sefton, Croxteth H a l l (near

Liverpool) (sold i n the early 1970s); private
collection, England; [Alexander and Berendt,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1989].
Tray (plateau ovalepolylobe) painted under

neath w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres
manufactory and w i t h Le Guay s mark LG
i n gold; also bears the original price label
(no price indicated) and incised w i t h an
oval crossed by a line. Teapot
no. 56, p. 161, illus.
Calabre) incised w i t h an arrow and an inde
(thiere
cipherable mark ([?]90i); lidded sugar bowl

(pot sucre Cahbre) incised w i t h a square.
232. Tea Service (dejeuner ruban)

Gilded by Etienne-Henri Le Guay
decoration; gilding
One cup (gobelet BouiUard)
painted under
neath w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres

manufactory and w i t h the gilder's mark for
Le Guay, LG, i n gold. Second cup incised
w i t h an /"and the same indecipherable mark
as o n the teapot. B o t h saucers (soucoupes)
painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
231
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory and w i t h the
231. Vase (vase a chaine or vase a cote de

melon)
After a design attributed to Jean-Claude
Duplessis pere\ modeled by Michel-Doroth
Coudray and possibly Roger pere
color; gilding
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory: foot ring
incised CD and foot incised R.

8 /8
5
in.
(22.2
cm)
232
I39
I40
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
gilder's mark for Le Guay, LG, i n gold; one
Exbury, Southampton, Hampshire, 1918; by
saucer incised w i t h a cross and two dots and
descent t o E d m u n d de Rothschild, Exbury,
the other w i t h an Xwithin
Hampshire, 1942 (sold, Christie s, L o n d o n ,
a square.
Tray: Height: i /s i n . (4.8 cm); W i d t h :
July 4,1946, l o t 87, t o [Frank Partridge,
ft. 3% i n . (38.8 cm); D e p t h : 10% i n .
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ) ; C o l . N o r m a n Colville,
(26 cm); Teapot: Height: 4 % i n . (12.4 cm);
England; private collection, California
W i d t h : 6 / 2 i n . (16.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 4 i n .
(sold, Christie's, N e w York, January 30,
(7.6 cm); L i d d e d Sugar Bowl: Height:
1985, l o t 137); [The A n t i q u e Porcelain Co.,
2 /i6
7
i n . (6.2 cm); Diameter: 3 i n . (7.6
N e w York].
cm);
Cup: Height: 2 /i6 i n . (8.8 cm); W i d t h :

5
3 i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 4 i n . (7 cm);

5
C. Davis, A Description of the Works of
Saucer: Height: 1% i n . (3.2 cm); Diameter:
Art:
Collection of Alfred de Rothschild (London,
54 i n . (3.3 cm)
1884), v o l . 2, fig. 87; C . Gay Nieda, "A
Sevres Vase Panneaux"
GettyMusJ14
(1986), pp. 127-134, figs. 1-3, 8-9; "Acquisi
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Vandermeersch, Paris]; [Bernard
tions/1985," GettyMusJ'14 (1986), no. 199,
Dragesco and D i d i e r Cramoisan, Paris,
p. 246, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, pp. 278,
1988].
325, and 380; n . 31, p. 244; n . 19, p. 281;

n. 3 c p. 332; n . 21, p. 383; vol. 3, p. 1125;
(1990),
no. 21, pp. 106-110, illus. pp. 107-108,
no. 50, p. 192, illus.
110-111.
233
233. Lidded Vase (vase panneaux,

premiere grandeur)
Reserve scene after a painting by Nicolas
Berchem
234. Cup and Saucer (gobelet BouiUard

et soucoupe)
Height: 1 ft. 6 A i n . (47.5 cm); W i d t h :

3
IOVA i n . (26 cm); D e p t h : 8/16 i n . (20.5
cm)
Accession number 85.DE.219.a--b

P R O V E N A N C E
color; polychrome enamel decoration; gild
(?) Comte de Jarnac, Thomastown Castle,
ing; gilt-bronze m o u n t
Ireland (sold, Christies, London, June 23,
T h e interior o f the l i p is incised 2.
1876, l o t 89); W i l l i a m Humble, ist Earl o f

Dudley; possibly sold by his widow; Alfred
de Rothschild, H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire,
by 1884; by descent to Lionel de Rothschild,

Painted by Jacques Fontaine
color; grisaille enamel decoration; g i l d i n g
C u p painted w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the
Sevres manufactory enclosing the date letter
r for 1770, and w i t h Fontaine's mark o f five
dots. C u p incised C; saucer incised 6.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cup: Height: 2 / 2 i n . (6.3 cm); W i d t h :

3 /8 i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 / i 6 i n . (7.1 cm);
5
I3
Saucer: Height: 1% i n . (3.2 c m ) ; Diameter:

5 /i6 i n . (13.5
5
cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection (sold, Christie's, London,

June 21,1976, l o t 151); M r s . John W .
Christner, Dallas (sold, Christie's, N e w
York, June 9, 1979, l o t 227).

item B, p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres PorceUin,
no. 20, pp. 102-105, illus.
pp. 103-104.
235
235. Cup and Saucer {gobeht litron et

soucoupe, deuxieme grandeur)
3 i n . (8.9 cm); D e p t h : 2V16 i n . (6.6 cm);
Saucer: Height:
Painted by Etienne-Jean Chabry; gilded by
5%> i n . (13.9 cm)
Michel-Barnab Chauveaux
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 4 . a - - b
ain

gilding
Cup and saucer painted underneath w i t h
the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufac
234
Cup: Height: 2 /s i n . (6.7 cm); W i d t h :
I /I6
9
i n . (3.9 cm); Diameter:
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 26,1977, l o t

345; M r s . John W . Christner, Dallas (sold,
Christie's, N e w York, June 9,1979, lot 226).
tory enclosing the date letter U for 1773, and
w i t h Chabry's mark ch i n blue; also painted
w i t h Chauveaux s mark # i n gold. Saucer
item C, p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
incised da underneath.

pp. 113-114.
I 4 I
142
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
236. Pair of Vases (vases bouc du Barry B)
Rosalind Savill, "A Pair o f Sevres Vases:
Painted by Fallot; gilded by Jean Chauveaux
From the Collection o f Sir Richard Wallace
lejeune
to the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 14
237. Garniture of Three Vases (vases des

ages: vase des ages a tetes de vieillards^
premiere grandeurs vases des ges a
tetes de jeunes femmes, deuxieme
grandeur)
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
(1986), pp. 135-142, figs. ia~c; Savill, Sevres,
decoration; gilding
vol. , p. 442; n . 45, p. 446; vol. 3, n. 2,
Each vase painted underneath w i t h the
p. 1022; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
After designs by Jacques Francois Deparis,
gold crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
at least one vase modeled by Etienne-Henry
flanked by the date letters AA i n gold for
Bono, painted by A n t o i n e Caton after
1778, all under a crown for hard paste;
engravings by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard; enamel
each vase also painted underneath w i t h
jeweling by Philippe Parpette and gilding by
Chauveaux s mark IN'm gold and w i t h an
Etienne-Henri Le Guay pere
abraded (?) F for Fallot.

opaque and translucent enamel "jewels";
gilding and gold foils
Height: u /s i n . (29.5 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .

5
(17.9 cm); D e p t h : 4 % i n . (12 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris, probably

acquired after 1870; Lady Wallace, Paris,
by inheritance, 1890; Sir John M u r r a y
Scott, Paris, by inheritance, 1897; Victoria,
Lady Sackville, Paris, by inheritance, 1912;
Vase .1 ( w i t h the scene "Minerva protects
[Jacques Seligmann, removed to N e w York,
Telemachus and preserves h i m f r o m Cupid's
1916-1917]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
darts") is incised I age le g (for premiere
grandeur) o n the base and JO. o n the
L o n d o n , June 22, 1938, lot 26); purchased at
neck. Vase .2 ( w i t h the scene "Venus, i n

order to satisfy her resentment against
Telemachus, brings Love to Calypso") is

One of a pair
236
painted underneath w i t h the gold crossed

Z's o f the Sevres manufactory and w i t h LG,
the gilder's mark; i t is incised 39 A o n the
base and A 16 on the neck. Vase .3 ( w i t h the
scene "Telemachus, i n the deserts o f Oasis,
is consoled by Temosiris, Priest o f Apollo")
F R E N C H
1984 "GettyMusJ
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
13 (1985), no. 4, pp.
98-104, figs. 22-23, 25-33; "Acquisitions /

1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 64, p. 182,
illus.; Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Svres
Porcehin
in the Collection of Her Majesty the
Queen: The Louis XVI Service (Cambridge

and N e w York, 1985), p. 12, fig. 8, and p. 24,
no. 2; Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de
Bellaigue, Svres PorceUin:
Vincennes and
Svres 1740-1800 ( L o n d o n and Boston,

1987), p. 139, no. 147, p. 339, illus. p. 338;
Savill, Svres, vol. 1, p. 458; n. 25, p. 462,
and vol. 3, p. 1056; n . 16, p. 1017; n. 10, p.
1057; Sassoon, Vincennes and Svres
Porcelain, no. 25, pp. 126-135, illus. pp.
127-134; Handbook 1991, p. 193, illus.
237
is painted underneath w i t h the gold crossed
P R O V E N A N C E
Z's o f the Svres manufactory and w i t h LG;
Louis X V I , i n the bibliothque at the
it is incised age 2e g (for deuxime
Chateau de Versailles, November 2,1781;
grandeur)
on the base and Bono over o n the neck.
Lionel de Rothschild, Exbury, Hampshire;
Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. 6V1 i n . (49.6 cm);
by descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild,
W i d t h : io /% i n . (27.7 cm); D e p t h : yVs i n .
Exbury, Hampshire, 1942 (sold, Christie's,
(19.3 cm); Vase .2: Height: 1 ft. 4 i n .
London, July 4,1946, lot 89, for 1,575
(40.8 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.8 cm); Depth:

7% i n . (18.4 cm); Vase .3: Height: 1 ft. 3 /i6
I5
t o
"FP" [Frank Partridge?]); [The Antique

Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , by 1951].
in. (40.5 cm); W i d t h : 10 i n . (25.4 cm);

D e p t h : 7V16 i n . (18 cm)
Pierre Verlet, "Orders for Svres from the

French Court," Burlington Magazine 96
(July 1954), pp. 202-206; Adrian Sassoon,
"Vincennes and Svres Porcelain Acquired
by the J. Paul Getty Museum i n
I43
144
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cup, front view
238
1907), L o n d o n and Ascot, Berkshire (sold,

Christie's, L o n d o n , M a y 4,1908, lot 289,
to [Harding] for 1629 guineas 15s); R. M .
W o o d , L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
238
M a y 27,1919, lot 96, t o [Mallett's, L o n d o n ] ,

for 152 guineas 12s); H e n r y Walters, N e w
York (sold by his w i d o w , Parke-Bernet, N e w
238. Cup and Saucer (gobelet litron et

soucoupe)
mark. Saucer also painted w i t h the gilder
York, November 30,1943, lot 1009); private
Le Guay s mark LG i n blue. Saucer is incised
collection, N e w York (sold, Christie's, N e w
44; cup is incised 36a and 6. Saucer bears
York, December 3,1977, lot 166); [ A r m i n .

A l l e n , N e w York, 1977].
G r o u n d color painted by Antoine Capelle;
a paper label under the base inked Colin,
the painted reserve and cameos attributed
of the Marchioness of Conyngham ipo8.
to Pierre-Andr Le Guay; flat gilding by
RM. Wood Esq.
Etienne-Henri Le Guay; enamel jeweling
Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ10
by Philippe Parpette
polychrome enamel decora
Cup: Height: 2 4 i n . (6.9 cm); Depth:

3 / i 6 i n . (9.4 cm); Saucer: Height: i /s i n .
and gold foils
(3.6 cm); Diameter: 5/16 i n . (13.5 cm)
Cup and saucer both painted underneath
Accession number 8 i . D E . 2 8 . a - . b
L u x u r y for the C o u r t , " Techniques of the
w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres

for 1781, and w i t h Capelles blue triangular
pp. 80-81, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Sevres:
tion; enamels i n i m i t a t i o n o f jewels; gilding
manufactory enclosing the date letters DD
(1982),
Soft-paste porcelain, b r o w n ground color

{\f\merded'oie);
A d r i a n Sassoon, "Two Acquisitions o f
P R O V E N A N C E
Jane, Marchioness o f Conyngham (wife

o f the 3rd Marquess, married 1854, died
Worlds Great Masters of Tottery and Ceramics,

pp. 52-57, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
pp. 120-121,123, and 125.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
W i l l i a m J. Goode (sold, Christie's, London,
July 17-18,1895, l o t 17, as "formerly the
Height: 1 ft. \V% i n . (42.5 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n .

(22.9 cm); Depth: 6 /s i n . (16.8 cm)
property o f the Director o f the Sevres Porcelain Factory," for 39 guineas to Gibson); p r i -
vate collection, England; [Bernard Dragesco

and D i d i e r Cramoisan, Paris, 1987].
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris]; (anonymous

sale, Nouveau D r o u o t , Paris, June 16,1987,
lot 104); [Jean L u p u , Paris, 1988].
Sevres (Paris, 1889), p i . xxvi; "Acquisitions/

1988," GettyMusJ'17 (1989), no. 77, p. 144,
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce-
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJYJ
Edouard Gamier, La Porcekine tendr de
(1989),
kin, no. 26, pp. 136-137, illus. pp. 136-137.
no. 76, pp. 143-144, illus.
240. Plate (assiette d'echantillons)

Ground color painted by Antoine Capelle,
flowers painted by Jacques-Francois-Louis
One of a pair
239
239. Pair of Vases (vases Bolvry a perles or

vases a cartels Bolvry)
de Laroche; gilded by H e n r i - M a r t i n Prvost

jeune
Soft-paste porcelain, (?) fond Capelle ground
color; colored enamel decoration; gilding
Sevres manufactory, 1781-1782
I s o f the Sevres manufactory enclosing the
Painted by V i n c e n t Taillandier, M m e
date letter EE for 1782, the painters' marks
Genevieve Taillandier, and Philippe Castel

Hard-paste porcelain, p i n k
fondpointill\

B o t h vases are painted underneath w i t h
for Capelle, a blue triangle, and Laroche, Lr

i n script, the gilder's mark, an HP i n gold,
and incised 31a.
the crowned, blue crossed L's o f the Sevres

manufactory enclosing the date letter EE for
1781-1782, and w i t h the painter's mark for
Vincent Taillandier, a fleur-de-lys. Vase .1 is
incised gu under the base.
Height: 1 i n . (2.5 cm); Diameter: <) /i6 i n .

5
(23.6 cm)
240
I45
I46
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Height: 10 ft. (25.3 cm); W i d t h : 7% i n .

(22.5 cm); Depth: 6% i n . (15.9 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) T h e Rt. H o n . L o r d Ashburton, Buckenham, N o r f o l k (sold, Christie's, London,

February 24,1869, l
o t
64, for 819 guineas to
Rhodes); Baroness Alexis de GoldschmidtRothschild, Switzerland; [Lovice Reviczky

A . G., Z u r i c h , 1983].

pp. 209-211, 214, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
One of a pair
241
2 4 1 . Pair of Vases {vases hollandois

nouveaux, [?] deuxieme grandeur)
Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. i n ; n . 2h, p. 116;

P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . H . Dupuy, N e w York (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, A p r i l 3,1948, l o t 404);

private collection, South America; [P. Cei
Painted by Jacques-Fran9ois-Louis de
Cornaille
242
pp. 139,141.

Laroche; gilded by Antoine-Toussaint
One of a pair
vol. 3, n . 5, p. 1040; Sassoon, Vincennes and
2 4 2 . Pair of Lidded Bowls {vases cassolettes

a monter)
and E. L u g l i , Florence]; [French and Co.,

N e w York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty.
Paris and Sevres manufactory, circa 1785
M o u n t s attributed to Pierre-Philippe
gilding
Thomire
Each base painted underneath w i t h the blue
Hard-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
p. 268, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, n . 17,
crossed I s o f the Sevres manufactory and
color; rouge griotte marble; gilt-bronze
p. 209; n . 51, p. 480; Sassoon, Vincennes
Laroche's mark Lr i n script. Base o f each
mounts
central section incised 2$; one base section
incised O.
ft. 1/4 i n . (34.3 cm); Depth: 10% i n .
and Sevres Porcelain, no. 28, pp. 142-144,

3
(26.1 cm)
illus. p. 143.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Majesty the Queen: The Louis XVI Service
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Louis X V I , ordered i n 1783 for
(Cambridge and N e w York, 1986), no. 149,
the Chateau de Versailles and delivered i n
pp. 28, 45, 52, 55-56, 64, 222, 259, 266;
December 1790; (?) Muse National, Paris,
Handbook 1986, p. 178, illus.; Sassoon,
sold 1797-1798; Robert Napier, Glasgow,
the Shandon collection, by 1862 (sold,
pp. 146-150, illus. pp. 147,149,151; Hand-
Christie's, L o n d o n , A p r i l 11,1877, l o t 347,
book 1991, p . 197, illus.
for 262 ios to Goode); W i l l i a m J. Goode,

London (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 17,
1895, lot 136, for 230 guineas to Waller);
T. W. Waller, Esq. (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
243
2 4 3 . Wine Bottle Cooler (seau bouteille

ordinaire)
M o d e l designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
painted decoration attributed to Charles-Eloi
Asselin after engraved designs b y Charles
M o n n e t and Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre;
June 8,1910, l o t 171, for 630 to A . Wertheimer); [Asher Wertheimer, London] (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 16,1920, l o t 30, for
84 to Clements); private collection (sold
as nineteenth century, Sotheby's, Begravia,
A p r i l 24,1980, l o t 162); private collection,
England (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , October 21,1980, lot 207); [Winifred Williams,
Ltd., L o n d o n , 1980].
gilding attributed to Etienne-Henri Le Guay
London, T h e South Kensington Museum,
Cooler
.1
244
Special Loan Exhibition
gilding
June 1862, no. 1323, p. 122; Leeds, England,
B o w l incised 38 underneath; foot ring
Exhibition Offices, National Exhibition
incised $. M o n o g r a m WJG for the owner
Works of Art at Leeds, 1868, no. 2102 or 2103
W i l l i a m J. Goode scratched o n the under-
under Ornamental Arts, p. 262, loaned by
M o d e l designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
side i n t w o places.
Robert Napier.
gilded by Jean-Jacques D i e u
p l a t i n u m and gold decoration
of Works of
Art,
of
2 4 4 . Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (seaux
demi-bouteittes ordinaires)
Hard-paste porcelain, black ground color;

J. C. Robinson, Catalogue of the Works of
Height: y /i6 i n . (18.9 cm); W i d t h :
7
(25.8 cm)
IO /I6
3
in.
Art Forming the Collection of Robert Napier

(London, 1865), no. 3501 or 3502, p . 260;
Adrian Sassoon, "Two Acquisitions o f
Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ\o
(1982),

pp. 96-97, illus.; Geoffrey de Bellaigue,
Sevres Porcelain in the Collection of
Her
Each cooler painted underneath w i t h the

gold crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letters 00 i n gold for
1792-1793, all under a crown for hard paste;
each cooler also painted w i t h Dieu's t r i angular mark (abraded o n one).
Rpareurs
mark AB incised o n one; BS incised o n

the other.
147
148
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Mounted Oriental Porcelain

246. Ewer
Height: 6 6 i n . (16.3 cm); W i d t h : 9 /i6 i n .
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
(23.4 cm); D e p t h : y 6 i n . (18.6 cm)
circa 1660
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1700-1710

P R O V E N A N C E
[Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York, 1972];
ft. i n . (35.2 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n .

7
(13.8 cm)
245

The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Wine: Cele
bration and Ceremony (New York, 1985),
p. 97, illus. (one); Sassoon, Vincennes and
pp. 153,155,157.
245- Teapot (thiere litron)

Sevres maufactory, late eighteenth century,
Accession number 82.D1.3

P R O V E N A N C E
Edward R. Bacon, N e w York, by 1919;
painted decoration later
[Gaston Bensimon, Paris] (sold, H o t e l
Soft-paste porcelain, carmine red enamel;
D r o u o t , Paris, November 18-19, 1981,
gilding
lot 103).

Z's o f the Sevres manufactory. Incised 26
and 48.
Height: f 6 i n . (8.8 cm); W i d t h : 4 % i n .

(11.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 % i n . (6.8 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . John W . Christner, Dallas (sold,

Christies, N e w York, June 9,1979, lot 204).
Cooler .2
244
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"

item D , p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennnes
and Sevres Porcehin,
no. 31, pp. 158-160,
illus. pp. 159,161.

246
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
O R I E N T A L
P O R C E L A I N
P R O V E N A N C E
John Getz, Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects,
M . and M m e Louis Guiraud, Paris (sold,
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
Including PorceUins, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes,
Palais Galliera, Paris, December 10,1971,
Chinese PorceUins in European
and Cloisonne Enamels, Collected by Edward
lot 11); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . , L o n
October 1980-January 1981, no. 3, illus.
R. Bacon ( N e w York, 1919), no. 65, p. 31,
don, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

pi. 12; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 6,

pp. 85-86, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Oriental Porcelain, no. 1, pp. 21-23, illus.;
Handbook 1986, p. 146, illus.;
Handbook
1991, p . 163, illus.
Mounts,
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
und japanisches Porzellan in
Chinese Porcelains in European
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 59, illus.
Mounts,
europischen
p. 250, fig. 151; W i l s o n et al., Mounted

Oriental Porcehin, no. 4, pp. 32-35, illus.
D . R Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches

und japanisches Porzean
in
europischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 60,

illus. pp. 252-253, figs. i58a-b; W i l s o n
et al., Mounted
OrientalPorcehin,
no. 2,
pp. 24-27, illus.
2 4 8 . Pair of Lidded Vases

Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1680)
247

Mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
2 4 7 . Pair of Lidded Vases

1745-1749
Height: 1 ft. iVx i n . (34.2 cm); W i d t h :
ft. 4 i n . (32.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); Diameter: 11 i n .
Bouvier collection, France; [Jacques Selig-
(27.9 cm)
mann, Paris, before 1938]; M r s . Langdon K .
Thorne, N e w York; [Matthew Schutz, L t d . ,

New York, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
248
149
1 5 0
(the Paris discharge m a r k for small works
used between December 22,1732, and
no. 5, pp. 8-9, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
October 3,1738); and a salmon's head
Oriental Porcelain, no. 3, pp. 28-31, illus.;
(the Paris discharge mark for small silver
Handbook 1986, p. 148, illus.; Handbook
works used between October 13, 1744, and
1991, p. 164, illus.
October 9, 1750).
Height: 8 4 i n . (22.3 cm); W i d t h : i o / s i n .
3
(27.1 cm); D e p t h : 8 /s i n . (21.2 cm)

3

P R O V E N A N C E
Consuelo Vanderbilt ( M m e Jacques Balsan);

[ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, 1974];
2 4 9
2 4 9 . Lidded Bowl
und japanisches Porzellan in
Porcelain: Japanese (Imari), circa 1700

illus. p. 403, flg. 439; W i l s o n et al.,
Mounted
decoration; gilding; silver mounts

Height: 11 i n . (27.9 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
(34 cm); Depth: io A i n . (27.5 cm)
7
Accession number 79.Di.i23.a-.b

250
P R O V E N A N C E
2 5 0 . Lidded Bowl
Park, Hertfordshire, by 1933; Major General
Porcelain: Japanese (Imari), circa 1680
Sir George Burns (grandson o f M r s . Walter
Hayes Burns), N o r t h M y m m s Park (sold,
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue deco
Christie's, N o r t h M y m m s Park, Septem
ration; polychrome enamel; gilding; silver
ber 24-26, 1979, l o t 45).
mounts
fleur-de-lys w i t h o u t a crown (the Paris dis
Silver elements marked variously w i t h a

February-April 1933, no. 226; N e w York,
The Frick Collection, Mounted
Oriental
Porcelain, December 1986-March 1987,

no. 13, illus.
Oriental Porcelain, no. 5, pp.
36-38, illus.
M r s . Walter Hayes Burns, N o r t h M y m m s
europischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 114,
charge mark for small silver works used

between October 23,1717, and M a y 5,1722);
a butterfly (the countermark used between
M a y 6,1722, and September 2,1727, under
the fermier Charles Cordier); a dog's head
F R E N C H
251. L i d d e d B o w l
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
Gift o f M m e Simone Steinitz, Paris, 1991.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hard-paste porcelain; enamel decoration;
gilding; silver mounts
no. 75, p. 174, illus. (one).
Each silver m o u n t bears a dove (the Paris

discharge mark for small silver works used
between M a y 6,1722, and September 2,
253. Figure o f G u a n y i n
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier).

Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm); Diameter: 9% i n .
(25.1 cm)
Mounts: Paris, circa 173 5-1740
Accession number 87.DI.4
Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze m o u n t

Height: 1 ft. 1% i n . (33.6 cm); W i d t h : 5% i n .
PROVENANCE
(14.6 cm); Depth: 4 i n . (10.2 cm)

252
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),

no. 71, p. 178, illus.
252. Pair o f L i d d e d Vases

Porcelain: Chinese (Dehua), Kangxi
(1662-1722), circa 1700
Hard-paste porcelain; silver mounts
Each l i d and base m o u n t bears a dove (the
Paris discharge mark for small silver works
used between M a y 6,1722, and September 2,
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier); a
boar s head facing right (the Paris discharge
mark for small and o l d works used between
December 23,1768, and September 1,1775,
under the fermier Julien Alaterre); and the
profile head o f Minerva (the mark for .800
standard silver works sold i n France after
May 10,1838).
Vase .1: Height: y 6 i n . (19.2 cm); W i d t h :
9
251
3% i n . (8.3 cm); Depth: 2 /s i n . (7.3 cm);

7
Vase .2: Height: y A i n . (19.4 cm); W i d t h :

5
3 4 i n . (8.3 cm); Depth: 2 A i n . (7.3 cm)

X
*53
151
152
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
P O R C E L A I N
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York (sold by
A n n e Beddard (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
his heir John L . Schiff, Christies, L o n d o n ,
June 15,1973, lot 36); [Frank Partridge, L t d .
by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Chinese PorceUins in European Mounts,

BIBLIOGRAPHY
und japanisches Porzelhn in europischen

Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), illus.
p. 406, fig. 451; W i l s o n et aL, Mounted
Oriental Porcehin, no. 6, pp. 39-41, illus.
Group
.1
255
Group
.2
255
255. P a i r o f Decorative G r o u p s
Figures, rockwork, and foo-dogs: Chinese,
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Spheres: Chinese, Qianlong (1736-1795)
Flowers: Chantilly manufactory, circa 1740
254
254. B o w l o n S t a n d

H a r d - and soft-paste porcelain; polychrome
enamel decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Bowl: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Height: 1 ft. (30.4 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n .
Stand: Japanese (Imari), late seventeenth
(22.8 cm); D e p t h : 5 i n . (12.7 cm)
century
Mounts: French, circa 1740

decoration; gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
Bowl painted w i t h unidentified coat o f arms.
Height: y Ys i n . (18.7 cm); Diameter: y /i6 i n .
13
(19.9 cm)
PROVENANCE
H . J. K i n g (sold, Christie's, London, Febru

ary 17,1921, lot 13, to [Duveen]); Edgar
Worsen, N e w York, 1928; Robert Ellsworth,
New York, 1975; (sold, Robert C. Eldred Co.,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Inc., N e w York, August 29-30,1975, lot 151);
Alan Hartman, N e w York; [Matthew Schutz,
no. 5, pp. 40-41, illus.; Wilson et al.,
L t d . , N e w York, 1977].
Mounted Oriental PorceUin, no. 7, pp. 42-44,

illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 172, illus. (one).
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
O R I E N T A L
P O R C E L A I N
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M o u n t s stamped w i t h the crowned C for
1745-1749. M o u n t s o f ewer .1 also stamped
undjapanisches Porzelhn in europischen
No and No i6\ painted under the base i n red
--. M o u n t s o f ewer .2 stamped No i6\
painted under the base i n red B-27-b.
Oriental PorceUin, no. 8, pp. 45-47, illus.
Height: 1 ft. nVs i n . (60 cm); W i d t h :

ft. i n . (33 cm); D e p t h : 8/2 i n . (21.5 cm)
257. Pair o f E w e r s
Ives, comte de C a m b a c r s , Paris; Germaine
Ancel, Paris; [Francois-Grard Seligmann,
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
Paris]; [Jacques Helft, Paris]; [Hans Stiebel,
underglaze blue and copper red decoration;
Paris]; H e n r y Ford I I , Grosse Pointe Farms,
gilt-bronze mounts
O n e o f a pair
256
PROVENANCE
M i c h i g a n (sold, Sotheby, Parke, Bernet,

N e w York, February 25, 1978, lot 56).
256. P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
M o u n t s o n vases stamped w i t h the crowned
Cfori745-i 49.
7
Height: 1 ft. Vx i n . (31.8 cm); W i d t h : 1ft. 4i n .

x
(31.2 cm); D e p t h : 854 i n . (21.6 cm)

PROVENANCE
Baroness van Z u y l e n van Nyevelt van de

Haar, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
June 8,1971, l o t 42); [ M i c h e l Meyer, Paris];
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
Chinese Porcehins in European Mounts,

257
153
154
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
O R I E N T A L
P O R C E L A I N
EXHIBITIONS
PROVENANCE
Masurel family, France (sold late 1970s);
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris]; [Alexander
October 1980-January 1981, no. 28, illus.;
and Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1979].
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, Mounted
EXHIBITIONS
Oriental Porcelain, December 1986-March
1987, no. 19, illus.
Chinese PorceUins in European Mounts,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
October 1980-January 1981, no. 20, illus.;
no. 6, pp. 41-42, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,
Oriental Porcelain, December 1986-March
Mounted Oriental Porcelain, no. 9,
1987, no. 18, illus.
pp. 48-52, illus.; F. J. B . Watson, "Chinese
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta
tions 12 (September 1981), vol. 9, pp. 26-33,

258
illus. p. 29.
Arts), L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta
EXHIBITIONS
illus. p. 31.
tions YL (September 1981), no. 9, pp. 26-33,
circa 1700-1720
no. 6, pp. 9-10, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,

Mounted Oriental Porcelain, no. 11,

Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts,
gilt-bronze mounts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M o u n t s stamped w i t h the crowned C for
Wilson'et al., Mounted OrientalPorcehin,
1745-1749. Inside o f bowl incised w i t h a
no. 10, pp. 53-57, illus.
six-character Chinese reign mark o f the

M i n g emperor Xuande. Base painted w i t h
the t w o characters zenyou (precious jade).
ft. 3/4 i n . (39.3 cm); Depth: 11 i n . (27.8 cm)
259. P a i r o f Vases
PROVENANCE
Sold, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris,
M o u n t s for each vase stamped w i t h the
December 14,1933, lot 107; M m e H e n r y
crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Farman, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
Height: 1 ft. Vz i n . (31.7 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
M a r c h 15,1973, l o t 25); [Partridge (Fine
(35.5 cm); Depth: 10/4 i n . (26.7 cm)

O n e of a pair
259
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(?) M . Jullienne, Paris (sold by C. F. Julliot,
undjapanisches Porzellan in europischen
Paris, 1767, no. 1403); (?) Pierre-Louis
Randon de Boisset, Paris (sold, Paris,
February 3, 1777, lot 603, to the duchesse
Oriental Porcelain, no. 12, pp. 62-64, illus.
de Mazarin for 600 livres); (?) C. F. Julliot,

Paris (sold, Paris, November 20,1777, lot
331); (?) Radix de Sainte-Foix, Paris (sold,
261. Pair o f Pot-pourri
Paris, A p r i l 22,1782, lot 55, for 130 livres
Vases
Porcelain: Japanese (Arita or early Hirado

kilns), late seventeenth century
Paris (sold, Paris, A p r i l 11,1791, lot 698, for

120 livres to M . Paillet, w h o was probably

polychrome enamel decoration; gilt-bronze
mounts
the commissaire-priseur); [Didier Aaron and

Claude Levy, Paris, 1970s]; [Etienne Levy,
Paris, 1977].
Height: 6 i n . (15.2 cm); W i d t h : y A i n .
EXHIBITIONS
(18.7 cm); D e p t h : 6V2 i n . (16.5 cm)
260
to Lebrun; (?) Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun,
Oriental Porcehin, December 1986-March
1987, no. 27, pp. 82-83,
2 6 0 . Vase
U 1 U S
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Porcelain: Chinese, Yongzheng, circa 1730
no. 2, p. 37, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
OrientalPorceUin, no. 13, pp. 65-67, illus.;
gilt-bronze mounts
Genevieve Mazel, "1777, La Vente Randon
Height: 1 ft. 2 /z i n . (36.8 cm); W i d t h : 6 i n .

I
de Boisset et le m a r c h de Fart au i 8 sicle,"

e
(15.2 cm); D e p t h : 4% i n . (11.5 cm)
VEstampille 202 (April 1987), p. 47, illus.;
M i c h e l Beurdeley, "Paris 1777: La Vente
PROVENANCE
Randon de Boisset o u le m c a n i s m e secret
Trustees o f Swinton Settled Estates (sold,
des ventes publiques au X V I I I sicle," Trois
Christie's, L o n d o n , December 4,1975, lot
siecles des ventes publiques (Fribourg, 1988),
p. 53, illus.
EXHIBITIONS

O n e of a pair
261
155
I56
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
O R I E N T A L
P O R C E L A I N
262. Vase
PROVENANCE
Porcelain: Chinese, Q i a n l o n g (1736-1795)
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1960s]; H e n r y Ford
I I , Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold,
Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York, Febru
gilt-bronze mounts
ary 25, 1978, l o t 61); [Partridge (Fine Arts)
One m o u n t marked o n inside w i t h a
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1978].
double T.
EXHIBITIONS
ft. 4% i n . (41.2 cm); D e p t h : 11 i n .
(27.9 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 t o m i d 1979,"
no. 9, p p . 45-46, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,
Mounted Oriental Porcehin, no. 16,

EXHIBITIONS
263

Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta-
tionsiz (September 1981), no. 9, p. 30.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
undjapanisches Porzellan in europischen

Oriental PorceUin, no. 15, pp. 70-73, illus.
2 6 4 . P a i r o f M o u n t e d Vases
Hard-paste porcelain, black g r o u n d color;
gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
Vase .1 bears a paper label (torn) underneath
reading HELIOTFILS.
263. L i d d e d P o t
Vase .2 is
stamped once w i t h EM o n the base m o u n t .
(1662-1722)
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (49 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n .
(24.7 c m ) ; D e p t h : j A i n . (20 c m )
Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze mounts
Porcelain l i d impressed w i t h a seal mark.

Height: 9% i n . (25.1 cm); W i d t h : yVs i n .
(18.7 cm); D e p t h : 6Y i n . (15.9 cm)
4
262
ellL...
Porcelain: Chinese (Dehua), Kangxi
PROVENANCE
Laurent H e l i o t , (?) Paris (sold, H o t e l

D r o u o t , Paris, December 3,1985, l o t 55);
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris].
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
(?) Princesse Isabella Lubormirska, Castle

Lancut, Poland; by descent to C o u n t Alfred
Potocki (great-great-grandson o f Princess
Isabella Lubormirska), Castle Lancut,
removed 1944; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
N e w York, 1953]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1953.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Getty, Collecting, p. 162; Geoffrey de
Bellaigue, Sevres PorceUin from the Royal

Collection: The Queens Gallery (London,
1979-1980), no. 11, pp. 31-32; D . F.
264
Lunsingh Schleurleer, Chinesisches und

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compagnie des Commissaires-Priseurs de
Paris, Drouot, 1985-1986, l'art et les encheres

(Paris, circa 1986), p . 302, illus. p. 210;
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi (1993),

i n press, illus.
265
266. Standing Vase

265. M o u n t e d Vase
Porcelain: Chinese, Qianlong (1736-1795),
mid-eighteenth century
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1785
Hard-paste porcelain, purple ground color;
Mounts attributed to Pierre-Philippe
gilt-bronze mounts
Thomire
Hard-paste porcelain, blue ground color;
io /8 i n . (27 c m ) ; D e p t h : 9% i n . (25 cm)
gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte marble
Bowl painted underneath w i t h an indistinct
date (?) 1781.

PROVENANCE
[Michel Meyer, Paris, 1987].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ft. 10 i n . (56.5 cm)

no. 74, p p . 178-179, illus.
266
157
158
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
O R I E N T A L
P O R C E L A I N
japanisches Porzean in europischen
2 6 7 . P a i r o f Vases
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p . 86,
illus. p . 308, fig. 275; M i c h e l Beurdeley,
Mounts: French (possibly German), circa
La France Pencan 8- (Fribourg,
1860-1870
1981), p. 118, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
M o u n t s attributed to Bormann
OrientalPorceUin, no. 17, pp. 77-81, illus.;
Hard-paste porcelain, blue ground color;
gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 1 ft. iiVx i n . (59.7 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft.
p. 269, illus. p. 268; Handbook 1986, p. 177,
(30.6 cm); D e p t h : nVs in. (28.2 cm)
illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. 469; n . 10,
p. 475; Handbook 1991, p. 195, illus.

PROVENANCE
M r s . Evelyn Saint George, C a m House,

London (sold, Sotheby's, London, July 24-25,
1939, l o t 81); purchased at that sale by
J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan, 19791991; N e w York, T h e Frick Collection,

Mounted Oriental Porcelain, December
1986-March 1987, no. 44, pp. 116-117, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain,
O n e o f a pair
268
no. 18, pp. 82-84, illus.; F. J. B. Watson,

" M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain," The Maga
zine Antiques (April 1987), pp. 813-823, illus.
PROVENANCE
M m e Louis Burat, Paris (sold, Galerie Jean

Charpentier, Paris, June 17-18,1937, l o t 55);
(sold anonymously, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
L o n d o n , 1966]; purchased by J. Paul Getty,
1967.

O n e o f a pair
267
July , 1966, l o t 38); [Frank Partridge, L t d . ,
Height: 1 ft. 10 Vi i n . (57.2 cm); Diameter:

8% i n . (21.2 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain,

no. 19, p p . 85-87, illus.
F R E N C H
Mounted Hardstones
M O U N T E D
HARDSTONES
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions/1983," no. 9,
2 6 9 . Vase
Paris, circa 1760
Bianco e new antico marble; gilt-bronze
illus. (one).
mounts
Height: 1 ft. Yz i n . (31.7 cm); W i d t h :
ft. 7 4 i n . (50.2 cm); D e p t h : 11 Ys i n .
3
271. Vase
(28.3 cm)
Paris, circa 1770
Accession number 79.Dj.183
Granite; gilt-bronze mounts
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, "Property o f a Lady," Christie's, L o n
ft. 7 i n . (48.2 cm); Depth: 8/4 i n . (21.6 cm)
don, December 6,1979, l o t 4.
Accession number 89.DJ.31
O n e o f a pair
270
270. Pair o f Vases
no. 2, p p . 4-5, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Richard, 4th Marquess o f Hertford (1800-
1870), rue Lafitte, Paris; (?) Sir Richard
Paris (possibly Italian), circa 1765-1770
Wallace (1818-1890), rue Lafitte, Paris, by
After an engraving by Benigo Bossi o f a
inheritance; (?) Lady Wallace (died 1897),
design by Eunemond-Alexandre Petitot
rue Lafitte, Paris, by inheritance; Sir John
Porphyry, red marble; gilt-bronze mounts
M u r r a y Scott, rue Lafitte, Paris, until 1912;
(?) Victoria, Lady Sackville, rue Lafitte,
ft. 4/8 i n . (41 cm); D e p t h : io /s i n .
Paris, by inheritance; [(?) Jacques Selig-
(27.7 cm)
mann, Paris]; Baronne de Gunzburg, ave
Accession number 83.DJ.16.1-.2
nue Foch, Paris; [Maurice Segoura, Paris].
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir Everard Joseph Radcliffe, 5th Bt. (18841969), Rudding Park, Yorkshire; [Lovice
Reviczky A . G . , Z u r i c h , 1982].
269
Barnard Castle, County D u r h a m , T h e

Bowes Museum, French Art of the Seven
teenth and Eighteenth Centuries from

Northern Collections, July-August 1965,
no. 37.
271
159
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
H A R D S T O N E S
273. P a i r o f U r n s
BIBLIOGRAPHY
F. J. B. Watson, Walkce Collection

Catalogues: Furniture (London, 1956), pi. 120;
"Ajcquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS (1990),
Paris, circa 1780

Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: ft. 2 i n . (35.6 cm); Diameter: 9 i n .
(22.9 cm)
no. 57, p. 195, illus.

PROVENANCE
[Matthew Schutz, L t d . , New York, 1974];
Paris, circa 1770
Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts

ft. 4/2 i n . (41.9 cm); D e p t h : 9% i n .
274. P a i r o f Standing Tazzas
(24.1 cm)
Paris, circa 1785
Accession number 73.Dj.88
Jaune fonc marble and (?) breche violette;

gilt-bronze mounts
PROVENANCE
I . Rosenbaum, Frankfurt am M a i n (sold,
One mount, a replacement, stamped BY
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, December 5-6,
for the bronzier Louis-Auguste-Alfred
1946, lot 309); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
Beurdeley.
Height: 1 ft. zVs i n . (37.8 cm); W i d t h :
O n e o f a pair
273
9 /8 i n . (24.3 cm); Depth: 9% i n . (25.2 cm)

5

PROVENANCE
Napoleon Lannes, 2nd due de Montebello;

Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley, Paris, by
1882; Alfred-Emanuel-Louis Beurdeley (son
o f Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley), Paris
(sold, M a y 19-20,1899, lot 178); L i n d o n
collection (sold, Sotheby's, London, June
26,1964, lot 87; [R. L . Harrington, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1967]; [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
272
O n e of a pair
274
F R E N C H
275. P a i r o f V a s e s
TEXTILES
{jardinieres)
Paris, circa 1785

Breche violette\ gilt-bronze mounts; brass
liners
Height: 8% i n . (21 cm); Diameter: 7% i n .
(18.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
276
[Mallett at B o u r d o n House, L t d . , London,
1988].
Textiles
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj (1989),

no. 79, p. 144, illus.
276. L e n g t h o f
Passementerie
French, circa 1670

Green, orange, and cream silk; wire; paper;
parchment
Height: 2 ft. 8% i n . (81.9 cm); W i d t h : j % i n .
(18.5 cm); D e p t h : lYx i n . (4 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D D . 667
PROVENANCE
[Juliette Niclausse, Paris, 1986].

BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi<) (1987),

no. 98, p. 210, illus.
277. Pair o f E m b r o i d e r e d B e d H a n g i n g s
Paris, circa 1690
Design attributed to Daniel M a r o t
O n e of a pair
275
Linen embroidered w i t h silk and wool;

linen l i n i n g
Panel .1: Height: 11 ft. 2 4 i n . (342 cm);
3
W i d t h : 3 ft. Ys i n . (91.7 cm); Panel .2:

Height: 11 ft. 3 Ye i n . (343 cm); W i d t h :
3ft.Vs i n . (93 cm)

Accession number 85.DD.266.1-.2
O n e of a pair
277
l6l
l62
F R E N C H
T E X T I L E S
279. S i x P a i n t e d Panels
PROVENANCE
L t . C o l . A . Heywood-Lonsdale, Shavington
Paris, circa 1780
H a l l , Salop; [Partridge (Fine Arts), L t d . ,
Gouache o n silk w i t h gold paint
L o n d o n , 1985].
One panel painted w i t h the monograms

MJL and LSXot the comte and comtesse de
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Provence.
Height: 4 ft. 9 i n . (144.8 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
no. 189, p. 242, illus.; A n n e Ratzki-Kraatz,
(17.8 cm)
"Two Embroidered Hangings i n the Style
Accession number 73.DH.89.1.6
o f Daniel M a r o t , " GettyMusJ 20 (1992),

pp. 89-106, illus.
PROVENANCE
Made for Louis-Stanislas-Xavier and MarieJosephine-Louise, comte and comtesse de

Provence (sold as part o f a set o f eight panels
278. H a n g i n g s for a B e d
f r o m the "Bureaux des Bailments [ d u R o i ] , "
French, circa 1690-1715
July 15,1794 [27 messidor, an I I ] , l o t 16112,
Silk satin, cording, velour, silk embroidery,
for 150 Uwes to citoyen Bouchard [informa
damask panels; linen linings
t i o n : C. Baulez]); Baron Louis de R o t h

3
schild (sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York,
5 ft. 11 Vi i n . (182 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. (183 cm)
M a y 13,1955, l o t 165); [Dalva Brothers, Inc.,
Accession number 79.DD.3
N e w York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chateau de M o n t b r i a n , near Messimy,
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 43, pp. 86-87, illus.
Aix-en-Provence; [P. Bertrand et Cie, Paris,

1933]; [Gerald C. Paget, L o n d o n and N e w
York, 1970s].
EXHIBITIONS
Paris, Salon des Arts M n a g e r s , Grand
278
Palais, L'Exposition retrospective de la

chambre coucher, January-February 1933,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
no. 129, illus.; Versailles, Chateau de Ver
sailles, Salon de la Guerre, June 1936.
no. 12, pp. 48-49, illus.; Anne Ratzki-Kraatz,

"A French L i t de Parade la Duchesse'
1690-1715," GettyMusJ'14 (1986), pp. 81-104,

illus.
F R E N C H
TEXTILES
279
163
164
F R E N C H
CARPETS
PROVENANCE
Louis X I V , by 1667; Church o f Saint-Andrdes-Arts, Paris, 1769; (?) Parguez-Perdreau,

Paris, M a r c h 1914; [Arnold Seligmann,
Paris, March-June 1914]; George A . Kessler,
June 1914; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 77); purchased at
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jules Guiffrey, Inventaire general du mobilier

de U couronne sous Louis XIV: Tapis (Paris,
1885-1886), (?) no. 18, p. 378; Verlet et al.,
Chefi d'oeuvre, pp. 134-135, illus.; Pierre
Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild Collection

at Waddesdon Manor: The Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 174; n n . 5,11, p. 421; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 1, pp. 2-3, illus.
280
281. C a r p e t
Carpets and Screens
Savonnerie manufactory, before M a y 3,1680

Woven under the direction o f the Lourdet
280. C a r p e t
Savonnerie manufactory, circa 1663
family after the design o f Fran$ois Francart

and Baudoin Yvart (lepereV) according to
Probably made i n the workshops o f
the scheme o f Charles Le B r u n
Philippe Lourdet
Wool
W o o l and linen
Length: 29 ft. 9% i n . (908.6 cm); W i d t h :
Length: 21 ft. uVs i n . (669 c m ) ; W i d t h :
15 ft. 7 i n . (472.1 cm)
14 ft. 5 i n . (440 cm)
Accession number 85.DC.515
PROVENANCE
Delivered to the garde meuble on M a y 3,

1680, by "Veuve" Lourdet for Louis X I V ,
Galerie d u bord de l'eau, Louvre, Paris;
on loan to Pierre-Paul, marquis d'Ossun
(1713-1788), Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et

Plnipotentiaire de France, 1759, from
281
F R E N C H
SCREENS
circa 1769-1775; [(?) Jacques Seligmann,

Paris, 1926]; M m e Jorge Ortiz-Linares
(ne Graziella Patino), Paris; by descent
to Georges O r t i z , Geneva.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild

Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 203; 72nd carpet p.
491; n n . 119, 123, p. 430; n . 143, p. 432;
n . 149, p. 433; and included as a line drawing
i n a folding plan o f the Galerie d u bord
de l'eau; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJi^
(1986), no. 187, p. 240, illus.
282. P a i r o f T h r e e - p a n e l Screens
Savonnerie manufactory, woven between
1714 and 1740
Woven after designs by Jean-Baptiste Belin
282
[Belain or Blin] de Fontenay and AlexandreFran$ois Desportes

W o o l and linen; m o d e r n velvet backing;
wooden frame
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paris, Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins,
Height: 8 ft. 11 4 i n . (273.6 c m ) ; W i d t h :
Tapis de L Savonnerie, December 1926-
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The
6 ft. 4/8 i n . (193.2 cm)
January 1927,^0. 96; Paris, Bibliothque
Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 301; n . 82,
Accession number 83.DD.260.1-.2

PROVENANCE
Nationale, Le Siede de Louis XLV, February-
pp. 457-458; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1983,"
A p r i l 1927, no. 1268; Paris, M u s e des Arts
no. 2, pp. 180-183, illus.; "Acquisitions/
Dcoratifs, Louis XLV: Faste et decors, M a y -
1983," GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 4, p. 262,
(?) M m e d'Yvon, Paris (sold, Galerie
October i960, no. 774, p i . 52; R i c h m o n d ,
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 150, illus. (one)
Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 30-June 4,1892,
Virginia, Experts' Choice: One Thousand
p. 151; Catherine H a m r i c k , "European
lot 673); [Jacques Seligmann, Paris] (sold,
Years of the Art Trade, A p r i l 22-June 12,1983,
Folding Screens: M i r r o r s o f an Enduring
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, M a r c h 9-12,
pp. 82-83, illus., lent by Dalva Brothers, Inc.
Past," Southern Accents (April 1990), pp. 30,
1914, l o t 343); [Germain Seligmann, Paris,
32, 34, 38, 40, illus. p. 34; Handbook 1991,
1927]; [Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris, by
p. 164, illus. (one), p. 165.
i960] (sold, Sotheby's, M o n a c o , June 14-15,

1981, l o t 54); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York, 1981].
165
l66
F R E N C H
SCREENS
Tapestries
284. F r a g m e n t o f a Verdure Tapestry
French, circa 1630
Wool
7 ft. uVx in. (242.5 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
283
Gift o f Dr. Albert Best, Los Angeles, 1969.
283. F o u r - p a n e l Screen
Savonnerie manufactory, woven between
1719 and 1769

Woven after designs by Alexandre-Franois
285. Tapestry, The Offering
to
Bacchus
from the Grotesque Series
Desportes
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1685-1730
W o o l and linen; modern velvet backing;
After a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
wooden frame; brass nails
W o o l and silk
Height: 6 ft. Vs i n . (185.1 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. 6 i n . (259.1 cm)
6 ft. 7% i n . (201 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
The Earl o f Caledon, Tyttenhanger Park,
Rothschild collection, Vienna; (anonymous
Hertfordshire; [Alexander and Berendt,
sale, Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1939,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; private Australian
lot 159); (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , July 1,
collection; [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
1982, l o t 3, to [Bernheimer Fine Arts, L t d . ,
London]).
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The Savon

nerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 15; n . 20, p. 467;
284
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),

no. 99, pp. 210-211, illus.
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 12, pp. 24-25, illus.
285
F R E N C H
286. S i x Tapestries f r o m The Story of the
TAPESTRIES
PROVENANCE
markt," Cicerone 18 (1926), pp. 271-272;
Made for Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon,
E d i t h Standen, "The Story o f the Emperor
comte de Toulouse and due de Penthivre,
o f China: A Beauvais Tapestry Series,"
Woven under the direction o f Philippe
as part o f a set o f ten tapestries i n the
Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal (1976),
Bhagle after designs by Guy-Louis Ver-
Chambre du Rot and the Antichambre du
pp. 103-117; Bremer-David, "Acquisitions

1983," no. , pp. 173-181, illus.; "Acquisi
Emperor
of China
Series
nansal, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, and Jean-
Rot o f the Chateau de Rambouillet i n 1718;
Baptiste Belin [Belain or Blin] de Fontenay
by descent to his son, Louis-Jean-Marie de
tions/1983," GettyMusJn (1984), no. 3,
W o o l and silk
Bourbon, due de Penthivre; by descent
pp. 261-262, illus.; E d i t h Standen, "The
A l l woven w i t h the arms and monogram o f
to his daughter, Louise-Marie-Adelaide
Audience o f the Emperor from the series
the comte de Toulouse.
de Bourbon; by descent to her son, Louis-
' T h e Story o f the Emperor o f China,'"
The ColUtion:
Philippe d'Orleans, K i n g o f the French
European Post-Medieval Tapestries and
(six tapestries from the set sold, Paris, Janu
Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of
at lower center o f scene, i n border o f carpet.
ary 25-27,1852, lot 8); Therese d'Albert-
Art (New York, 1985), v o l . 2, pp. 461-468;
Height: 13 ft. 10 A i n . (423 cm);
Luynes d'Uzs, France (sold i n America
Jacqueline Boceara, "Voyages d u grand
W i d t h : 10 ft. 2 i n . (310 cm)
i n 1926); John T h o m p s o n Dorrance, Sr.,
sicle: Tapisseries de Beauvais, de Bruxelles
Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to John
et des Gobelins," Les Antiquaires au Grand
The Harvesting of Pineapples:
Thompson Dorrance, Jr.
Pahis: XLV biennale internationale (Paris,
Woven HAGLE at lower right.
83.DD.336-340: [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
1988), pp. 112-118; Jacqueline Boceara, Ames
Height: 13 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (415 cm);
New York, 1983].
de Laine et de Soi (Saint-Just-en-Chause,
W i d t h : 8 ft. 5/2 i n . (258 cm)
89.DD.62: The Preservation Society o f N e w
1988), p. 306, illus.; "Acquisitions/1989,"
port County, C h t e a u - s u r - M e r , Newport,
GettyMusJ18 (1990), no. 54, pp. 193-194,
Rhode Island, 1970s.
illus.
Signature VERNANSAL.INT.ET.PU
l
The Astronomers:
Height: 13 ft. 9 i n . (419 c m ) ;
W i d t h : 10 ft. 5 Yz i n . (319 cm)
The Emperor on a Journey:
Height: 13 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (415 cm);
woven
EXHIBITIONS
The Preservation Society o f Newport,

Rhode Island, C h t e a u - s u r - M e r , 1970S-1989
(89.DD.62 only).
W i d t h : 8 ft. 4 i n . (254 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M o n t i and de D i o n , "Quelques docu
The Return from the Hunt:
ments sur le D u c h p a i r i e de Rambouillet,"
Woven BEHAGLE at lower right.
Mmoires et documents publis par h Socit
Height: 13 ft. 8/2 i n . (418 cm);
archologique de Rambouillet 7 (1886),
W i d t h : 9 ft. 6 i n . (290 cm)
pp. 208, 227; Jules Badin, La Manufacture
de tapisseries de Beauvais depuis ses origines
The Empress's Tea:
jusqu nosjours (Paris, 1909), p. 13; George
Height: 13 ft. 9 i n . (419.1 cm);
Leland Hunter, The Practical Book of
W i d t h : 6 ft. 3 i n . (195 cm)
Tapestries (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 162;
Dr. Szokolny, " V o m amerikanischen Kunst
l6j
l68
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
286
The Astronomers
The Emperor on a Journey
The Harvesting of Pineapples
286
The Return from the Hunt
286
The Collation
286
2-
86
The Emp ress's Tea
286
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
288. Tapestry C a r p e t
(?) Beauvais manufactory, circa 1700-1725
W o o l and silk
Length: 12 ft. 3 i n . (371.5 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. i n . (246.3 cm)

PROVENANCE
(?) Sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 27,1910,

one o f four sold as lots 131-134; ([?] sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , M a r c h 6,1923, lot 629,
as one o f a pair); [(?) B. Fabre et Fils, Paris];
Thenadey collection, Paris; [Mayorcas, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1985].
BIBLIOGRAPHY

287
287. Tapestry, Le Cheval Ray

Anciennes
from
the
Indes Series
PROVENANCE
(?) Jean-Baptiste-Elie Camus de Pontcarr,
Gobelins manufactory, circa 1690-1730
seigneur de Viarmes (1702-1775), and his
After a cartoon by Albert Eckhout and
wife Franoise-Louise Raoul de la Guibour-
Frans Post, retouched by Jean-Baptiste
gre; by descent to L o u i s - J e a n - N p o m u c e n e -
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste Belin [Belain or
Francois-Marie Camus de la G u i b o u r g r e
Blin] de Fontenay, R e n - A n t o i n e Houasse,
(1747-1794); by descent to Alexandre-
F r a ^ o i s Bonnemer, and Alexandre-Franois
Prosper Camus de la G u i b o u r g r e (1793-
Desportes
1853), Chateau de la G u i b o u r g r e , Bretagne;
W o o l and silk
[Bernard Blondeel, Antwerp, Belgium, 1991].
Woven w i t h the arms o f the Camus de

P o n t c a r r de Viarmes de la G u i b o u r g r e
families.
no. 100, p. 211, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

i n press, illus.
18 ft. 10 i n . (580.2 cm)

Accession n u m b e r 92.DD.21
288
169
IJO
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
2 8 9 . Tapestry, Le Mots de
Le Chateau
LesMaisons
de Monceaux
Decmbre,
from
RoyalesSeries
Gobelins manufactory, before 1712
the direction o f Jean de la Croix
PROVENANCE
W o o l and silk
C o m t e de C a m o n d o , Paris (sold, Galerie
T h e lower right galon bears the woven sig
Georges Petit, Paris, February 1-3, 1893,
nature I.D.L.
lot 291); Gaston Menier, Paris (sold, Galerie
CROX.
The cartoon painted by Fran$ois van
Charpentier, Paris, November 22,1936,
der Meulen, Baudrain Yvart le pere, Jean-
10 ft. 9 in. (328 cm)
lot i n ) ; Baron Gendebien-Salvay, Belgium;
Baptiste Monnoyer, Pierre (Boulle) Boels,
[Vincent Laloux, Brussels].
Guillaume Anguier, Abraham Genoels after

BIBLIOGRAPHY
designs by Charles Le B r u n . Woven under
Le Journal des arts, January 28,1893 (Paris);
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general de U Manu

facture des Gobelins, 1600-ipoo (Paris,
1903-1923), v o l . 2, pp. 161-162; Charissa
Bremer-David, "Tapestry 'Le Chateau de
Monceaux' f r o m the series Les Maisons
Royales" GettyMusJ 14 (1986), pp. 105-112,

figs. ia~b; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 192, pp. 242-243, illus.;
Jacqueline Boceara, Ames de Laine et de Sote

( S a i n t - J u s t - e n - C h a u s e , 1988), p. 207, illus.
p. 209; E d i t h . Standen, "The J a r d n des
Plantes: A n Entrefentre for the Maisons
Royales Gobelins Tapestry Series," Bulletin
du Centre internationale d'etudes des textiles

anciennes(& (1990), p. 49; illus. p. 51, fig. 4;
Handbook 1991, p. 162, illus. p. 163.
2 9 0 . Tapestry, Char de
Triomphe
Gobelins manufactory, 1715-1716

Woven from the cartoon by Baudrain Yvart
le pere after a design by Charles Le B r u n
W o o l and silk
Part o f the original backing bears the
inscription No. 194 Ports. Du CharJ 6: Sur 5:

au[ne], de haut/ 2: au[ne] 1/2 de Cours over
10-6 six pieces 8 $20. Woven w i t h the arms
o f France and Navarre.
28Q
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
8ft.9 % i n . (267 cm)

PROVENANCE
Delivered to the Garde Meuble de la

Couronne o n October 27, 1717; M m e
Fulco de B o u r b o n , Patterson, N e w York;
Michael de B o u r b o n (son o f M m e Fulco
de B o u r b o n ) , Pikeville, Kentucky.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries

de la Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1903),
vol. 2, pp. 16-22; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 8,
291
pp. 16-17, illus.; Bremer-David, "Acquisi

tions 1983," no. 3, p p . 183-185, 187, illus.;
2 9 1 . Tapestry, The Loves of the
Bacchus and Ariadne,
Antiope
Les Arts (August 1902), p. 16, illus.; Jules
illus.; enlarged detail p . 140.

Woven after paintings by Fransois Boucher
Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de

Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu a nos
W o o l and silk
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 61, illus.; George L .
Gods:
Jupiter
and
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M . Vaucaire, "Les Tapisseries de Beauvais,"
Height: 12 ft. (366 cm); W i d t h : 24 ft. 9 i n .
Hunter, "Beauvais-Boucher's
(754 cm)
Arts and Decoration (March 1919), p. 246;
Tapestries,"
George L . Hunter, The Practical Book of
PROVENANCE
George L . Hunter, "Americas Beauvais-
Tapestries (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 173;

(?) Royal family o f Portugal; Jules Paul
Porgs, Portugal and later Paris; C . Ledyard
Blair; [French and Co., N e w York, 1937];
Boucher Tapestries," Lnternational Studio

(November 1926), pp. 26-28, illus.; H e i n
rich G b e l , Wandteppiche (Leipzig, 1923),
vol. 2, part , p. 227; E r i k Zahle, " F r a ^ o i s
EXHIBITIONS
Boucher's dobbelte billedavaening," Det
New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, French
Danske Kunstindustrimuseum: Virksomhed
and English Art Treasures of the United States,
3 (1959-1964), p . 68; Madeleine Jarry, "A
December 20-30,1942, no. 241, p. 39.
Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n American

Museums," Antiques (August 1972), p. 224,
fig. 2; E d i t h Standen, "The Loves o f the
290
Gods," European Post-Medieval Tapestries

and Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum
I 7 I
172
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
of Art (New York, 1985), v o l . 2, pp. 534-543;
2 9 3 . Tapestry, Portiere
aux Armes
de
France
Edith Standen, "The Amours des Dieux: A
Series o f Beauvais Tapestries After Boucher,"
Woven from a cartoon by Pierre-Josse Perrot,
Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal19/20
under the direction o f Etienne-Claude
(1986), pp. 63-84, illus. p. 69.
Le B l o n d
W o o l and silk
A fleur-de-lys, the letter G, and part o f an L
2 9 2 . Tapestry,
[for Le Blond] are woven i n t o the galon o f
Chancellerie
the lower right corner.
Woven by Etienne-Claude Le B l o n d after
8 ft. 9 i n . (262.5
designs by Guy-Louis Vernansal and Claude
Audran
W o o l and silk
PROVENANCE
A fleur-de-lys and G' LE.' BLOND are
Richard, 4th Marquess o f Hertford, Paris,
woven i n lower right corner.
before 1870; b y inheritance to Sir Richard
8ft.10 V i n . (270 cm)

4
Wallace, Paris, before 1890; by inheritance

292
to Lady Wallace, Paris, 1890; by inheritance

to Sir John M u r r a y Scott, Paris, 1897; V i c
toria, Lady Sackville, Paris, 1912; [ M . and
PROVENANCE
M m e Jacques Seligmann, Paris (sold i n the
Woven for Germain-Louis Chauvelin,
late 1940s)]; [Francois-Gerard Seligmann,
marquis de Grosbois and Garde des Sceaux
Paris, 1953]; private collection; [ F r a ^ o i s -
(1685-1762); [(?) French and Co., N e w
G r a r d Seligmann, Paris, 1985].
York]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York

(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie s,
EXHIBITIONS
London, June 22,1938, l o t 74); purchased
Paris, U n i o n Centrale des Beaux-Arts
Appliques l'Industrie, Muse rtrospectif
1865, no. 5734; Paris, Exposition d'artfrangais
BIBLIOGRAPHY
duXVIII
Maurice Fenaille, Etat
siecle, 1916, no. 113., p . 87, illus.
des tapisseries
de h Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1904),
BIBLIOGRAPHY
vol. 3, p. 139; H e i n r i c h G b e l , Wandteppiche
Maurice Fenaille, Etat
general
(Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1, p p . 172-173;
general
de la Manu
facture des Gobelins, 1600-1900 (Paris, 1903),
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p . 133, illus.;
vol. 3, p p . 310-314; H e i n r i c h G b e l ,
E d i t h Standen, "Portiere w i t h the Chauvelin
Wandteppiche (Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1,
Arms," European Post-Medieval Tapestries

and Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum
p. 156; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\4

(1986), no. 196, pp. 244-245, illus.; Hand
of Art (New York, 1985), vol. 1, pp. 361-364.
293
book 1991, p . 170, illus.; detail illus. p. 154.
F R E N C H
T A P E S T R I E S
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f Boucher

Tapestries i n American Museums," Antiques
(August 1972), pp. 222-231.,,
2 9 5 . Tapestry, The Toilet of
Psyche

Woven after a painting by F r a ^ o i s Boucher,
296
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier

and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1749
W o o l and silk
Signature BESNIER-ET-
Woven after a painting by Fran9ois Boucher,
OVDRY'A
BEAUVAIS woven i n lower right galon.

Height: 9 ft. 4 i n . (284.5
) ; Width:
2 9 4 . Tapestry, The Toilet of Psyche
(472.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd
Woven after a painting by Franois Boucher,
Earl o f Iveagh (1874-1967), Pyrford C o u r t ,
Surrey (sold, Christie's, Pyrford C o u r t ,
W o o l and silk
by J. Paul Getty.
Signature BESNIER
BEAWAISwoven

W o o l and silk
13 ft. 5 i n . (409 cm)

294
2 9 6 . Tapestry, The Toilet of Psyche
PROVENANCE
D u e de Gramont, Paris (sold, Galerie

Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 22, 1925, lot 73);
[Duveen Brothers, L o n d o n , 1933]; A n n a
T h o m p s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
& OVDRY - A
at lower right.
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, l o t 137); purchased
(267 cm)
EXHIBITIONS
PROVENANCE
F e b r u a r y - A p r i l 1933, no. 528, p i . 88; San
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; H e n r y
M a r i n o , California, T h e Henry E. H u n t i n g
Walters, Baltimore (sold by his widow,
ton Library and A r t Gallery, January-
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 26,1941,
July, 1989.
lot 739, to [French and Co., N e w York]);

295
173
174
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
2 9 8 . Tapestry, Psyche at the
Basketmakers
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu nos jours
Woven after a p a i n t i n g by Fran$ois Boucher,
(Paris, 1909), p. 60; Duveen and Co., A
Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth

Century in the Collection of Anna Thomson
W o o l and silk
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), i n t r o d u c t i o n pp. i i i - i v
Signature f Boucher woven at lower left and
and non-paginated entry, illus.
the arms o f France and Navarre at the t o p ,
center.
2 9 7 . Tapestry, The Abandonment
of
8 ft. 3 i n . (251.5 cm)
Psyche
Accession number 6 3 . D D . 4

Woven after a painting by Fran$ois Boucher,
P R O V E N A N C E
Edward Cecil Guinness, ist Earl o f Iveagh
(1847-1927), L o n d o n ; Walter Guinness,
W o o l and silk
L o n d o n ; [Jacques Seligmann, Paris, b y
Signature f Boucher woven at lower left.
297
Height: 11 ft. iiVz i n . (364.5 cm); W i d t h :
1931 (inv. no. 1346)]; purchased b y J. Paul

Getty, 1938.
9 ft. 2 i n . (280 cm)

Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu nos jours
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; . M .
(Paris, 1909), p. 60; George L . Hunter, The
Hodgkins, Paris; [French and Co., N e w
Practical Book of Tapestries (Philadelphia,
1925), p. 144; Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f

Boucher Tapestries i n American Museums,"
Antiques (August 1972), pp. 222-231; Geral-
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries
dine C . Hussman, "Boucher's Psyche at the
de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu nos
Basketmakers: A Closer Look," Getty Mus]4

(1977), 45"50.
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; George L . Hunter,
The Practical Book of Tapestries (Philadel

phia, 1925), p p . 169, 249; Madeleine Jarry,
"A Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n A m e r i
can Museums," Antiques (August 1972),
pp. 222-231.
298
FRENCH TAPESTRIES
3 0 0 . F o u r Tapestries f r o m The Story

Don
Quixote
of
13ft.6 i n . (411 cm)
Series
Gobelins manufactory,, 1772-1773

Central narrative panels designed by CharlesAntoine Coypel and the alentours designed
by Jean-Baptiste Belin [Belain or Blin] de
Fontenay, Claude A u d r a n III, Francois
Desportes, and Valade; woven i n the w o r k
299
2 9 9 . Tapestry, Psyche at Cupid's
PaUce

Woven after a painting by Fran$ois Boucher,
W o o l and silk
18 ft. 7 4 i n . (568.4 cm)

3
shop o f M i c h e l A u d r a n
QUIXOTTE
PARLA
SAGES
GUERI
DE SA
FOLIE,
[sic]:
Signature AUDRAN woven at b o t t o m right

corner and w i t h the date 7773 i n the galon.
M a r i e Antoinette), D u k e and Duchess

o f Saxe-Teschen, Joint Governors o f the
12 ft. 10 i n . (391 cm)

LE REPAS DE SANCHO, DANS VILE
Joseph Lorenz, D u k e o f Teschen, 1822;

Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Duke o f Teschen,
1847; Friedrick M a r i a Albrecht W i l h e l m
Karl, D u k e o f Teschen, Schloss H a l t b u r n ,
Burgenland, Austria, 1895, removed to
L o n d o n , 1936; Alice Bucher, Lucerne,
Switzerland (offered for sale, Sotheby's,

BARATARIA
Given by Louis XVI o n August 20,1786,

to A l b e r t and Marie-Christine (sister o f
Austrian Netherlands; Karl L u d w i g Johann
W o o l and silk
DON
PROVENANCE
DE
[sic]:
L o n d o n , December 8,1967, lot 1, bought

in); [Galerie R m e r , Z u r i c h , 1981] (sold,
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14,1982, lot 571).
PROVENANCE
Signature AUDRAN and date 7772 woven
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; . M .
i n the galon and the border at the b o t t o m
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hodgkins, Paris; [French and Co., N e w
right corner; also woven w i t h the manufac
tory mark G i n the galon.
vol. 3, pp. 237fr.; H e i n r i c h Gbel, Wand
BIBLIOGRAPHY
16ft.5 A i n . (502 cm)
teppiche (Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1, p. 163;
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries
de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu nos

jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; Madeleine Jarry,
"A Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n A m e r i
can Museums," Antiques (August 1972),
pp. 222-231.
ENTREE
DE SANCHO DANS VILE
BARATARIA
DE
[sic]:

pp. 72-73, illus.; E d i t h Standen, "The
Signature AUDRAN woven at the b o t t o m
Memorable Judgment o f Sancho," European
right corner and w i t h the date 1772 i n
Post-Medieval Tapestries and Hangings in the

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
the galon.
1985), v o l . , pp. 369-375; Handbook 1986,
13 ft. 9 4 i n . (421 cm)
p. 172, illus. (82.DD.66 only); Jonathan
Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the
POLTRONERIE
CHASSE
DE SANCHO A LA
[sic]:
Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art

Nouveau (London, 1991), illus. p. 114,
Signature AUDRAN woven i n the b o t t o m
fig. 369; Handbook1991, p. 191, illus.
right corner and w i t h the date 1772 i n
(82.DD.68 only).
the galon.
I75
176
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
Don Quixote gueri de sa folie
Entree de Sancho
300
Le Repas de Sancho
300
Poltronerie de Sancho
F R E N C H TAPESTRIES
3 0 1 . F o u r H a n g i n g s from the Tentures

Boucher
de
Series
Venus and Vulcan:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Signature neilson, x. woven at lower right.
Grand Duchess M a r i a Feodorovna,
Height: 12 ft. 6 i n . (381 cm); W i d t h : 16 ft.
"Descriptions o f the Grand Palace o f
Central scenes after paintings by Fran$ois
(487.7 cm)
Pavlovsk, 1795," Les Tresors dart en Russie
Boucher; alentours after designs by Maurice
(St. Petersburg, 1907), vol. 3,1903, illus.;
Jacques and Louis Tessier; woven under the
Aurora and Cephalus:
direction o f Jacques Neilson
Signature neilson, x. woven at lower right.

W o o l and silk
vol. 4, pp. 285-287, illus.; George Leyland
Diana and Callisto, Vertumnus and Pomona:
10 ft. 7 i n . (322.5 cm)
Hunter, The Practical Book of Tapestries
Signature neilson. x. woven at lower right,
(Philadelphia, 1925), p. 190; Phyllis
PROVENANCE
Ackerman, Tapestry: the Mirror of

Civilization (New York, 1933), p. 277, p i . 45;
and F.Boucher i n the medallion o f Vertum

nus and Pomona.
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h :
20 ft. 6 i n . (624.8 cm)

Venus on the Waters-.

Signature neilson. x. woven at lower right.
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h :
10 ft. 5 i n . (317.5 cm)

Given by Louis X V I i n 1782 to the Grand

D u k e Paul Petrovitch (later Czar Paul I ) and
Grand Duchess M a r i a Feodorovna o f
Russia; h u n g at the Palace o f Pavlovsk (near
St. Petersburg) u n t i l circa 1925 (sold by the
Soviet government); [Duveen Brothers,
New York]; N o r t o n Simon (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, M a y 8,1971, l o t 233);
E d i t h Standen, "The Tapestry Room from

C r o m e C o u r t , " Decorative Art from the
Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropoli

tan Museum of Art (London, 1964), p. 52;
Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f Boucher
Tapestries i n American Museums," Antiques
(August 1972), pp. 222-231; W i l s o n , Selec
tions, no. 38, pp. 76-77, illus.; Edith
Standen, " C r o m e C o u r t Tapestries,"
Pennsylvania, T h e A l l e n t o w n A r t Museum,
European Post-Medieval Tapestries and

Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Great Periods of Tapestry, February 19 61.
(New York, 1985), vol. 1, p. 397.
EXHIBITIONS
YJJ
I78
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
301
Diana and Callisto, Vertumnus and Pomona
Venus and Vulcan
301
Aurora and Cephalus
Venus on the Waters
301
Q I
F R E N C H DECORATIVE DRAWINGS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries .

F. A . M a g l i n , 1902; [Fran9ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris].
vol. 4, pp. 285-289, illus.; Hermann Schmitz,
Bildteppiche, Geschichte der Gobelinwirkerei

(Berlin, 1919), p. 304; Stephane Faniel et al.,
French Art of the Eighteenth Century (Collec
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi*) (1987), no.

105, p. 213, illus.
tion Connaissance des arts, N e w York, 1957),

vol. i , p. 161, fig. c; E d i t h Standen, "The
Tapestry R o o m from C r o m e Court," Deco
302
302. Tapestry, Neptune

f r o m the Tentures
andAmymone
de Boucher
Series

Central scene after a painting by Fran9ois
Boucher; alentour after designs by Maurice
rative Art from the Samuel H. Kress

Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art (London, 1964), p. 52; E d i t h Standen,
" C r o m e C o u r t Tapestries," European Post-
Medieval Tapestries and Hangings in the

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
1985), vol. , p. 397.
Jacques and Louis Tessier; woven under the

direction o f Jacques Neilson
W o o l and silk
F.Boucher. Pix woven i n central oval panel
and neilson x. woven i n the lower right o f
the alentour.
Height: 12 ft. % i n . (368 cm); W i d t h :
15 ft. 6 i n . (472.5 cm)

Decorative Drawings
303. D r a w i n g for a W a l l L i g h t
(See entry no. 169)
A t t r i b u t e d to Contant d ' l v r y
PROVENANCE
Pen and black i n k o n paper
One o f four tapestries given by Louis X V I i n
Inscribed (recto) i n i n k i n the lower right
1784 to Prince H e n r y o f Prussia; Jules Porgs
(S) Girandolle de dessus h chem[ine] [...?]/

de Jeu dans VElevation No. 6.... Inscribed
(sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 18,

1924, no. 244); (sold, Galerie Charpentier,
(verso) i n pencil Bachelier and, i n i n k , below
Paris, M a y 28, 1954, no. 145); private collec
F. A. Maglin 1902. Inscribed i n pencil o n
tion, France, 1957; conte Francesco Castel-
separate rectangles glued to the reverse Ir and
barco A l b a n i , Italy (sold, Sotheby's, Palazzo
Thre Van Thulden. Unidentified watermark.
Capponi, Florence, M a y 22,1973, lot 79);
Height: 10%; i n . (26.5 cm); W i d t h : 6 4 i n .
(17. cm)
Accession number 86.GA.692
303
I79
FRENCH DECORATIVE
DRAWINGS
3 0 5 . D r a w i n g for a E w e r
BIBLIOGRAPHY
item B , p. 12, illus.; Ottomeyer and
A t t r i b u t e d t o Robert-Joseph Auguste
Prschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, pp. 173-174,
Pen a n d b r o w n i n k w i t h b r o w n and gray
fig. 3.5.3 (here attributed to Jean-Louis
wash o n paper
Prieur); Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett,
Unidentified watermark.
Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance
Height: 1 ft. 3 /i6 i n . (40.2 cm); W i d t h :
to ArtNouveau (London, 1991), illus. p. n o ,
10/16 i n .
% . 353
I3
(25.6 cm)
PROVENANCE
M a i s o n O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,

Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 610).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Claude Frgnac et al., Les Grands Orfevres de

Louis XIII Charles X (Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris, 1965), p. 194, illus.;
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 t o m i d 1980,"
i t e m B , p. 12, illus.; Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1,
p. 469; n . 7, p. 475.
304
3 0 4 . D r a w i n g for a W a l l L i g h t
3 0 6 . D r a w i n g for U r n s a n d Vases
Paris, circa 1775

A t t r i b u t e d to Richard de Lalonde
Paris, circa 1780
Pen and black i n k w i t h wash o n paper
Pen and black i n k w i t h gray, black, and
b r o w n wash o n paper
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm); W i d t h : 8*4 i n .
Inscribed Salembier i n pencil, perhaps a
(20.7 cm)
later a t t r i b u t i o n t o H e n r i Salembier.
Unidentified watermarks.
Height: 1 ft. 8 /i6 i n . (52.9 cm); W i d t h :

I3
PROVENANCE
3 ft. 616 i n . (109.5
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,

305
PROVENANCE
M a i s o n O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,

F R E N C H DECORATIVE DRAWINGS
36
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,'
item A , p. 11, illus.
Monaco, November 26, 1979, lot 612).

BIBLIOGRAPHY
307. D r a w i n g for a n I n k s t a n d
Paris, circa 1780
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,

item E, p. 16, illus.
A t t r i b u t e d to Robert-Joseph Auguste
Pen and black i n k w i t h blue and yellow
wash o n paper
Height: 1 ft. $Vi6 i n . (44 c m ) ; W i d t h :
ft. 3 /i6 i n .
5
(38.9
cm)
307
l8l
l82
FRENCH DECORATIVE
DRAWINGS
3 0 8 . D r a w i n g for a W i n e C o o l e r
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Guillaume M o i t t e
Pen and black i n k w i t h gray wash o n paper
Stamped J.B.C.
Odiot No. at lower right and
inked 228. Unidentified watermark.

Height: 1 ft. x 6 i n . (36.6 cm); W i d t h :
7
ft. Vx i n . (31.8 cm)

PROVENANCE

Monaco, November 26, 1979, l o t 627).
BIBLIOGRAPHY

item D , pp. 14-15, illus.
308
ITALIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
I4
ITALIAN CASSONI
Furniture
CASSONI
309.
Cassone
M i l a n , second half o f the sixteenth century
Walnut, partially gilt
5 ft. 5 4 i n . (167 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. V% i n .
3
(61.3 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Earls o f Warwick, W a r w i c k Castle; [Frank

Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; pur
309

The Fine Arts Museums o f San Francisco,
The Triumph of Humanism, September 29,

1977-January 18,1978, p. 91, fig. 107; Tulsa,
The Philbrook A r t Center, Gloria dell'arte:
A Renaissance Perspective, October 26,

1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979), no. 85,
p. 53, illus.
310.
Cassone
(?) Rome, second half o f the sixteenth
century
Walnut, partially gilt
Height: 2 ft. /% i n . (74 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 5 /8 i n . (166.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. % i n .
3
(61.8 cm)
310
ITALIAN CASSONI
P R O V E N A N C E
[ H . Blairman a n d Sons, L o n d o n , 1963];

purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
Surrey; distributed b y the estate o f J. Paul
Getty t o the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Tulsa, T h e P h i l b r o o k A r t Center, Gloria
delVarte: A Renaissance Perspective, Octo

ber 26,1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979),
no. 86, p. 53, illus.
dei Conti di Coccorone e di Antignano detti

[poi?] dei Conti 0 dei Comitibus abitanti
in FolignOy esi[stenti?] questi [in?] casa di
Contessa Pressilla moglie del Cont Cesare
Bentivogli seniore, il di cui matrimonio segu
circa V[anno] 1$$[9?] onde e verisimile che
tanto questo quanto I'altro simil cassone
fossero fatti in congiuntura dei loro sponsali
et erano nea maggior parte dorati come pud
ancor vedersi da diverse reliquie discoperte
nel ripulirli e son fattuta del celebre scultore
Maffei.
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; [Same A r t ,

Ltd., Zurich].

no. 87, pp. 147-148, illus.
Cassone .1: Height: 2 ft. 5% i n . (75 cm);

311. P a i r o f
Cassoni
W i d t h : 5 ft. 11% i n . (181.5 cm); D e p t h (at
U m b r a , 155P)
top): ft. 11 % i n . (59 cm); D e p t h (at feet):
A t t r i b u t e d t o A n t o n i o Maffei
3 ft. 6 i n . (76.2 cm); Cassone .2: Height:
Carved walnut, originally partially gilt
2 ft. 5 i n . (73.5 cm); W i d t h : 5 ft. I I / S i n .
Cassone .1 inscribed o n a paper label i n a late
(178.75 cm); D e p t h (at top): 1 ft. 11% i n .
seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century
(59 cm); D e p t h (at feet): 2 ft. 5 i n .
hand L'arme che si vede nel mezzo della parte

d'avanti di questo cassone e delh famiglia
(73.75 cm)
312
312. C r e d e n z a
Florence, circa 1600-1650

Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. 9% i n . (114.93
) ; Width:
6 ft. 7 4 i n . (202.56 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 i n .

3
(54.61 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul

Getty Museum.
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan,
1983 -1992.
One of a pair
1 1
185
l86
ITALIAN
CASSONI
COMMODES
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJiz (1984),

314. C o m m o d e
Venice, circa 1745-1750

p. 191, illus.
Painted, gilt, and silvered oak

4 ft. 9% i n . (147 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Vs i n .
(62.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) O r s i n i Family, Italy; (sold, Saint-Malo,

France, 1982) [Didier Aaron, Paris]; (sold,
313
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 15,1983, lot 114);

[Alexander and Berendt, L o n d o n ] .
313. C r e d e n z a
(?) U m b r a , late seventeenth century (later
remade)
Carved walnut
3
4 ft. 1% i n . (124.46 cm); D e p t h : 1ft.IOVZ i n .

(57.15 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul

Getty Museum.
314
ITALIAN TABLES
316.
Octagonal
Table
Northern Italian (possibly Mantua),

circa 1550
Rosso di Verona inlaid w i t h new antico and

cipollina marble
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm); W i d t h (of
top): 3 ft. 9/2 i n . (115.5 cm)
315

TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Palazzo Gonzaga, Mantua (exh. cat.,

315.
Table
Stedelijk Museum, 1934); private collection,
Tuscany, sixteenth century
3i6
the Netherlands, 1934; private collection,
Walnut
Paris, since 1975; [Alain M o a t t i , Paris].
P R O V E N A N C E
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h ] .
8 ft. 6 i n . (259 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10 i n .
(86.4 cm)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche
Kunst in Nederlandsch Bezit, July 1- Octo

ber , 1934, no. 1008.
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^ (1987),

no. 117, pp. 217-218, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, 1963]; purchased by J. Paul

Getty M u s e u m .
317.
Table
The Vneto, late sixteenth century
Rosso di Verona marble

Height: 2 ft. yVs i n . (81 cm); W i d t h :
9 ft. n / 8 i n . (308 cm); D e p t h : 4 ft. /s i n .
5
(123.5 cm)
317
187
l88
ITALIAN
TABLES
318
Top
318
318. Pietre Dure
Table
PROVENANCE
319 C o n s o l e T a b l e
Florence or Rome
Corsini, Florence, by at least the nineteenth
(?) Piedmont, circa 1730
Tabletop: circa 1580-1600
century; by descent i n the Corsini family;
Carved and gilt w o o d w i t h sarrancolin
Pietre dure and marble mosaic including
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
marble top
breccia di Tivoli (or Quintilina), giallo antico,

new antico, breccia rossa, breccia cenerina,
breccia verde, broccatello, bianco e new
antico, serpentine, alabaster fiorito and
alabaster a tartaruga, lapis lazuli, coral, rock
crystal, and yellow and black jasper
Length: 4 ft. 5% i n . (136.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft.
8/2
i n . (113 cm);
Base: circa 1825

Carved and gilt w o o d
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (89.9 cm)
3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leonardo G i n o r i Lisci, I Palazzi di Firenze
nelk storia delTarte (Florence, 1972), vol. 1,

p. 152 (reproduces nineteenth-century

6 ft. 5 4 i n . (196.2 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 6 4 i n .
J
(78.1 cm)
archival photograph o f object); Alessandra
PROVENANCE
Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, AJJreschi di
Elsie de Wolfe, N e w York.
Pahzzo Corsini a Firenze 6$~ (Florence,

1989), p i . 23 (reproduces same photograph
as above); "Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi
(1993), i n press, illus.
ITALIAN TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (ne

Charlotte v o n Rothschild), Gunnersbury
Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild
(1842-1918), H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, by
1884;
y descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild
(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank

Partridge and Sons, L t d . , London, 1972];
[French and Company, N e w York, o n con
signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,
Gillian Wilson, Decorative Arts in the J . Paul

Getty Museum (Malibu, 1977), no. 49, p. 38,
illus.
319
320,
Center Table
Top: Florence or Rome, circa 1600-1620
Support: See entry no. 85 under French
Furniture
Pietre dure and marble mosaic top
W i d t h : 6 ft. 5 /8 i n . (197.1 c m ) ; Depth:
5
5 ft. 3 /8 i n . (115.8 cm)

5
lop
320
189
I90
ITALIAN
TABLES
322
321
321. Side Table
322. Side Table
323. Side Table

Italian, circa 1760-1770
Rome, circa 1670
Rome, circa 1720-1730
Design attributed to Johann Paul Schor,
G i l t pine
Carved and g i l t - w o o d base surmounted by
called Giovanni Paolo Tedesco
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (93.9 cm); W i d t h : 6 ft. 3 i n .
a marble top
(190.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 2 i n . (96.5 cm)
Height: 3 ft. 5 /i6 i n . (105 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 5 ft. 6 % i n . (170 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. % i n . (153 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5/8 i n .
(74 cm)
7 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (225 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9%; i n .
(85 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; Belgian art

market; [Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1981].
[International Patent Trust Reg., Vaduz,

Liechtenstein].

P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Switzerland; [Danae A r t
P R O V E N A N C E
Rudolph Hegetschweile, Z u r i c h , since 1947;
Handbook 1986, p. 188, illus.; Handbook

1991, p. 215, illus.
International, S.A., Panama].


illus.
ITALIAN TABLES
324
323
Height: 2 ft. Vs i n . (77.8 cm); W i d t h :
324. Table
(?) Naples, 179(F)
10% i n . (87.5 cm); Depth: io 6 i n . (87.5 cm)
By Francesco A b b i a t i
Oak, walnut, and poplar veneered w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
purplewood, satinwood, ebony, and various

fruitwoods
Brothers, Inc., N e w York].
Signed and dated i n the central roundel o f

marquetry o n the top, FRANCO
179(0
ABBIATI
Private collection, Cleveland, O h i o ; [Dalva
'Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),

no. 254, p. 258, illus.
Top
324
191
192
ITALIAN SEAT
FURNITURE
SEAT F U R N I T U R E
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
House o f Savoy, Racconigi, Turin; M r s .
Private collection, England, since the eigh
Walter Hayes Burns (ne Morgan), N o r t h
teenth century; [Alexander and Berendt,
T u r i n , circa 1710-1715
M y m m s Park, Hertfordshire; Major-
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1984].
325. S i d e
Chair
G i l t w o o d w i t h modern silk upholstery
General Sir George Burns, N o r t h M y m m s
copying the original silk
Park (sold, Christie's, N o r t h M y m m s Park,
September 24-26,1979, lot 215 [one o f five]);
ft. 9% i n . (55.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 /s i n .
[Partridge (Fine Arts), L t d . , London,
(69.5 cm)
1979-1983].

no. 78, pp. 180-181, illus.

no. 16, p. 267, illus.
3 2 6 . Set
of F o u r
Armchairs

Carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered
i n modern Genoese velvet
Armchair .1: Height: 2 ft. io 4 i n . (137.8 cm);
3
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9 i n . (85.1 cm); Depth:

2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); Armchair .2: Height:
3
4 ft. yYs i n . (140 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .

(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n . (87.3 cm);
Armchair .3: Height: 4 ft. 6% i n . (138.5 cm);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (85.8 cm); Depth:
2 ft. 11 4 i n . (89.8 cm); Armchair .4: Height:
3
4 ft. 7% i n . (140.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .

(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm)
325
One of four
326
I T A L I A N SEAT F U R N I T U R E
328. D a y b e d
Turin, designed between 1832-1835

By Filippo Pelagio Palagi (born i n Bologna
1775-1860)
Maple inlaid w i t h mahogany
O n back o f frame, 3421 stenciled i n green
paint from Racconigi inventory o f 1900
(obscured by upholstery), Dazio Verificato
ink stamp, PPR 3421 incised stamp. O n
P R O V E N A N C E
K i n g Carlo Alberto, Racconigi Palace

(near Turin), u n t i l 1922; 1938-1980 i n a p r i
vate Swiss collection; [ H e i m Gallery, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1980].
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi ) (1987),

1
frame o f upholstered seat Dazio Verificato
ink stamp, Racconigi Camera da letto degli
illus.
Augusti Sposi i n pencil across front. O n

frame structure 57 i n i n k o n part o f a label,
327
327. F o l d i n g Stool
a pencil design for inlay.

Height: 2 ft. iVx i n . (80 cm); W i d t h :
7 ft. 4 / i n . (224 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3/8 i n .
!
T u r i n , circa 1735
(69 cm)
Branded twice w i t h three fleurs-de-lys and

w i t h the letters FON for the Chateau de
Fontainebleau
2 ft. 3/8 i n . (68.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5/8 i n .
(43.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Fontainebleau d u r i n g the nine

teenth century; [ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . ,
N e w York].
T h e D e t r o i t Institute o f Arts, M a r c h 7June 13,1975.

328
Gillian W i l s o n , Decorative Arts in the J . Paul

Getty Museum, 1977, p. 33, no. 42, illus.
I93
194
ITALIAN
METALWORK
Metalwork
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y Museum o f A r t ,

"Curator's Choice," December 11,1978-
329. Mortar
February 11, 1979.
Venice, circa 1550

Bronze
BIBLIOGRAPHY
U l r i c h M i d d e l d o r f , " I n the Wake o f G u g l i -
ft. uYz i n . (59.7 cm)
elmo della Porta," Connoisseur (February
Accession number 85.SB.179
1977), pp. 75-84; "Acquisitions/1984,"
PROVENANCE
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 251, pp. 256-257,
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 14,1977,
illus.
lot 156; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;

Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Princeton, N e w
331. Basin
Jersey; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
Genoa, 1620-1625
York].
By a D u t c h or Flemish artist w o r k i n g i n
Genoa after a design b y Bernardo Strozzi
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Silver
Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),

330
no. 222, p. 254, illus.
Diameter: 2-ft. 5 4 i n . (75.5 cm)

3

3 3 0 . Virgin Mourning
the Dead
Christ
PROVENANCE
Venice, 1586-1587
By Cesare Targone
(?) Commissioned by the Genoese Doge
Finely chased repousse gold o n obsidian (in
Alessandro Giustiniani-Longo d i Luca,
a black nineteenth-century w o o d frame)
1544-1624; L o n g h i Giustiniani; Giovanna
Signed
Musso Piantelli, 1892; [Aetas A n t i q u a , S.A.,
OPUS-CAESARIS-TAR-VENETI-
Panama].
below Christ's feet.

G o l d Relief: Height: n /s i n . (29 cm);
3
W i d t h : 10% i n . (26 cm); Obsidian Plaque:

10V16 i n . (26.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
Sir Julius Wernher, Bt. (died 1912); by

descent to Sir H a r o l d Wernher, Bt.; (sold,
329
Christie's, L o n d o n , November 16,1950,

lot 157, to D a v i d Black, Sr.); [Bernard Black
(Black-Nadeau, L t d . ) , M o n t e Carlo].
ITALIAN METALWORK
EXHIBITIONS
Genoa, Esposizione artstico archeologico

industrale aperta nelle Sale dell'Accademia
Lingistica, 1868, no. 55, p. 115; Genoa,
Palazzo Bianco, Mostra dArte Antica, 1892,
no. 86, p. 75; Genoa, Palazzo Spinola and
Palazzo Reale, Genova neWEta Barocca,
M a y 2-July 26,1992; Frankfurt, Schirn
Kunsthalle, Kunst in der Republik Genua,
September 4-November 8,1992.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
H u g h Macandrew, "A Silver Basin Designed

by Strozzi," Burlington Magazine 113 (Janu
ary 1971), pp. 4-11; Ronald W. Lightbown,
"A N o t e o n the Silver Basin," Burlington
Magazine 113 (January 1971), p. 11; H u g h
Macandrew, "Genoese Silver o n Loan to the
Ashmolean Museum," Burlington Magazine
114 (September 1972), pp. 611-620; Carl
Hernmarck, The Art of the European Silver
smith 1430-1830 (London and New York,
977)> 1 i> P- 33; Handbook 1991, p. 212,
illus.; D a v i d A . Scott, "Technological,

Analytical, and Microstructural Studies o f
a Renaissance Silver Basin," Archeomaterials
5, no. ( W i n t e r 1991), pp. 21-45; Franco
Boggero and Farida Simonetti, Argenti
genovesi da parata tra cinque e seicento
(Turin, 1992), no. 7, p. 233, pis. 20-23;
pp. 132,135-143
331
I95
196
ITALIAN
METALWORK
332
332. W a l l
Plaque
Southern Italian, 1730-1740

By Francesco Natale Juvara
Silver and lapis lazuli
ft. 8/4 i n . (52 cm)
Italiana [ M i l a n , 1936], no. 316); [Siran

H o l d i n g Company, Geneva].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ"14 (1986),

illus.
333
333.
Pair o f Candelabra
N o r t h e r n Italian, circa 1830-1840

By Pelagio Palagi
G i l t and chased bronze
Height: 2 ft. 11% i n . (90 cm)
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
(?) Palazzo Reale, T u r i n ; Jacob Rothschild,
(?) House o f Savoy, since its pendant is last
L o n d o n , 1983; [P. and D . Colnaghi and Co.,
recorded as belonging to a member o f that
London].
family (Antonio Morassi, Antica Oreficeria
ITALIAN CERAMICS
Height: 1 ft. %. i n . (31.1 cm); Diameter
L o n d o n , P. and D . Colnaghi and Co., The
(at l i p ) : 5 /8 i n . (14.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
Adjectives of History: Furniture and Works of
n 4 i n . (29.8 cm)
Art 1550-1870,1983, no. 47.
P R O V E N A N C E
W i l h e l m von Bode, Berlin; Glogowski,
Berlin (sold, Sotheby's, London, June 8,
no. 224, p. 255, illus.
1932, lot 58); August Lederer, Vienna; Erich

Lederer, Geneva.
Ceramics
H e n r y Wallis, Oak-Leaf Jars: A Fifteenth-
334. J u g w i t h P e c k i n g B i r d
Century Italian Ware Showing Moresco
(bocele)
Influence (London, 1903), p. 35, illus. p. 9,
Tuscany, early fifteenth century
fig. 7; W i l h e l m v o n Bode, Die Anfange der
Majolikakunst in Toskana (Berlin, 1911),
Height: 9% i n . (25 c m ) ; Diameter (at lip):
p i . 14; Joseph Chompret, Repertoire de U
3% i n . (9.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 6 /s i n .
3
majolique italienne, vol. 2 (Paris, 1949),
(16.2 cm)
334
fig. 648; Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica

di Firenze e del contado delXIV e del XV
P R O V E N A N C E
seclo (Florence, 1973), vol. 1, p. 76; vol. 2,
Private collection, the Netherlands; [Rainer
pis. 61-62, 63c; Giovanni Conti, LArte delU

maiolica in Italia, 2nd ed. (Milan, 1980),
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
pis. 45-46; A n n a M o o r e Valeri, "Florentine

'Zajfera a Rilievd Maiolica: A N e w L o o k at
the 'Oriental Influence,'" Archaeologia
no. 155, pp. 239-240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
medievale 2 (1984), pp. 477-500, fig. 4b;
no. 3, pp. 17-19.

no. 211, p. 251, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 5,
pp. 23-25; Handbook 1991, p. 200, illus.
335.
Two-handled " O a k - L e a f " D r u g Jar
(orciuolo
biansato)

M a r k e d w i t h a three-runged ladder sur
m o u n t e d by a cross painted o n each side
and a P, possibly i n t e r t w i n e d w i t h a back
ward C, below each handle.
335
197
I98
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
336. C y l i n d r i c a l " O a k - L e a f " J a r
(albarello)
Giovanni C o n t i , L'Arte della maiolica in
Italia, 2nd ed. ( M i l a n , 1980), no. 48;
O t t o v o n Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMus] 14 (1986),
sheim in Mnchen (The Hague, 1914-1923),
Height: 6 / 2 i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at lip):
3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
pp. 26-27.
I3
4 / i 6 i n . (12.2
I3
vol. , p. 4, fig. 4; Galeazzo Cora, Storia

della maiolica di Firenze e del contado
delXIVe delXVseclo (Florence, 1973),
cm)
vol. 2, no. 5od, p i . 50; "Acquisitions/1984,"

GettyMus] 13 (1985), no. 152, p. 239, illus.;
P R O V E N A N C E
Hess, Maiolica, no. 4, pp. 20-22.
Ugo Grassi, Florence; August Lederer,

Vienna; Erich Lederer, Geneva.
338
John Rothenstein, "Shorter Notices:
Two-handled "Oak-Leaf" Jar
(orciuolo
Two Pieces o f Italian Pottery," Burlington
biansato)
Magazine 85 (August 1944), p. 205, p i . C;
Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica di
M a r k e d w i t h a six-pointed asterisk below
Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XV seclo
each handle.
(Florence, 1973), v o l . 1, p. 78; vol. 2, fig. 83c;
Height: 1 ft. 3/4 i n . (39.4 cm); Diameter (at

l i p ) : yVs i n . (19.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
ft. 3 4 i n . (40 cm)
3
Accession number 84. D E . 9 7

337
P R O V E N A N C E
Contini-Bonacossi, Florence; [Nella Longari,

337. D i s h
(bacino)
M i l a n ] ; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .

Height: i 4 i n . (4.4 cm); Diameter: 9 % i n .
3
(25.3 cm)
Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica di

Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XVseclo
(Florence, 1973), v o l . 1, pp. 83, 457; v o l . 2,
p i . 112; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13
P R O V E N A N C E
(1985), no. 157, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
E. R. Paget, L o n d o n ; Alfred Pringsheim,
no. 7, pp. 28-30.
M u n i c h ; A . Kauffmann, London; [Rainer

336
ITALIAN CERAMICS
339
Two-handled " O a k - L e a f " D r u g Jar
PROVENANCE
(qrciuolo
Stefano Bardini, Florence; Elie Vblpi,
biansato)
Florence, circa 1431
Florence (sold, Jandolo and Tavazzi, Rome,
A p r i l 25-May 3,1910, lot 777); (sold,
Painted w i t h a copper green and manganese
Lempertz, Cologne, M a y 6,1953, lot 414);
purple crutch o n each handle and marked
Dr. Bak, N e w York; (sold, Sotheby's, N e w
w i t h a six-pointed asterisk surrounded by
York, December 7,1965, lot 15); August
dots below each handle.
Lederer, Vienna; Erich Lederer, Geneva.
Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Diameter (at lip):

4 % i n . (12.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 9V8 i n .
(24.5 cm)
Galeazzo Cora, Storia delU maiolica di

Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XV seclo
(Florence, 1973), vol. 1, p. 80; vol. 2,
fig. 107b; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14
PROVENANCE
3 3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sir Thomas Ingilby, Bt., N o r t h Yorkshire
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 2,
no. 9, pp. 34-35.
1974, l o t 261, withdrawn) (sold, Sotheby's,

London, A p r i l 14,1981, lot 13); [Rainer
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Cuadrado, "Prized Pottery Triumphs

o f the Italian Renaissance," Architectural
Digest 41 (February 1984), p. 127; "Acquisi

p. 240, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 182, illus.;
340. T w o - h a n d l e d J a r (prciuolo
biansato)

Marked below each handle w i t h a sixpointed asterisk surrounded by dots.
339
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :

4/8 i n . (10.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 7 i n .
(17.8 cm)
340
I99
200
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
342. C y l i n d r i c a l J a r
(albarello)
Florentine area, mid-fifteenth century

Inscribed marks o n underside (graduations?).
Height: y Ys i n . (18.1 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
3 4 i n . (9.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 5/8 i n .
3
(13 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
J. Chompret, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,

Paris, December 15,1976, lot 19); [Rainer
343
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),

no. 156, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
(albarello
no. 10, pp. 36-38.
AMA. DIO painted o n one side.
Height: 8 4 i n . (22.2 cm); Diameter (at
3
(albarello)
r i m ) : 4% i n . (11.4 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
Florentine area, circa 1440-1450
9 /i6 i n .
3
Height: y 6 i n . (18.6 cm); Diameter (at r i m ) :
4/8 i n . (10.5 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
5
(23.4
cm)
Accession number 84. D E . 9 9
4 /8
biansato)
Florentine area or U m b r a , circa 1450-1500
341
341. C y l i n d r i c a l J a r
343. T w o - h a n d l e d A r m o r i a l J a r
P R O V E N A N C E
i n . (11.8 cm)
Alfred Pringsheim, M u n i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 7,1939, l o t 3); [Alfred Spero,

L o n d o n ] ; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,
1983, lot 194; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
O t t o v o n Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring
vol. , no. 11, p i . 8; M a r i o Bellini and
Giovanni C o n t i , Maioliche italiane del
rinascimento (Milan, 1964), p. 89, fig. A ;

P- 39
pp. 40-42.
342
ITALIAN
344 J u g w i t h B u s t M e d a l l i o n
CERAMICS
(brocea)
Florentine area, circa 1450-1500

Height: 1 ft. iVs i n . (34.6 cm); Diameter (at
rim): 3% i n . (9.8 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
ft. i n . (33 cm)
PROVENANCE
Savile family, Rufford Abbey, N o t t i n g h a m

(sold, K n i g h t , Frank and Rutley i n associa
tion w i t h Christies, London, October 11-20,
1938, lot 879); [Alfred Spero, L o n d o n ] ;
(sold, Sotheby's, London, December 4,
1956, l o t 24); Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold,
344
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 21,1976, l o t 7);
345
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (Lon

don and N e w York, 1976), p. 394; MorleyFletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery, p. 26,
fig. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13

no. 13, pp. 43-45.
345. T w o - h a n d l e d C y l i n d r i c a l J a r
(albarello
biansato)
Faenza, circa 1460-1480

Inscribed marks under foot (graduations?).
Alternate view
344
Height: 9 i n . (22.9 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :

4V16 i n . (11.2 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 9 /s i n .
3
(23.8 cm)
Alternate view
345
20I
202
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , October 3,1983,
Sir W i l l i a m Stirling-Maxwell, Bt., K.T;
lot 237; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Lt. C o l . W . J. Stirling, Keir (sold, Sotheby's,

L o n d o n , June 18,1946, lot 79); F. D . Lycett-
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ i$ (1985),

no. 160, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
Green, Goudhurst, Kent (sold, Sotheby's,

L o n d o n , October 14, i960, lot 24); Robert
Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
no. 14, pp. 46-48.
June 21,1976, lot 14); [Cyril Humphris,

346. Peacock-pattern D i s h
J r g Rasmussen, Italienische Majolika (Ham
(?) Faenza, circa 1470-1500
burg, 1984), p. 71, n . 1; "Acquisitions/1984,"

Height: 2/4 i n . (6.3 cm);

Diameter: 1 ft. 3 /s i n . (39 cm)
3

347. C y l i n d r i c a l D r u g J a r
(albarello)
Faenza, circa 1480

S. ACETOSITATI
CITfRUSJ
painted on
banderole label.
Height: 1 ft. /s i n . (31.5 cm); Diameter (at
3
347
lip): 4 /8 i n . (11.1 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:

3
4 A in. (12.4 cm)

7
Accession number 84.DE. 104
Charles D a m i r o n , Majoliques italiennes (pri
P R O V E N A N C E
vately printed, 1944), no. 27; "Acquisitions/
Alfred Pringsheim, M u n i c h ; (sold, Sotheby's,
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 161, p. 241,
London, June 7,1939, lot 9); Charles
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 17, pp. 55-57;
D a m i r o n , Lyons; Paul Damiron; (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,1983,

346
tery and Porcelain (London, 1925), fig. 117;
lot 212); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .

O t t o von Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring

vol. , no. 22, p i . 15; E m i l Hannover, Pot-
ITALIAN CERAMICS
3 4 9 . Ecce
Homo
Faenza or (?) Florentine area, circa 1500

Height: 1 ft. n 4 i n . (60.3 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft.
3
/! i n . (59.7 cm); D e p t h : 10*4 i n . (26 cm)

1

P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Belgium; (sold, Sotheby's,

London, A p r i l 7,1987, lot 44); [Rainer
Burlington Magazine 129 (March 1987), illus.

348
p. 1; Ilgiornale delVarte, no. 45 (1987), p. 90,
350
fig. 50; "Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16

348.
Plate with Saint
Peter
Faenza or (?) Cafaggiolo, circa 1500

no. 16, pp. 52-54.
350.
AUa Porcettana
D i s h
(tondino)
Cafaggiolo, circa 1500-1525
A t t r i b u t e d to Jacopo d i Stefano d i Filippo
Height: i /s i n . (4.8 c m ) ;
([?]i490-after 1576)
Diameter: 10% i n . (27.3 cm)
Signed o n the reverse, Jfacopjo chafagguolo
or In chafagguolo i n blue.
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: i A i n . (4.8 cm); Diameter: 9 /i6 i n .

7
Private collection, Switzerland; [Rainer
(24.3 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Charles Loeser, Torri Gattaia (sold, Sotheby's,
no. 170, p . 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 20,
L o n d o n , December 8,1959, l o t 55); Robert
pp. 64-65.
Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,

June 21,1976, lot 19); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . ,
London].
Galeazzo Cora and Angiolo Fanfani, La

349
maiolica di Cafaggiolo (Florence, 1982),

p. 66, fig. 48; Morley-Fletcher and Mcllroy,
203
204
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
European Pottery, p. 44, fig. 1; "Acquisitions/

1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985), no. 171, p. 242,
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 21, pp. 66-68.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bernard Rackham, IsUmic Pottery and
Italian Maiolica (London, 1959), no. 34b,

p. 143, p i . 231; Morley-Fletcher and Mcllroy,
European Pottery, p. 52,fig.7; "Acquisitions/

1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 172, p. 243,
2. C y l i n d r i c a l J a r w i t h L a m e
Peasant
(albarello)
C y l i n d r i c a l J a rw i t h W o m a n
Distaff
a n d
(albarello)
Faenza, circa 1510

M a r k e d o n the back o f each jar, B.
Height: 9% i n . (24.8 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
5Me i n . (12.9 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter: Jar .1:
Jar.
352
6% i n . (15.9 cm); Jar .2: 6Ys i n . (16. cm)

351
351. L u s t e r e d
Bust
Display
(piaito
da
Plate with
Female
pompa)
Deruta, circa 1500-1530

PROVENANCE
J. Pierpont Morgan, N e w York; Joseph E.

Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (sold,
Samuel Freeman and Co., Philadelphia,
Inscribed VIVIS ERO VIVfUJS
June 20,1944, lots 326-327); Dr. Bak, N e w
MORTVfUJS
ERO VIVfUJS o n the scroll.
York (sold, Sotheby's, New York, Decem
Height: 3/2 i n . (8.8 cm); Diameter:
ber 7,1965, l o t 54); Benjamin Sonnenberg,
ft. 4% i n . (42.8 cm)
N e w York (sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 5,
1979, lot 356); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. W . M . Walker, London; (sold, Christies,
Bernard Rackham, "A New Chapter i n
London, July 25,1945, lot 73); Adda col
the History o f Italian Maiolica," Burlington
lection, Paris; (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Magazine 27 (May 1915), p. 50; Inventory of

the Ob jets d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins
Park, Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener
November 20,1967, lot 87); [Rainer Zietz,

Ltd., London].
(privately printed, Philadelphia, 1935),
Jar
.2
352
ITALIAN
pp. 67-68; M a r i o Bellini and Giovanni
P R O V E N A N C E
C o n t i , Maioliche italiane del rinascimento
CERAMICS
( M i l a n , 1964), p . 100, pis. A , C; J r g Ras-
Drouot, Paris, M a y 27,1878, l o t 34);
mussen, Italienische Majolika (Hamburg,
Charles D a m i r o n , Lyons (sold, Sotheby's,
pp. 58-60.
1984), pp. 84, 86; "Acquisitions/1984,"
London, June 16,1938, l o t 60); Robert
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 163, p . 241, illus.;
Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
June 21,1976, l o t 22); [Cyril H u m p h r i s ,

Bernard Rackham, "The D a m i r o n Collec

tion," Apollo 25 (1937), p. 256, fig. 7; Joseph
Chompret, Repertoire delamajolique italienne, vol. 2 (Paris, 1949), p i . 13, fig. 93;
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (London
and N e w York, 1976), p. 396; MorleyFletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery,
p. 66, fig. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
13 (1985), no. 174, p. 243, illus.; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 29, pp. 29-31.
354
354. D i s h w i t h a Scene from the Aeneid

(coppd)
353

353. D i s h w i t h a C u p i d o n a H o b b y h o r s e
Marked o n the underside w i t h a crossed
{tondino)
circle w i t h a smaller circle i n each o f the
(?) Castel Durante, circa 1510-1520
four quarters.
Height: 2/8 i n . (5.4 cm); Diameter: 9 /i6 i n .
Height: % i n . (2.4 cm); Diameter: 9% i n .
(24.6 cm)
(23.5 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E

1987, l o t 42; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
205
26
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Stora, Paris; W h i t n e y Warren, N e w York
Ralph Bernal, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 7,
L o n d o n , M a r c h 5,1855, l o t 1767); (sold,
1943, lot 448); (sold, Sotheby's, London,
Christies, L o n d o n , A p r i l 12, 1976, lot 179,
November 22,1983, l o t 197); [Rainer Zietz,
p i . 13); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Ltd., London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Morley-Fletcher and M c l l r o y , European
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pottery, p. 65,fig.8; "Acquisitions/1984,"
pp. 82-84.
356. A r m o r i a l Plate w i t h The Ffoying
of
Marsyas
Urbino, mid-i520s
By Nicola (di Gabriele Sbraghe) da Urbino
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm); Diameter:
ft. 4V16 i n . (41.4 cm)
355
355. C y l i n d r i c a l D r u g J a r
(albarello)

FILONIJ
P[ER]SICHI
357
painted o n the
banderole label.
357. L u s t e r e d A r m o r i a l Plate
Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (37 cm); Diameter (at

9
G u b b i o , 1524
lip): 4 /i6 i n . (12.5 cm); M a x i m u m

I5
Produced i n the workshop o f Maestro
Diameter: 6/4 i n . (16.5 cm)
Giorgio A n d r e o l i
Signed and dated M G 1524 o n the
reverse.
356
Height: 2 /s i n . (7.3 cm);

7
Diameter: 1 ft. 3 % i n . (39.9 cm)

ITALIAN
359. Plate w i t h The Abduction
PROVENANCE
CERAMICS
of Helen
U r b i n o , 1534

1978, l o t 41; [Cyril H u m p h r i s , L o n d o n ] ;
By Francesco Xanto Avelli
Dated and inscribed o n the reverse,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.M.D.XXXIIII/Quest
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] v*, (1985),
e'lpastor che mal
miro l bell'volto 1'D'Helena Greca, e, quel
famoso rapto/pel qualful mondo sotto sopra
pp. 72.-74.
volto. / a n d signed .Fra[ncesco]:Xa[n]to.

A[velli]. Ida Rovigo, i[]/Urbino.
Height: 2/4 i n . (6.3 cm);
358. Plate w i t h Hero and Leander
Diameter: 1 ft. 6 i n . (46.1 cm)
(taglier)
Faenza, circa 1525

PROVENANCE
M a r k e d w i t h a swan o n the reverse.
Height: i / 4 i n . (3.8 cm); Diameter:

1 ft. 5 /i6 i n . (44
5
1978, l o t 44; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , London].
cm)
EXHIBITIONS
P. and D . Colnaghi and Co., London,
PROVENANCE
Objects for a "Wunderkammer,'981, no. 65,
H e n r i Gautier, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,
pp. 124-125. .-
Paris, M a y 4, 1929, l o t 28); George D u r lacher, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A p r i l 7, 1938, l o t 26); H e n r y S. Reitlinger,
Christies Review of the Season 197$ (London
L o n d o n ; Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold,
and N e w York, 1976), p. 397; "Acquisitions/
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 21, 1976, l o t 25);
1984," GettyMus]Y*> (1985), no. 176, p. 243,
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 31, pp. 101-103;

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joseph Chompret, Repertoire de la majolique italienne, v o l . 2 (Paris, 1949), fig. 458;

Christies Review of the Season 19-/$ (London
and N e w York, 1976), p. 397; MorleyFletcher and M c l l r o y , European Pottery,
p. 36, fig. 5; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus]
13 (1985), no. 165, p. 241, illus.; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 26, pp. 85-87.
359
20J
208
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMUS/13 (1985),
Charles D a m i r o n , Majoliques italiennes

(privately printed, 1944), no. 79; Joseph
no. 168, p . 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 27,
Chompret, Repertoire de h majolique itali-
pp. 88-90.
enne, vol. 1 (Paris, 1949), p. 77; illus. p. 2,
fig. 500; Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's

(London, 1983-1984), p. 290; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJii (1985), no. 167, p. 242,

360
36.
D i s h with Three Saints
(coppa)
Faenza, circa 1535

By Baldassare Manara
Obverse painted w i t h a shield containing a
holy cross flanked by and C below annu
lets; inscribed o n the scroll PETRE
DILIGIS
ME and signed o n the reverse, Baldasara
Manara fa [e] [tino] or Baldasara Manara

fa[e]n[za].
Diameter: 8%> i n . (21.5 cm)
362
361
Height: i K i n . (3.8 cm);

361.
Molded
D i s h with a n Allegory o f Love
362.
J u g with
Berettino
G r o u n d
(boccale)
(crespina)
Faenza, 1536
P R O V E N A N C E
Faenza, circa 1535
Stora, Paris; Charles D a m i r o n , Lyons (sold,
Dated 1536 o n each o f four tablets under the
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 16,1938, l o t 20);
Height: x /s i n . (7.3 cm);
medallions and marked Elixeo beside a
Paul D a m i r o n (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Diameter: 11 i n . (28 cm)
bearded and turbaned o l d man.
November 22,1983, l o t 209); [Rainer Zietz,
Accession number 84.DE. 114
Ltd., L o n d o n ] .
Height: 1 f t . / i 6 i n . (32.5 cm); Diameter (at

I3
lip): 5% i n . (13.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :

P R O V E N A N C E
Prince T h i b a u t d ' O r l a n s , Paris (sold,

Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 5,1974,
10 %. i n . (26 cm)
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Thomas F. Flannery, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois
D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 27-29,1878, lot 230);
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,
J. Pierpont M o r g a n , N e w York; George R.
1983, lot 160); [Edward L u b i n , N e w York];
H a n n , Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania
(sold, Christie's, o n the H a n n premises,

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Treetops, Sewickley Heights, M a y 19, 1980,
no. 177, pp. 243-244, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,

no. 32, pp. 104-107.
EXHIBITIONS
The Metropolitan Museum o f Art, New

York, 1913-1916.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

363

pp. 91-93.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joseph Marryat, A History of Pottery and

Porcehin (London, 1857), P- 34> fig- 8 ;
J
3 ($3. A
CandelieriPlate
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (London
and N e w York, 1976), p. 400; Morley-
Fletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery, p.
M a r k e d o n the obverse .S.P.Q.R
86, fig. 1; "Acquisitions/ 1984," GettyMusJ13
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm);
Diameter: 1 ft. 6 4 i n . (47.7 cm)
no. 33, pp. 108-111.

PROVENANCE
Royal collection (see Marryat, below);
364. P i l g r i m F l a s k a n d C o v e r w i t h M a r i n e
Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
Scenes (fiasca da
L o n d o n , June 21, 1976, l o t 52); [Rainer
Urbino, circa 1560-1570
Produced i n the workshop o f Orazio
pellegrino)
Fontana
364
Height: 1 ft. 5 /s i n . (44.1 cm); M a x i m u m
3
W i d t h : II54 i n . (28.6 cm).

Accession number 84.DE.ii9.a-.b.
209
2IO
ITALIAN
C E R A M I C S
Height: i o / s i n . (26.4 cm); Diameter (at

3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Antiquitten-Zeitung 25 (1985), p. 611;


illus.
l i p ) : 1V16 i n . (4 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
y /s i n . (20 cm)
7

PROVENANCE
W i l l i a m Spence, Florence, u n t i l 1857; pur

chased by Alessandro Foresi, 1857; Giovanni
Freppa, Florence; Eugene Piot, Paris (sold,
366. P i l g r i m F l a s k (fiasca
365
da
pellegrino)
M a r c h 19, i860, lot 82, to Baron Alphonse
1575-1587
de Rothschild, Paris); Baron Edouard de
Rothschild, Paris; Baron G u y and Baroness
M a r k e d o n the underside w i t h the dome o f
M a r i e - H l n e de Rothschild, Paris.
Santa M a r i a del Fiore accompanied by F; a

mark resembling 3 scratched under the glaze
365. B a s i n w i t h Deucalion
(bacile
and
Pyrrha
trilobato)
H o t e l des Commissaires-Priseurs, Paris,
Florence, the M e d i c i porcelain factory, circa
and painted w i t h blue glaze; on r i m , three

hatch marks inscribed before glaze
firing.
EXHIBITIONS
Paris, Exposition retrospective du Trocadro,

1878.
U r b i n o , circa 1565-1571
BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Orazio Fontana or produced i n his
A l b e r t Jacquemart, "La porcelaine des
workshop
M d i c i s , " Gazette des beaux-arts 3 (Decem
ber 1859), p. 276; A l b e r t Jacquemart and
Height: 2/2 i n . (6.3 cm);
E d m o n d Le Blant, Histoire artistique:
Diameter: 1 ft. 6% i n . (46.3 cm)
Industrielle et commerciale de la porcelaine
(Paris, 1862), p. 644, no. 5; Alessandro Foresi,
Sulleporcelhne medicee (Florence, 1869),
PROVENANCE
pp. 15ft., 29, reprint f r o m Piovani Arlotto
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris,
(July 1859); Alfred Darcel, "Les faiences
between 1870 and 1890; Baron Maurice
francais et les porcelaines au T r o c a d r o , "
de Rothschild, Paris, u n t i l 1916; [Duveen
Gazette des beaux-arts 18 (November 1878),
Brothers, N e w York]; private collection,
p. 762; Baron Jean Charles Davillier, Les
Stuttgart; (sold, Reimann and Monats-
Origines de la porcelaine en Europe (Paris,
berger, Stuttgart, January 1986); [Alain
1882), no. 29, pp. 39-41,114-115; Charles de
M o a t t i , Paris].
Grollier, Manuel de Vamateur de porcelaine

(Paris, 1914), no. 2309; Seymour de Ricci,
366
"La porcelaine des Medicis," Faenza, Museo
Internazionale delle Ceramiche: Lopera dun

decennio, ipo8~ipi8 (Faenza, 1918), p. 29,
ITALIAN CERAMICS
Jar .
no. 22; Giuseppe Liverani, Catalogo delle
367
Jar
.2
367. Pair o f D r u g Jars
porcellane dei Medici (Faenza, 1936), no. 28,
Northern Italian, circa 1580-1590
p. 31; A r t h u r Lane, Italian PorceUin (Lon
Painted and gilt terracotta
don, 1954), p. 5, p i . 3c; "Acquisitions/1986,"
Height: 1 ft. 11 % i n . (60 cm)
GettyMusJ i$ (1987), no. 115, pp. 216-217,
Accession number 90.SC.42.1.2
illus.; Clare le Corbellier, "A M e d i c i Porce

lain Pilgrim Flask," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
pp. 119-126, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 36,

illus.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, London; [Siran H o l d i n g

Company, Geneva].
36
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 57, p. 164, illus.
211
212
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
368.
Tabletop
Naples, circa 1760
By Francesco Saverio I I M a r i a Grue
Inscribed o n the obverse, i n t w o cartouches,
FLAVA CERES
TENUS SPI CIS RED EM I TA
CAPILLOS
a n d FORTUNAT
QUISQUE
FABER;
SUAE
signed o n the horses
haunch i n scene o f Europeans h u n t i n g a

deer, SG; and signed o n the horse's haunch
i n scene o f M o o r s h u n t i n g ostriches, FSG.
Height: 4 i n . (3.2 cm);
r
Diameter: 1 ft. 11 i n . (59.7 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
Earl o f Warwick, Warwickshire; (sold,

Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 4,1986, l o t 24);
[Winifred Williams, Ltd., London].
Jacqueline G u i l l a u m i n , "Majoliques tardives:
prospecter," Connaissance des arts 419

(1987), p. 12, fig. 4; "Acquisitions/1986,

G u i d o Donatone, "Pasquale Criscuolo e
la Maiolica Napoletana dell'Et Rococo,"
368
Centro Studi per U Storia delh Cermica

Meridionale: Quaderno (1988), fig. 1; Hess,
Maiolica, no. 35, pp. 116-119.
ITALIAN CERAMICS
Vase .1
Vase .2
369
Neptune Vase: Height: 1 1 % i n . (30 cm);
369
p. 27; Francesco Stazzi, Le porcellane
Venice, 1769
Diameter: 10/2 i n . (26.7 cm);
veneziane di Geminiano e Vincenzo Cozzi
Produced i n the factory o f Geminiano Cozzi
Signed Vase: Height: n 4 i n (29.8 cm);
(Venice, 1982), p. 53; "Acquisitions/1988,"
H y b r i d soft-paste porcelain
Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm)
One jar inscribed and dated Primo Esperi-
GettyMusJij (1989), no. 85, p. 146, illus.;

Sotheby's Concise Encychpedia ofPorcelain,
mento in Grande fatto li 1$ Maggio iyp Nea

Privil[egiata] fabbrica di Geminiano Cozzi
PROVENANCE
in Canalregio (First large experiment [ i n

porcelain] executed M a y 15,1769, i n the
D a v i d Battie, ed. (London, 1990), pp. 9-10;

Sig. Centanini, Venice, by 1889; E d m u n d de
Unger, Surrey.
Catherine Hess, "'Primo Esperimento i n

Grande': A Pair o f Vases from the Factory
o f Geminiano Cozzi," GettyMusJiS (1990),
privileged factory o f Geminiano Cozzi i n
BIBLIOGRAPHY
pp. 141-156, illus.; Handbook 1991,
Cannaregio). T h i s jar also bears the Cozzi
Raffaele Erculei, Arte cermica e vetraria
p. 217, illus.
factory m a r k a n a n c h o r o n one side.
(Museo Artistico-Industriale, Rome, 1889),

p. 151; Alessandra M o t t o l a M o l f i n o , LArte
delk porceana in Italia (Milan, 1976),
213
214
ITALIAN
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e Corning Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass,1958,

no. 7, p. 32.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJis
(1985),
no. 181, p. 244, illus.
3 7 1 . Goblet
Venice, circa 1500
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
Etched i n the gilding around the lip,
VIRTUS LAUDATA
CRESCIT.
Height: 7 i n . (17.8 cm)

Accession number 84.DK.534
371
PROVENANCE
370
Glass
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e Corning Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
3 7 0 . Goblet
Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth
century
no. 17, p. 39.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h gild

ing and enamel decoration
Height: 7% i n . (18.14
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
c m

no. 182, p. 244, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 12, p. 101.

PROVENANCE
Spitzer, Paris (sold, O b j e t s d'art et de haute

curiositie," Paris, A p r i l 17-June 16,1893,
vol. 2, lot 1977); John Edward Taylor,
L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 4,
1912, l o t 346); R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
372
ITALIAN GLASS
374. Calcedonio
F o o t e d B o w l (coppa)
Venice, circa 1500

Free-blown chalcedony glass
Height: 4% i n . (12.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,

L o n d o n , June 16,1984, lot 48); [David, Inc.,
Vaduz].
EXHIBITIONS
Dsseldorf, Stdtische Kunsthalle, Meister
werke der Ghskunst aus internationalem

Privatbesitz, 1968, no. 59; Cologne, Kunst
gewerbemuseum, Berlin, Kunstgewerbe
museum, and Z u r i c h , Museum Bellerive,
Venice, early sixteenth century
Sammlung Biemann Ausstellung $00 Jahre

Glaskunst, 1978-1979, no. 43; Lucerne,
Kunsthalle, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der
Antike bis zum Jugendstil, 1981, no. 661;
Free-blown soda glass w i t h enamel
Free-blown and molded soda glass w i t h
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
decoration
gilding and enamel decoration
Height: 5 A i n . (14 cm)
Height: i 4 i n . (4.5 cm); Diameter: 1 ft.
Mille Anni diArte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,

no. 93.
373
373. Plate
372. G o b l e t
Venice, sixteenth century
(30.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold B l u m k a , N e w York.
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ *, (1985),

no. 192, p. 246, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 189, p. 245, illus.
374
215
2l6
ITALIAN
GLASS
376
375
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
PROVENANCE
J.-C. Gateau, Die GUskunst (Geneva, 1974),
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Emile Gavet, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges
pp. 65,125; Brigitte Klesse and Axel v o n
Three Great Centuries of Venetian GUss, 1958,
Petit, Paris, M a y 31-June 9,1897, l o t 610);
Saldern, $00 Jahre GUskunst: Sammlung
no. 42, p. 57.
Biemann (Zurich, 1978), no. 43, pp. 106-107;

(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 23, 1976,

l o t 175); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 189, p. 245, illus.
EXHIBITIONS

Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
no. 122.
375. F o o t e d B o w l
(coppa)
Venice, circa 1500

Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass w i t h gilding
and enamel decoration
Height: 7 i n . (17.8 cm); Diameter (at
m o u t h ) : 9 / 2 i n . (24.1 cm)
PROVENANCE
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and

Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
376. F o o t e d B o w l w i t h Papal A r m s
(coppa)

enamel decoration
Arms o n the interior, i n enamel, or six balls
gules surmounted by a papal miter.
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at
m o u t h ) : 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm)
3
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 187, p. 245, illus.
ITALIAN GLASS
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 179, p. 244, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 10, p. 101; Handbook 1991, p. 202, illus.
378. P i l g r i m F l a s k
century
enamel decoration
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38.1 cm)
PROVENANCE

377
EXHIBITIONS
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Ghss, 1958,
377. E w e r
no. 39, p. 55; N e w York, T h e Metropolitan
century
Museum o f A r t , T h e Cloisters, The Secuhr
Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle

Ages, 1975, no. 45, p. 47.
enamel decoration
Height: 11 i n . (27.9 cm)
378
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 180, p. 245, illus.
PROVENANCE
Emile Gavet, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges

Petit, Paris, M a y 31-June 9, 1897, l
o t
592-);
John Edward Taylor, L o n d o n (sold, Christies,

L o n d o n , July 4,1912, l o t 340); George
Eumorfopoulos, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
379. Footed B o w l
(coppa)
Venice, early sixteenth century
L o n d o n , M a y 28-31,1940, lot 223); Ruth
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h gild
and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
ing and enamel decoration

Height: 9 i n . (21.4 cm); Diameter (at
EXHIBITIONS

no. 23, p. 45.
m o u t h ) : 8% i n . (21.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.5n
379
21/
2l8
ITALIAN
GLASS
380. P i l g r i m F l a s k
PROVENANCE

Venice, first quarter o f the sixteenth century

enamel decoration
EXHIBITIONS

no. 29, p. 49.
Height: 1 ft. V16 i n . (31.3 cm)

PROVENANCE
H o l l i n g w o r t h Magniac, Colworth (sold,
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 188, p. 245, illus.; Journal ofGUss Studies,
no. 11, p. 101.
Christies, L o n d o n , July 2-4,1892, lot 868);

Durlacher, London; Edward Steinkopff, L o n
d o n (sold, Christie's, London, M a y 22-23,
1935, lot 72); (?) Riddell, London; (?) Alex
ander v o n Frey, Paris; private collection,
Paris; (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, Novem
ber 29-December 3,1965, lot 157); Ruth
BIBLIOGRAPHY
381
Sir John Charles Robinson, Notice of the

Principal Works of Art in the Collection of
Hollingworth Magniac, Esq. (London, 1861),
no. 152, p. 82; Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 191, p. 246, illus.
13 (1985), no. 185, p. 245, illus.; Journal of

GUss Studies, no. 13, pp. 102-103.
382. Ice-glass S i t u l a
{secchiello)
Venice, 1550-1600
381. D o u b l e - h a n d l e d Filigrana
Vase
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied
Venice, mid-sixteenth century
decoration
Free-blown soda glass or cristallo, vetro a
Height: 4 /s i n . (11.2 cm)
retorti, and vetro a fili w i t h applied canes o f
Accession number 8 4 . D K . 657
vetro a retorti
Height: S A i n . (22.5 cm)
7
PROVENANCE
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [ D a v i d , Inc.,

Vaduz].
PROVENANCE
[David, Inc., Vaduz],
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY$ (1985),

380
no. 198, p. 247, illus.
ITALIAN GLASS
383. Goblet
(?) M u r a n o , circa 1575-1600
Free-blown soda glass or crisiallo w i t h
diamond-point etching
Etched around the l i p SIG. DOTTORE
D.
LESSIO.
P R O V E N A N C E
E. and A . Silberman, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,

Vienna; R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w
York.
N e w York, The C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,

no. 92, p. 90.

no. 194, p. 246, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
no. 31, p. 107.
384. Standing Covered Filigrana
384
Cup
Glass: Venice, mid-sixteenth century

Mounts: German (Augsburg), circa
1580-1600
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and kttimo, vetro a retorti; silver-gilt mounts

Stamped o n the edge o f the l i p mount, a
pinecone for the city o f Augsburg and a tree
on a mount, an u n k n o w n makers mark.
Height: S 6 i n . (21.5 cm)
7
33
P R O V E N A N C E

"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 1?, (1985),

no. 190, p. 246, illus.; Journal of Gkss Studies,
no. 15, pp. 102-103.
219
220
ITALIAN
GLASS
Engraved o n the l i p mount, -SEI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WILLKUMEN
Johanna Lessmann, "Meisterwerke der
UND
MEIN
TRINK AUS
HINAUS
HAUS - SEZ AN
- TRAG FRID NIT
- . Stamped o n the b r i m o f the
cover, a pinecone for the city o f Augsburg

and the monogram MB, the maker's mark
Glaskunst aus Renaissance u n d Barock,"
Weltkunst 47, no. 8 (April 15,1977), p. 791;

"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?, (1985),
no. 194, p . 246, illus.
o f Mathaeus Waldbaum (active i n Augsburg
1582-1630/32).
Height: 1 ft. % i n . (31.3 cm)
PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

illus.
386. U m b o Filigrana
Vase
Venice, late sixteenth century

and httimo, vetro a retorti

Height: 8V3 i n . (21.6 cm)
PROVENANCE
385
John M a l c o l m , Poltalloch (1805-1893);

Col. George M a l c o l m , Poltalloch (sold,
385. C o v e r e d Filigrana
Pokal
Glass: Venice, t h i r d quarter o f the sixteenth
Christie's, L o n d o n , February 8,1977,

lot 241); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
century
Mounts: German, circa 1585-1600
and httimo, vetro a reticelh w i t h silver-gilt

mounts
EXHIBITIONS
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,

p. 31; no. 163, p. 124.
386
ITALIAN GLASS
387. Filigrana
Kuttrolf
(?) Venice, late sixteenth or early seven

teenth century
and Uttimo, vetro a retorti

Height: 9 % i n . (24 cm)
PROVENANCE
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h ; (sold, Sotheby's,

L o n d o n , June 16,1984, l o t 48); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; D a v i d , Inc., Vaduz.
EXHIBITIONS
Dsseldorf, Stdtische Kunsthalle, Meister
werke der Glaskunst aus internationakm

Privatbesitz, 1968, no. 65, p. 29; Cologne,
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Kunst
gewerbemuseum, and Z u r i c h , Museum
Bellerive, Sammlung Biemann Ausstellung

$00 Jahre Ghskunst, 1978-1979, no. 55, p. 113;
Lucerne, Kunsthalle, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst
von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, 1981,
no. 668, p. 159.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fritz Biemann, "Der Kuttrolf: Sonderling

unter den Glasgefssen," Keramik-Freunde
der Schweiz, Mitteilungsblatt 76 (April 1968),

p. 13, pl. 10; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
GUss Studies, no. 16, pp. 102-103.
387
221
222
ITALIAN GLASS
389. H o r n
Italian or Netherlandish, late seventeenth
or early eighteenth century
Free-blown glass w i t h lattimo and applied
decoration
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (40.9 cm)
PROVENANCE
[(?) Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; R u t h and

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 228, p . 252, illus.
388
388 Filigrana Stemmed Bowl

Venice or the Netherlands ([?] Antwerp),
circa 1600
and lattimo, vetro a retorti, ana vetro a fili

Height: 3 /i6 i n . (10 cm)
I5

PROVENANCE
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 23,1976,

lot 175; [David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ada Polak, "Venetian Renaissance Glass:

The Problems o f D a t i n g vetro a filigrana"
Connoisseur 192, no. 774 (August 1976),

p. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 197, p. 247, illus.
389
ITALIAN MOSAICS
Mosaics
Marble, lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, lime

stone, and calcite (some overpainted paper
3 9 1 . Portrait
One of a pair
of Pope Clement
VIII
or fabric cartouches) o n a silicate black
(Ippolito A l d o b r a n d i n i )
stone i n original gilt-bronze frame
Florence, 1600-1601
Height (with frame): 3 ft.
Designed by Jacopo Ligozzi; produced i n
W i d t h (with frame): 2 ft. 5 /s i n . (75.2 cm);
the Galleria de' Lavori i n pietre dure by
Height (without frame): 3 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (97 cm);
Romolo d i Francesco Ferrucci, called
W i d t h (without frame): 2 ft. 2 4 i n . (68 cm)
del Tadda
I3
in. (101.7 cm);
390
Hardstones
390.
3 /i6
P a i r o f Vases
Early seventeenth century
Golden alabaster {aUbastro dorato) w i t h
paragone marble bases
Height ( w i t h lid): 1 ft. 2 i n . (35.5 cm);
Height ( w i t h o u t lid): 9% i n . (24 cm);
W i d t h : ft. 4 4 i n . (42.7 cm)
3

PROVENANCE
Sold, Sotheby's, M o n t e Carlo, M a r c h 3,

1990, l o t 70; [ D i d i e r A a r o n , Paris]; [Same
Art, Ltd., Zurich].
BIBLIOGRAPHY

i n press, illus.
391
223
224
ITALIAN
MOSAICS
PROVENANCE
Given by Grand D u k e Ferdinando I de'

Medici to Giovanni Bardi i n 1601; Corsini,
Rome, from at least 1853 through 1891;
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A n t o n i o Z o b i , Notizie storiche sulTorigine e

progressi dei Uvori di commesso in pietre dure
nelll. e R. stabilimento di Firenze (Florence,
1853), pp. 184-186; Guida delle RR. Cappelle
Medicee e R. Opificio delle Pietre Dure in
Firenze, Edoardo M a r c h i o n n i , ed. (Florence,
1891), pp. 99-100; L u d w i g v o n Pastor, The
History of the Popes (London, 1952), v o l . 23,
p. 32; A n n a M a r i a Giusti et al., IIMuseo
delTOpificio dette Pietre Dure (Florence,
1978), p. 282; A n n a M a r i a Giusti, Palazzo
Vecchio: Committenze e collezionismo medicei
(Florence, 1980), p. 239; "Acquisitions/1992,"
GettyMusJ21 (1993), i n press, illus.
392
392. Portrait
of Cantillo
Rospigliosi
PROVENANCE
Circa 1630-1640
According to its paper label, this w o r k
A t t r i b u t e d to Giovanni Battista Calandra
belonged to the nephew o f Giovanni
Mosaic i n gilt-wood frame
Battista Rospigliosi (1646-1722); private col-
Inscribed o n a paper label attached to the
lection, Z u r i c h ; [Danae A r t International,
gilt frame, Questro ritratto in mosaico del
S.A., Panama].
Ball Camillo Rospigliosi fratello del Papa

Clem. I X e di proprieta di mi ipte [Don?]
Giv. Battista Rospigliosi.
Height (without frame): 2 ft. /s i n . (62 cm);
3
W i d t h (without frame): 1 ft. 7/16 i n .

(48.5 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987,"
no. 88, p. 185, illus.
GettyMusJ\6,1988,
GERMAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
226
GERMAN
CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS,
AND
CASKETS,
COMMODES
393. D i s p l a y C a b i n e t
(Kabinettschrank)
Augsburg, circa 1620-1630

Ebony, pearwood, oak, boxwood, walnut,
chestnut, marble, ivory, semiprecious
stones, tortoiseshell, snakeskin, enamel,
and miniature painting
ft. 1016 i n . (58 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11% i n .
(59 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Sweden; [J. Kugel, Paris,

since the mid-1970s].
Paris, XIV
Biennale des Antiquaires,
September 22-October 9,1988.

Dieter Alfter, Die Geschichte des Augsburger

Kabinettschranks (Augsburg, 1986), no. 23,
pp. 69-70, pis. 56-58; "Acquisitions/1989,"
GettyMusJiS (1990), no. 58, pp. 196-197,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p . 213, illus.
393
G E R M A N
CASKETS
A N DC O M M O D E S
394
395
London, June 19,1882, lot 2185, to W i l l i a m
394 Casket
395
Commode
Southern German, circa 1680-1690
K i n g for 242,10s); Christopher Becket-
Circa 173 5-1740
W o o d veneered w i t h brass, mother-of-pearl,
Denison, Esq. (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine;
pewter, copper, stained a n d painted horn,
June 6, 1885, l
marble top
and rosewood; gilt-bronze mounts
Willshaw, by 1958 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
One foot stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
4 ft. 6/2 i n . (138.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
1745-1749
by The British Rail Pension Fund.
Height: 5/8 i n . (12.9 c m ) ; W i d t h : i /s i n .
o t
685); A r t u r o Lopez-
(32.1 cm); D e p t h : 10V% i n . (26.5 cm)

Accession number 8 8 . D A . I I I
M a l i b u , The J. Paul Getty Museum, o n

loan, 1982-1988.
Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland (sold, Christie's,
P R O V E N A N C E
Michael Taylor, San Francisco (sold, Butterfield's, San Francisco, A p r i l 7,1987, lot 340).
P R O V E N A N C E
W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e o f H a m i l t o n , H a m i l t o n
(54.5 cm)
Stephane Faniel et al., LeXVIII
siede
frangais (Collection Connaissance des arts,

Paris, 1958), p. 206; "Acquisitions/1988,"
GettyMusJ ij (1989), no. 81, p. 145, illus.
"Acquisitions/1987" GettyMusJ 16 (1988),

no. 75, p. 179, illus.
227
228
GERMAN
COMMODES
DESKS A N D
SECRETAIRES
397. R o l l t o p D e s k
N e u w i e d , circa 1785
A t t r i b u t e d to D a v i d Roentgen; gilt-bronze
plaque attributed to Pierre G o u t h i r e ; some
mounts by Francois R m o n d
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany and burr
amboyna; steel fittings; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 5 ft. 6% i n . (168.3 cm); W i d t h
5 ft. i / 8 i n . (155.9 c m ) ; D e p t h (open):
3
4 ft. i A i n . (126.7
7
) ; D e p t h (closed):
2 ft. iiVs i n . (89.3 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Louis X V I , cabinet du Roi, Palais des

Tuileries; later moved to the Chateau de
Versailles; removed i n 1793 to Russia; (?)
C o u n t Iljinski, Castle o f Romanova, near
One of a pair
396
St. Petersburg, 1793-1852; [ M . C o u r t , r u de

la Madeleine, Paris, 1857] (sold, M . le comte
396. P a i r o f C o m m o d e s
M a r c h 1,1882, l o t 165, for 210 guineas;

[Jacques Helft, N e w York]; Georges Lurcy
M u n i c h , circa 1745
Carving attributed to Joachim D i e t r i c h ;
(1891-1953), N e w York (sold, Parke-Bernet,
side panels after engraved designs by
N e w York, November 9,1957, l o t 383);
Franois de Cuvillis
[Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; Maha-
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine; gilt-
ranee o f Baroda, Paris; [Frank Partridge,
bronze mounts; jaune ros de Brignolles
marble tops
3
) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. Vs i n .
(61.9 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Anonymous sale, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
to M i g e o n ) [above information: Patrick

Leperlier]; [(?) Samson Wertheimer, London]
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 15,1892,
lot 637, to Jackson); C o u n t J n o s Plffy,
Palais Plffy, V i e n n a (sold, Glckselig u n d
Warndorfer, Vienna, M a r c h 7,1921, l o t 209,
to Castiglione); Baroness M a r i e de Reitz,
Vienna; [French and Co., N e w York, 1960s];
Thomas E. N o r t o n , One Hundred Years of
4 ft. i 4 i n . (126.4
de . . . , Paris, November 12,1859, l o t 1,
Collecting in America: The Story ofSotheby,

Parke, Bernet (New York, 1984), p. 166, illus.
(one); Handbook1986, p. 156, illus. (one);
Washington, D . C . , T h e State Department,

o n loan, 1960s.
GERMAN DESKS
La Gazette de France (October 30,1857);

Alois C. Riegel, Der Wiener Congress
(Vienna, 1898), fig. x; Heinrich Kreisel,
Die Kunst des deutschen Mbels (Munich,

1973), vol. 3,fig.17; Hans H u t h , Roentgen
Furniture: Abraham and David Roentgen:
European Cabinetmakers (London and
N e w York, 1974), illus. 64-68; Josef Maria
Greber, Abraham und David Roentgen:

Mbelfr Europa (Starnberg, 1980), vol. 2,
figs. 683, 684; D i e t r i c h Fabian, Die Ent
wicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmbel (Bad

Neustadt, 1982), p. 45, figs. 66~6y; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 44, pp. 88-89, illus.; Dietrich

Fabian, Roentgenmbel aus Neuwied: Leben
und Werk von Abraham und David Roentgen
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 96, illus. p. 134,
figs. 307-310; Handbook 1986, p. 176, illus.;

Pradre, Les Ebnistes, illus. p. 417, fig. 514;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 727; Handbook

1991, p. 194, illus.
397
229
230
G E R M A N
SECRETAIRES
Clock face painted Mollinger a Berlin.
TABLES

(111.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. (60.9 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Purchased by Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , K i n g
o f Prussia (1770-1840), for Schloss Pots
dam, circa 1802; private collection, Berlin;
Ragaller, Berlin; (sold, Weinmller, M u n i c h ,
M a y 2-5,1956, l o t m i ) ; (sold, W e i n m l l e r
[Neumeister], M u n i c h , October 23-24,
1974, l o t 861); private collection, M u n i c h ;
[Juan Prtela, N e w York].
Claudia Freytag, Bruckmanns Mbel-Lexikon

( M u n i c h , circa 1978), illus. p. 298; Michael
Strmer, Handwerk und hfische Kultur
Europische Mbelkunst in Munich ( M u n i c h ,
1982), p. 193, p i . 102; Dietrich Fabian, Die
Entwicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmbel
(Bad Neustadt, 1982), pp. 53-55, figs. 77d-g;
H e i n r i c h Kriesel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mbels, v o l . 3 ( M u n i c h , 1983), illus. p. 264;
398
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen

Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),
398. Secretaire
Berlin, circa 1798-1799
p. 147; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1984," no. 5,

pp. 83-88, illus; "Acquisitions/1984,"
By Johann Andreas Beo; clock movement
GettyMusJ Y*, (1985), no. 68, p. 184, illus.;
by Christian M o l l i n g e r
Dietrich Fabian, Roentgenmbel aus Neuwied
Pine and oak veneered w i t h mahogany,
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 312, illus. p. 305,
satinwood, bloodwood, ebony, and k i n g -
figs. 72-4-727.
wood; white marble; bronze; enameled

metal; gilt-bronze mounts
399. C o n s o l e T a b l e
M u n i c h , circa 1730
Design attributed to Joseph Effner; carving
attributed t o Johann A d a m Pichler
L i m e w o o d ; Tegernsee marble top
5 ft. 1/2 i n . (156 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. i n .
4
(64 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Karl Albrecht (Charles V I I , 1697-1745),

Elector o f Bavaria, 1726, and H o l y Roman
Emperor, 1742, i n the Kaisersaal at Kloster
Ettal; Paris (art market o r private collection),
1960s; private collection, Germany (sold,
Nouveau D r o u o t , Paris, December 5,1980,
lot 99); [Bernheimer Fine Arts, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1988].
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ YJ (1989),

no. 82, p . 145, illus.
GERMAN TABLES
4 0 0 . C o n s o l e Table
Circa 1735-1745
Gessoed and gilded limewood; breche
d'Alep top
Height: 3 ft. (91.4 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 6 4 i n .
3
(108.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 i n . (53.3 cm)

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Germany; [Capricorn A r t

International S.A., Panama].
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 206, p. 248, illus.
399
400
23I
232
GERMAN
TABLES
H e i n r i c h Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mbels-Sptbarok und Rokoko (Munich,

1970), v o l . 2, pp. 294, 428, fig. 992; Hans
H u t h , Roentgen Furniture: Abraham and

David Roentgen, European Cabinetmakers
(London and N e w York, 1974), fig. 110;
Josef M a r i a Greber, Abraham und David
Roentgen: Mbelfur Europa (Starnberg,

1980), vol. 2, pp. 32-33, pis. 57-58; Dietrich
Fabian, "Entwicklung der Roentgen:
Mehrzwecktische-Funktion, Konstruktion,
Oberflachenschmuck, Einrichtung," Alte
und moderne Kunst-174-175 (1981), pp. 18-26,

figs. 14,14a; Georg Himmelheber, "Abraham
Roentgen and the Archbishop o f Trier,"
401
401. R e a d i n g a n d W r i t i n g S t a n d
Neuwied, circa 1760-1765
By Abraham Roentgen
Pine, oak, and walnut veneered w i t h pali
Antiques127 (January 1985), pp. 245-259,

fig. 12; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986), no. 207, p . 248, illus.; Dietrich
Fabian, Roentgenmbel aus Neuwied (Bad

Neustadt, 1986), p. 29, illus. p. 33, figs, n-14;
One-quarter of floor
402
P R O V E N A N C E
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N e w

York, deaccessioned, 1970; [Dalva Brothers,
Inc., N e w York, 1970].
sander, alder, rosewood, ebony, ivory, and

mother-of-pearl; gilded metal fittings

The tabletop bears the archepiscopal coat
o f arms and the monogram JPC for Johann
Philipp Churfurst.
402. F l o o r
(?) German, circa 1725
(48.8 cm)
Pine veneered w i t h kingwood, bois satin,
sycamore, t u l i p w o o d , and olive

Length: 10 ft. 11 i n . (332.7 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Johann Philipp v o n Walderdorff, Prince

Archbishop and Elector o f Trier; by descent
to C o u n t Emanuel v o n Walderdorff.
9 ft. 11 i n . (302.2 cm)

no. 10, p . 46, illus.
GERMAN CLOCKS
Clocks
403. Long-case C l o c k
Berlin, circa 1755
Painted, silvered, and lacquered oak; gilt
bronze; m i r r o r glass; enameled metal
Dial inscribed Rehnisch Berlin.
Height: 8 ft. 3/2 i n . (252 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 5% i n . (76 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 A i n .
l
(57 cm)
PROVENANCE
Michael Knig, M u n i c h ; [Alexander and

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 113, p. 215, illus.
404. Long-case M u s i c a l C l o c k
Neuwied, 1784-1786
Case by D a v i d Roentgen; the movement by
Peter Kinzing; musical movement by Johann
W i l h e l m Weil (Jean Guillaume Weyl)
404
Oak and mahogany veneered w i t h amboyna;
403
bronze; gilt-bronze mounts; enamel dial;
PROVENANCE
glass; blued steel
Edward Joseph, L o n d o n (sold, Christie s,
The movement is inscribed Roentgen &
L o n d o n , M a y 1890, lot 374 to "Payne");
Kinzing Neuwied. Inside the chest o f
private collection, France; [Aveline et Cie,
bellows is the penciled inscription Jean
Paris, 1984].
Guittaume Weyl Fait a Neuwied h 16 May

178 p] No. 18.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

2 ft. 1V2 i n . (64 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
(54.5 cm)
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen
Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),

no. 51, p. 235; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 208, p. 249, illus.
233
234
GERMAN
METALWORK
Metalwork
Europe: X-XTVvv," Arkheohgiia SSSR (1966),
pi. 89; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ'14

(1986), no. 219, p. 253, illus.
405. C a r o l i n g i a n R e l i q u a r y
Upper Rhine, reconstructed at a later date
o f elements attributed to the eighth century
G i l t copper, silver, cabochon hardstones,
4 0 7 . Ewer and Basin
and glass pastes
Augsburg, 1583
Height: 5 Vs i n . (13 cm)
By Abraham Pfleger I
Parcel-gilt silver w i t h enamel plaques

and engraving
P R O V E N A N C E
Richard v o n Kauffmann, Berlin; Erich
Coat o f arms o f Plffy and Fugger families
Lederer, Geneva.
o n basin, base, and cover o f ewer.

Ewer: Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Basin:
Diameter: 1 ft. j A i n . (50.5 cm)
O t t o v o n Falke, Die Sammlung Richard von
Kaufmann (Berlin, 1917), no. 413, pp. 63-64;

"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ \\ (1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Christie s, Geneva, November 15,1984,
no. 219, p. 253, illus.

406
4 0 6 . Romanesque
Aquamanile
Lower Saxony (Hildesheim or Magdeburg),

circa 1220
Bronze
Height: 10 % i n . (26 cm)
Accession number 85.SB.55
P R O V E N A N C E
A . Seligmann, Paris; Robert von Hirsch,

Basel (sold, Sotheby's, London, June 22,
1978, lot 206); [David Carritt, L o n d o n ] ;
Erich Lederer, Geneva.
O t t o v o n Falke and Erich Meyer, Bronze
gerte des MitteMters, vol. 1 (Berlin, 1935),

no. 332, p. 53, figs. 309a~b; Vladislav Petro405
vich Darkevich, "Proizvedeniia zapadnogo

khudozhestvennogo remesia Vostochnoi
lot 606; [David, Inc., Vaduz].

"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\ (1986),

p. 208, illus.
GERMAN METALWORK
407
408. P a i r o f Stags
Augsburg, circa 1680-1700
proper right shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 2V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(66.$ cm); W i d t h : io /s i n . (27 cm); D e p t h :
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's 1983-1984

(London, 1984), p. 288; Deutscher Kunst
handel im Schloss Charlottenburg (Berlin,
1985), pp. 74-75; "Acquisitions/1985,"
By Johann L u d w i g Biller the Elder
8 Vs i n . (22 cm)
G i l t silver
Accession number: 85.SE.442.1-.2
Stamped ILB o n one antler o f each model;

ILB and Augsburg m a r k stamped five times
on each base: (1) o n t o p border o f upper r i m
o f spool; (2) o n underside o f same; (3) o n
top border o f lower r i m o f spool; (4) o n
underside o f same; (5) o n t o p o f border
PROVENANCE
Possibly i n the collection o f K i n g Fer

nando I I , Portugal, by 1882; (sold, Sotheby's,
Geneva, M a y 15,1984, lot 66); [Albrecht
Neuhaus, W r z b u r g ] .
around foot o f base.
EXHIBITIONS
Stag .1 ( w i t h head bent over proper left
(?) Lisbon, Exposigo Retrospectiva de Arte

Ornamental, 1882, vol. 1, no. 57, p. 245;
vol. 2, no. 37.
shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm);

W i d t h : 1154 i n . (28.5 c m ) ; D e p t h : 8/2 i n .
(21.5 c m ) ; Stag .2 ( w i t h head bent over
408
Lorenz Seelig, "Jagdliche Motive i n der

Goldschmiedekunst des. 16 bis 18 Jahr
hunderts," Weltkunst 59, (February 1989),
p. 234, p i . 2.
235
236
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
Ceramics
MEISSEN
4 0 9 . W i n e Bottle
Meissen manufactory, circa 1710-1715
By Johann Friedrich B t t g e r and modeled
by Johann D o n n e r
Stoneware
Painted underneath w i t h the black Johanneum m a r k 2 5 2 . over R. and impressed w i t h
the modeler's mark.
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); W i d t h : 4 /s i n .
3
(11.1 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)

PROVENANCE
Augustus the Strong, Elector o f Saxony,

Japanese Palace, Dresden (sold, Rudolph
Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin,
409
October 12-14,1920, lot 59 or 60); [Kate

Foster, L t d . , England, 1985].
4 1 0 . Standing C u p and Cover
EXHIBITION
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
A t t r i b u t e d to Johann Friedrich Bttger
September 1987 t o present.
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts

Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Diameter: 4V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 201, p . 247, illus.
(11 cm)
PROVENANCE
[Bent Peter Brone, Copenhagen].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 202, p. 247, illus.
410
GERMAN CERAMICS: MEISSEN
411. Teapot
413. Figure ([?] Beltrame
di
Milano)
Meissen manufactory, circa 1720
A t t r i b u t e d t o Johann Friedrich Bttger
Hard-paste porcelain
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts and chain
Height: 6K i n . (16.5 cm); W i d t h : 2 % i n .
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6V16 i n .
(6.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 /s i n . (6.5 cm)
(15.4 cm); D e p t h : \ A i n . (12.4 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
412
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bent Peter B r o n e , Copenhagen].
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,

Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 21).
412. Leaf-shaped D i s h

no. 203, p . 247, illus.
Porcelain: Meissen manufactory, circa
1715-1720
Painted decoration: Breslau, circa 1715-1725
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),

no. 112, p . 215, illus.
Painting attributed to Ignaz Preissler

Hard-paste porcelain; painted decoration;
gilding
Height:
I /i6
9
i n . (4 cm); W i d t h : 3% i n .
(8.3 cm); D e p t h : 4 /s i n . (11.1 cm)

3

P R O V E N A N C E
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,

Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 183).
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, "Two Pieces o f

Porcelain Decorated b y Ignaz Preissler i n
the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ'15
(1987), pp. 35-52, figs, ioa-e; "Acquisitions/
1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987), no. i n , p. 215,

411
illus.
413
237
238
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
416. A s s e m b l e d Set o f F i v e Vases
414. W i n e Pot
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
Painting attributed to Johann Gregor
Gregor H r o l d t
H r o l d t ; largest vase molded by Schiefer
decoration; gilding
decoration; g i l d i n g
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6 % i n .
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
(17 cm); D e p t h : 3V2 i n . (8.9 cm)
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Elector o f Saxony. Largest lidded vase

incised w i t h Schiefers mark o f a cross w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
four dots.
Private collection, Torquay, England (sold,
L i d d e d Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n .

n
Bearne s A u c t i o n House, Torquay, M a y 2,
(37.3 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.1 cm); L i d d e d
1984, l o t 224); [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . ,
Vases .2-.3: Height: 1 ft. % i n . (32.2 cm);
London].
W i d t h : 7 /8 i n . (19.4 cm); Open Vases .4-.5:

5
Height: 10% i n . (27.6 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (i<)$6),
415
no. 204, pp. 247-248, illus.

415 B e l l
(17.8 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
M a r c h 5,1957, l o t 123); [The A n t i q u e
Gregor H r o l d t
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1957]; Alamagna
Hard-paste porcelain, mauve and pale green
family, M i l a n , 1961-1982; [The A n t i q u e
ground colors; polychrome enamel decora
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1982].
tion; gilding
Height: 3 /s i n . (8.6 cm); Diameter: / i n .
3
(6.5 cm)
GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 18, pp. 267-268,

P R O V E N A N C E
Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frank

furt am M a i n ; Christoph Hoffman-Frey,
Z u r i c h ; [Lovice Reviczky A . G., Z u r i c h ] .
414

no. 205, p. 248, illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
4i6
i 7 . P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Vases: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
y /s i n . (20.1 cm)
Lids: Possibly Meissen porcelain replace
ments, circa 1760

One vase probably m o l d e d by Rehschuck
decoration; gilding
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,

London, M a r c h 27,1973, lot 39); purchased

Elector o f Saxony; each incised w i t h a cross
under the base; one vase w i t h a simple
cross (probably the m a r k o f the molder
Rehschuck), the other w i t h a cross hatched
at each extension.
One of a pair
417
239
240
G E R M A N
CERAMICS:
M E I S S E N
418. E w e r a n d B a s i n
Painting attributed to the studio o f Chris
tian Frederich H e r o l d
decoration; gilding
T h e ewer and basin are both painted
beneath w i t h the crossed swords i n blue
o f the Meissen manufactory; both are
impressed w i t h the number 27.
Ewer: Height: 8 A i n . (21.2 cm); W i d t h :
l
8% i n . (20.6 cm); Depth: 4% i n . (10.5 cm);

Basin: Height: z A i n . (7.3 cm); W i d t h :
7
ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.5 cm)

Ewer
418
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir H u g h Smithson, first Duke o f N o r t h
V a s e .1
419
V a s e .2
419
umberland and Earl Percy (1714-1786);

by descent to Algernon Heber-Percy (sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , October 30,1967,
lot 154); Dr. and M r s . E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss
(sold, Christie's, Geneva, November 12,
1976, l o t 197); (anonymous sale, Christies,
L o n d o n , June 25,1979, lot 177); private col
lection, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
December 3,1984, l o t 275, to [The Antique
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n ] ) .
Basin
418
Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porce
lain of the Eighteenth Century (London,

1972), vol. , pp. 484-487; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 67, p. 183,

illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS
419. Pair o f Vases M o u n t e d w i t h Flowers

Bowls: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
PROVENANCE
Figure group: private European collection
Flowers: French (Vincennes manufactory),
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 2,1982,
circa 1745-1750
lot 168); [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
M o u n t s : French (Paris), circa 1745-1749
1982].
Hard-paste porcelain bowls; polychrome
Parasol: Paul Schnyder von Wartensee,
enamel decoration; soft-paste porcelain
Switzerland; [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . ,
flowers; gilt-bronze mounts
London, 1982].
Each b o w l painted o n the base w i t h the

Elector o f Saxony. M o u n t s struck w i t h the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Height: 1 ft. 3V8 i n . (39.7 c m ) ; W i d t h :
ft. 3/8 i n . (38.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
3
(34 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M . A . Pfeiffer, " E i n Beitrag zur Quellenge
421
schichte des E u r o p i s c h e n Porzellans,"
Werden und Wirken: Ein Festgruss fr Karl

W Hiersemann (Leipzig, 1924), p. 285;
421. B o w l
circa 1700
Decoration: German (Breslau), circa
1715-1720
PROVENANCE
Painted decoration attributed to
Consuelo Vanderbilt ( M m e Jacques Balsan);
Ignaz Preissler
[ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . , N e w York].
Hard-paste porcelain; underglaze blue and

black enamel painted decoration; gilding
Height: 2% i n . (7.3 cm); Diameter: 5 A i n .
7
(14.9 cm)
420. G r o u p o f "Japanese" Figures

M o d e l by Johann Joachim Kandier
PROVENANCE
Octave d u Sartel, Paris, before 1881 (sold,
H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, June 4-9,1894,
A n y marks that m i g h t be under the base are
lot 151); (?) Familie v o n Parpart, Berlin
concealed by the irremovable gilt-bronze
(sold, Lepke, Berlin, M a r c h 18-22,1912,
mount.
lot 488, p i . 39); Des N o r d b h m i s c h e n
Gewerbemuseums, Reichenberg (now
uVs i n . (29.5 cm); D e p t h : S Ae i n . (21.7 cm)
Liberec, Czech Republic), 1912; private
collection, Germany; [Kate Foster, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1986].
420
24I
242
G E R M A N
GLASS
423. D r i n k i n g B o w l
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Maigeletn)
Zeitschrift des Nordbhmischen Gewerbe
(?) Lower Rhineland or the Netherlands,
museums. Neue folge: VII Jahrgang, Reichen
second h a l f o f the fifteenth century
berg ( N o . 3,1912), p. 95; Gustave .
M o l d - b l o w n potash-lime glass
Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence- und Porzean-
Height:
Hausmaler (Leipzig, 1925), vol. 1, p. 214;
I 5
/I6
i n . (4.9 cm)
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, "Two Pieces o f

PROVENANCE
Porcelain Decorated by Ignaz Preissler i n
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ'15
(1987), pp. 35-52, figs, i a - h ; "Acquisitions/
K a r l R u h m a n , Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
1986," GettyMusJ i5 (1987), no. n o , p. 215,

r
Blumka, N e w York.
illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
422
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glser

der Sammlung S e l i g m a n n - K l n , " Pantheon
Glass
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. 3 (upper left);

idem, Die deutschen Glser des Mittelalters
422. B e a k e r
(Maigelein)
(Berlin, 1933), pp. 94f., p i . 22c; Jaroslave
Lower Rhineland, Hesse or (?) Franconia,
Vavra, Das Glas und die Jahrtausende (Prague,
first half o f the fifteenth century
1951), no. 95, p i . 38; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 199, p. 247, illus.

PROVENANCE

Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932, lot 35);
Baron Maurice de Rothschild, Paris; Alex
ander v o n Frey, Paris; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

der Sammlung Seligmann-Kln," Pantheon
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. 3 (lower left);
idem, Die deutschen Glser des Mittehlters
(Berlin, 1933), pp. 94ff., p i . 24c; "Acquisi
tions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 200,
p. 247, illus.
423
G E R M A N GLASS
424 Beaker
(Maigelein)
PROVENANCE
(?) Spessart, late fifteenth or early
Hohenzollern Museum, Sigmaringen;
sixteenth century
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932,
Height: 3 %6 i n . (9 cm)
lot 24); Kreitz; (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
November 10, 1938, l o t 56); A . Vecht,

Amsterdam; Alexander v o n Frey, Paris;
PROVENANCE
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo

p o l d B l u m k a , N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Catalogus van de
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 202, p. 248, illus.
425
425.
Krautstrunk
Last quarter o f the fifteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
PROVENANCE
Tentoonstelling van oude Kunst uit het bezit

van den internationalen Handel, 1936,
no. 687.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

der Sammlung S e l i g m a n n - K l n , " Pantheon
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. A (upper right);
idem, Die deutschen Glser des Mittelalters

(Berlin, 1933), p. 113, p i . 45b; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJii (1985), no. 203, p. 248,

illus.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 201, p. 247, illus.
426. P r u n t e d B e a k e r
Late fifteenth or early sixteenth century
424

decoration
426
243
244
G E R M A N
GLASS
428. Footed B e a k e r
Lower Rhineland or southern Netherlands,
first t h i r d o f the sixteenth century
decoration
Height: 4 /i6 i n . (11.9 cm)
n

PROVENANCE

p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 241, p. 255, illus.
427
427.
Krautstrunk
429
(?) Southern German or Swiss, first t h i r d o f

429. Prunted
the sixteenth century
Humpen
First h a l f o f the sixteenth century

decoration
Height: 4/8 i n . (10.5 cm)
decoration
Height: 9 % i n . (25.2 cm)

PROVENANCE
Hohenzollern Museum, Sigmaringen;
PROVENANCE
Hans G r a f Wilczek, B u r g Kreuzenstein;
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30, 1932, lot 23);
Franz R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h and Leo
p o l d B l u m k a , N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alfred Walcher-Molthein, " D i e deutschen
Franz Rademacher, " D i e Glser der Samm
Renaissanceglser a u f Burg Kreuzenstein, I , "
l u n g S e l i g m a n n - K l n , " Pantheon 8 (1931),
Belvedere 9-10, no. 3 (March 1926), p. 41,
pp. 290-294, fig. 4 (lower right); idem,
fig. 18; Wolfgang B o r n , "Five Centuries o f
Die deutschen Glser des Mittelalters (Berlin,

1933), pp. i i i f f . , p l . 42d; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 232, p. 253, illus.
428
Glass: I , T h e Franz R u h m a n n Collection

at Vienna," Connoisseur 101 (January
GERMAN
1938), pp. 12-13, fig. 6; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GLASS
432. R i n g B e a k e r
First half o f the sixteenth century
Journal of GUss Studies, p. 100, fig. 8.

decoration
Height: 4% i n . (12.1 cm)
430. Rmer
(Berkemeyer)
(?) Southern Germany or lower Rhineland
PROVENANCE
([?] Cologne), first h a l f o f the sixteenth
Gabriel Pichler, Vienna; acquired by Oscar
century
Bondy, Vienna, November 29,1927; R u t h
decoration
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 5M5 i n . (13.5 cm)
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ"13 (1985),
no. 240, p. 254, illus.
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold B l u m k a , N e w York.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 237, p. 254, illus.
431
431. Stemmed a n d P r u n t e d G o b l e t
Lower Rhineland ([?] Cologne), first half o f
the sixteenth century
and etched decoration
Etched o n the foot, 4 . augustus . was Ick
Out. 100 . Jaer. A1594 ..
Height: 5 /i6 i n . (14.4 cm); Diameter (at
H
mouth): 2/8 i n . (5.4 cm)

PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

430
p. 99, fig. 6.
432
245
24-6
GERMAN
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Ghss, 1958,

no. i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?, (1985),

no. 233, p. 253, illus.
434. B e a k e r w i t h the A r m s o f S c h i l d a n d
Portner v o n T h e u e r n
Southern German, (?) upper Bavarian, i$86
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h gilding
Arms, on the center section o f one side, i n
433
433. G o b l e t
Central German or Bohemian, second half
o f the sixteenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass w i t h gilding
enamel, per bend azure, a lion passant

crowned or, grasping a scimitar, and per bend
or, three escuthcheons azure, and gules', crest,
out of a coronet or, a demi-lion with the
scimitar as in the shield, between two eagles
wings gules, each ensignedwith a bend
dexter transformed into a baror, charged
with three escutcheons azure; on the center
section o f the opposite side, azure, a fallow
deer salient with tail, armed or; crest, a demifallow deer salient, as in the shield. Dated on
the side o f the vessel, i n enamel, 1586.
Height: 8 % i n . (21 cm)

PROVENANCE
Hans Graf Wilczek, Burg Kreuzenstein;

PROVENANCE

434
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alfred Walcher-Molthein, "Deutschen

Renaissanceglser auf Burg Kreuzenstein I I , "
Belvedere 9-10, no. 4 (April 1926), p. 57,

fig. 28; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?,
(1985), no. 205, p. 248, illus.; Journal of Glass
Studies, no. 25, p. 105.
G E R M A N GLASS
holding a stone; (6) quarterly one and four,

a rose and two and three lozengy in bend
sinister, o n an inescutcheon and a pale the
lettering SMD in pale, sable; (7) a gem ring;
(8) an ox rampant armed; (p) a stag standing
in profile; (10) flanking a tree a goat rampant
and a man; (n) as 2; (12) as 7; (13) quarterly
one and four a bendy with tree and two and
three a chevron with three bezants; (14) a
shield tripart theflorettes;(JJ) as 2 and 11;
(16) Forstmarke MS; (17) Hausmark IG ;
(i8) a crescent between three mullets; (ip)
blank; (20) blank.
Height: io 6 i n . (27.5 cm)
I3

P R O V E N A N C E


435
no. 249, p. 256, illus.
436
lieblich aber nur ihr ehr vreidt mich ich lieb

eich aus hertzen Igrundt. wollt godt eur maul
unndt mein maul war ein mundt. ich lieb
eich / noch von grundt meinnes hertzen ob ich
so [lit] nicht mitt eich darffschertzn I drink
allen valschen hertzen. Ich wolt sie miesten
alle ehr hengen. I die mier undt eich nichts
ginnen.; at the end o f the inscription,
dated 1631.
Height: 2 4 i n . (7 cm)
3
435. G o b l e t w i t h the A r m s o f Bregenz a n d

of L o c a l Patricians
Southwestern German (Baden), probably
P R O V E N A N C E
436. T u m b l e r
{Stehaufbecher)
the southern Schwarzwald, after 1621-
Central German, Franconian (possibly
circa 1635
Fichtelgebirge, Bishofsgrun), or northwest
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h diamond-
ern Bohemian (Falkenau or Kreibitz), 1631
Franz Ruhmann, Vienna; Hans Graf W i l czek, B u r g Kreuzenstein; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
p o i n t etching
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
Arms, etched i n three rows across the sur
decoration
Alfred Walcher-Molthein, "Deutschen
face o f the vessel twenty-one shields, seven
Inscribed around the vessel wall, painted
Renaissanceglser auf Burg Kreuzenstein I I , "
per row, several blank, not all numbered,
in enamel, Drinckh mich aus undt leg mich

nid[er] Steh ich auffso vil mich wider, gib
mich deinen I nechsten wider, ich lieb was
wein ist obs gleich nicht mein ist. unndt mier
nicht wertten khan I so hab ich gliech wol
mein vreidt daran, liebt ihr mich wie ich
eich nicht mehr veger ich I von eich, vilsint
(unnumbered) a patchwork of pelts, a pale

ermine-, (1) a swan with wings open; (2) quar
terly one andfour on a mount a lion rampant
holding a gem ring and two and three on a
pale three bezants', (5) an ox rampant armed;
(4) a pale three trees; (5) issuantfrom a mount
vert, a cross between two arms, vested, each
Belvedere 9-10, no. 4 (April 1926), p. 64,

fig. 41; Tilde Ostertag, Das Fichtelgebirgsglas,
Beitrge zur Frnkischen Kunstgeschichte 2

(Erlangen, 1933), p l . 22a; Axel von Saldern,
German Enameled Glass, p. 149, fig. 266;

no. 243, p. 255, illus.
247
248
GERMAN
GLASS
PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 239, p. 254, illus.
438. Pattern-molded
Humpen
German or Netherlandish, first half o f the

seventeenth century
Pattern-molded glass w i t h applied decoration
PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 247, p. 256, illus.
439. Rmer
(Berkemeyer)
German or Netherlandish, second or t h i r d

quarter o f the seventeenth century
437
decoration
Height: 7% i n . (18.5 cm)
437. J o k e G l a s s (Scherzgefss)
or
Siphon Glass
German or Netherlandish, early seventeenth
century
decoration and silver mounts
Height: 1 ft. 1*4 i n . (33.7 cm)

PROVENANCE
Snouck Hurgronje, The Hague (sold,

Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, July 8,1931,
lot 56); A . Vecht, Amsterdam; Alexander
v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
438
G E R M A N
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
Height: 416 i n . (12.5 cm)
Height: 8 /i6 i n . (21.5 cm)
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Tentoonstelling
van oude Kunst uit het Bezit van den internationlen Handel, 1936, no. 692.
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 246, p . 256, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 207, p . 248, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 209, p. 249, illus.
4 4 1 . Satirical B e a k e r
N o r t h e r n German, (?) lower Saxony or
Braunschweig, 1660
and applied decoration
Inscribed o n the vessel wall, i n enamel,
440
440. Thick-walled Beaker

(?) Central German, 1643
Hilff Gott! wie muss sieh doch der gutte Tilly

leyden I Wie kann doch mancher Geld auss
seinem schimpfe schneiden I Wie zeucht er
doch verbey, wie musser sich doch bcken I
Wie drckt ihn doch die Butt auf seinem alten
Rcken I Der kaum geheyletist von Puffen, die
driegt / Bey Leypsischem confeckt. Der Korb
fast uberwiegt I Mehr als er tragen kann. So
wandert er geschwinde I Mit sich und seinem
Stab in Regen, Schnee und Winde I Doch geht
er nicht allein, sein alte Geyss leufst mitte I
Undzettert bey ihm her mit eben leisen Tritte I
Sie meckert dass sie muss mit dem zu fusse
fort I Mit dem sie vor stets fuhr an iede Stell
und Ort I; from Tilly's m o u t h O miserere
mei; on the basket Nimiae Exaction; on the
decoration
barrel Mea Constientia; o n his staff Unicum
Etched around the l i p i n diamond-point,
et fragile; from the personification o f the
Trinck mich auss und wirffmich Nider I

Hebb mich auffund vill mich wider and
w i n d Vindicta divina / Vindicta divina;
dated Anno 1643.
painted i n a modern hand, 3822 and 1180.
below the l i p , dated 1.6.6.0; o n the b o t t o m ,
441
249
250
GERMAN
GLASS
the inscription, dated i6jr, o n the arcade

over the figures, inscribed Drinckt und est
Gott I nich vergest.

Height: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm)
3

PROVENANCE
Oscar Bondy, Vienna; Ruth and Leopold

Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 210, p. 249, illus.
443. G o b l e t w i t h a Portrait o f E m p e r o r
Leopold I
Nuremberg, 1676-1683
By H e r m a n n Schwinger
Free-blown glass w i t h wheel-engraved
decoration
Height: liYx i n . (29.6 cm)
442
443
PROVENANCE
442. C o v e r e d J u g
V i k t o r Schick, Prague (sold, Sotheby's,
Thuringia, 1671
L o n d o n , M a y 4,1939, lot 34); R u t h and
decoration and unmarked pewter mounts

Inscribed around the vessel wall, i n enamel,
Wirtt komt die ein Gast so drag ihm fur

wass du hast, ist er Erbau und Wohlgemutt I
so nimbt er mitt einen drunckt und Brodt
ver gutt ist er aber ein schalckin I der hautt
geborhn so ist alle gutt thut an ihm verlohrn,
Gott behtte und erhalte I Dass gantze
lbliehe handtwerck der kfrschjner.; below
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 37, p. 109.
444. C o v e r e d G o b l e t
Silesia, Schaffgotsch glassworks (Hermsdorf),
1691-1694
By Friedrich W i n t e r
Glass w i t h wheel-engraved, high-relief deco
ration (Hochschnittglas)
Wheel-engraved o n the vessel wall above the
handle, Aucun temps ne le change.

Height: 1 ft. Ye i n . (31.2 cm)
PROVENANCE
K a r l R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h a n d Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
GERMAN
IVORY
Ivory
445
Covered G o b l e t
1631
By Marcus Heiden
Lathe-turned and carved ivory
Marked MARCUS
COBURGENSIS.
HEIDEN.
FECIT.
1631
under base.
Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Presumed to have been made for D u k e

Johann Casmir o f Saxe-Coburg and seized
by Colonel Giovanni Giovacchino Keller
o f Schaikaine during the sack o f Coburg
in 1632; private collection, Germany;
Eugen v o n Philippovich, Elfenbein

(Bibliothek fr Kunst- u n d
444
A n t i q u i t t e n f r e u n d e , M u n i c h , 1982), v o l .
17, p. 422, fig. 372; Klaus Maurice, Der
Wolfgang B o r n , "Five Centuries o f Glass: I I , "
Connoisseur 101 (March, 1938), p. 121, fig. 1;
Drechselnde Souvern, Materialen zu einer

frstlichen Maschinenkunst (Zurich, 1985),
pp. 74,152, fig. 78.
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Ghs: Ein Handbuch
fr Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,

1965), 226, p l . 185; Axel v o n Saldern,
"Unbekannte Glser v o n Johann Wolfgang
Schmidt, Friedrich W i n t e r and Franz
Gondelach," Anzeiger des Germanischen

Nationalmuseums (1970), n o ; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ'(1985), no. 230, p. 253,
illus.; Journal of Glass Studies, no. 38, p. 109.
445
251
252
GERMAN
SCAGLIOLA
Scagliola
4 4 6 . A r c h i t e c t u r a l Scene a n d F r a m e
Plaque: Southern German, circa 1630-1670
Produced i n the workshop o f Blausius
Fistulator
Scagliola
Frame: Italian, circa 1730-1740
Ebonized w o o d ; gilt-bronze mounts
Plaque: Height: 1 ft. 5/8 i n . (43.5 c m ) ;
W i d t h : ft. 7 % i n . (50 cm); Frame:
2ft.4 /8 i n . (67 cm)

3

PROVENANCE
Corsini family, Florence, by 1730; [Same

A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ (1993),

i n press, illus.
446
BOHEMIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
254
BOHEMIAN
GLASS
448. G o b l e t
1576
and applied decoration
Dated 1576.
PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 234, pp. 253-254, illus.; Journal of Ghss
447
Glass
447. F r a g m e n t o f a B e a k e r or G o b l e t
449
(?) Bohemian, 1525-1575

Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding, enamel,
449. C o v e r e d T a n k a r d
and etched decoration
1578
Height: SVs i n . (22 cm); Diameter (at
m o u t h ) : 7% i n . (19 cm)
decoration; pewter mounts
Inscribed around central zone o f vessel,
Konig. Herodis . Lest. Die I unschuldigen

kindlein elendiglich todten-, dated 1578.
PROVENANCE
Robert v o n Hirsch, Basel (sold, Sotheby's,

L o n d o n , June 22,1978, lot 256); R u t h and
Height: io /s i n . (27 cm); Diameter (at
base): 5% i n . (14.5 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The History of Glass, D a n Klein and W a r d
PROVENANCE
Lloyd, eds. (London, 1984), p. 74, illus.;
Wilczek, Schloss Eisgrub; R u t h and Leo

no. 22, p. 104.
448
B O H E M I A N GLASS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
Axel von Saldern, German Enameled Glass
F. Kieslinger, Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
(Corning, 1965), p. 92, fig. 114; "Acquisi
Blumka, N e w York.
tions/1984," GettyMusJ\^ (1985), no. 220,

p. 251, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies, no. 24,
p. 105.
EXHIBITIONS
New York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass,

1958, no. 19; N e w York, The Metropolitan
Museum o f A r t , T h e Cloisters, The Secular
Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle

Ages, 1975, no. 263.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 14, p. 102.
451. Stangenglas w i t h the A r m s o f P u c h n e r

(?) Northwestern Bohemian or German,
Saxon ([?]Erzgebirg), 1587
decoration
Arms, o n the central zone o f the vessel wall,
450
450. G o b l e t w i t h the A r m s o f Liechtenberg
in enamel, tiercedper chevron or, in chief

sable a lion or, armed and languedgules and
in base, azure, on a mount vert a [beech]
tree proper, crest, lion issuant between two
buffaloes' horns, couped dexter azure and or,
sinister or and sable, issuant from each flames
451
PROVENANCE
(?) Southern Bohemian, before 1580
gules. Inscribed o n upper and lower vessel

enamel decoration
wall, i n enamel, AujfGott mein hoffnung I

Paulus Puchner Churtz: S: Zeug I meister
A r m s , o n the center o f the bowl, i n enamel,
zu dresden; around the upper vessel wall,
Brigitte Klesse and Axel von Saldern, $00
or two ragged staves in salitre, sable-, the crest,

upon a cushion gules, tasseled or, afishargent,
in front of a panache of peacock's feather proper.
dated $8.
Jahre Gkskunst: Sammlung Biemann (Zurich,

1978), p. 309; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
GUss Studies, no. 26, p. 106.
Height: 9% i n . (23.5 cm)

Height: 1 ft. %. i n . (31.2 cm)


BIBLIOGRAPHY
255
256
BOHEMIAN
GLASS
w i t h the A r m s o f H i r t
452. Stangenglas
and
Maier
(?) Southwestern Bohemian, B h m e r Wald,
1590
Free-blown potash-lime glass and enamel
decoration
Arms, gules, a pale argent, three rosettes gules-,

on the opposite side, azure, a stork argent.
Inscribed o n band above the cresting, i n
enamel, ALLES ALLES
MIT
GOTTES
below the arms, HANS HIRT V
HVLF;
WEISSENAV
FVRST /
BRAVNSCHWEIGIS-
CHER VND LVNEBVRGIISCHER
RATH
AM KAYs I HOFF; o n the
VND AGENT
opposite side above the cresting, HIE

ZEITLICHS
FREVD;
LEID BRINGT
below the arms, MARIA
VON
WEISSENAU
VON
SANTI
/ GEBORNE
GILGEN
ALLES ALLES
STEIN
MIT GOTTES
EWIGE
HIRTIN
MAIER
IN
HAVSFRAV
HVLF; and
just below the upper bands, dated Patientia
Durum Frango ifpo.

452
453
453.
Jagdhumpen
PROVENANCE
Bohemian or central German, 1593
V i k t o r Schick, Prague; Mrs. Hedwig Schick,
Free-blown potash-lime glass and enamel
Prague (sold, Sotheby's, London, M a y 4,
D a t e d 1593.
1939, l o t 17); R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
Height: n /s i n . (28.9 cm)
New York.
Accession number 8 4 . D K . 556
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
L . Fusch, " D i e frhen s d d e u t s c h e n
Hans G r a f Wilzcek, Burg Kreuzenstein;
Wappenhumpen," Mnchener Jahrbuch

der bildenden Kunst 12, n.s. (1937-1938),
Vienna; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
p. 224; p. 226, fig. 6; "Acquisitions/1985,"
N e w York.
. and A . Silberman, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
455. B e a k e r
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] Y>> (1985),
(?) Northwestern Bohemian, 1599
no. 235, p. 254, illus.

decoration
Inscribed and dated ELIAS.
454. Reichsadler
WSTEN
Humpen
.AN/NO.
IN. DER I
1.5.9.9.
Height: 4% i n . (11.4 cm)
(?) Bohemian or (?) central German, 1599
Free-blown potash glass w i t h enamel

decoration
P R O V E N A N C E
Inscribed o n the vessel wall below the deco
A . Vecht, Amsterdam; Lucien Sauphar,
rative band, i n enamel, Das heylige Romisch
Paris; Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; Oscar
Reich Mit Sampt Seinen gliedern-, o n the four
Bondy, Vienna; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
heraldic shields along the top o f the eagle's
N e w York.
dexter w i n g , TRIER I
COLNIMENTZI
O TES TAT ZV R -, o n the sinister

w i n g , BEHENIPFALTA
I SACHSEN
Axel van Saldern, German Enameled Glass
(Corning, 1965), p. 446; "Acquisitions/1984,"
VRG; o n the banderoles
BRANDENB
GettyMus] 13 (1985), no. 221, p. 251, illus.
attached to each feather and o n the bands

over the shields i n six vertical ranks o n the
dexter w i n g , from left to right and top to
b o t t o m , 4BAVRNI
COLN
IREGENSPVRG
/ COSENITZ/SALTZBVRGI
AVGSBVRG
ILVBECKI
4 SEMPER
I METZ
FREIEN
/ACH
ILVNDBVRG
WES ERB VRG / THVSSIS

4 VRG GRA VEN /
BERG I REMECKI
GRAVEN
SCHWEIG
LVTRING;
VICARII
BRANDENB
VRG I
IBRVAN-
I BAIRN I SCHWABEN
HAGENAWI
I BAMBERG
SLETSTATI
ABVRGILVTZELBVRGIR
ALTENBVRG;
VLMI
4 BIRG I MADO TT EN VR GI
below the r i m , opposite the
eagles, dated 1599.

Height: n / i 6 i n . (29.9
9
cm)
and o n the sinister wing, 4

BRABAND I
WESTERBVRG
SACHSEN
I SCHLESTI
/ DVRING
HESSEN
/ LEVCHTERBERG
/ CLEVE
/ SAPHOYI
I 4 RITTER
SENBACH
/ 4 MAR-
/ 4 SEIL
GRAVEN
ZILL1
/ 4 DORFFER
MAIDBVRGINVRN-
/ BADEN
454
I ALTWALTEN
STANBERG
/ ERCHERNI
MEISCHEN
STETTI
LAND-
IEDELSASI
I 4
GRAVEN
SCHWARZBVRGI
IANDELAWI
P R O V E N A N C E

no. 236, p. 254, illus.
WEIS
IFRAWENBERGISTVNDECK
455
257
258
BOHEMIAN
456.
GLASS
457.
Stangenglas
Huntpen
Southern Bohemian, 1600
Southern German or Bohemian, 1614
point etching
p o i n t etching
Inscribed i n the upper paralled bands,
Arms, (?) gules, three swords, a right one in

pale, between two others of different shape, hilt
and pommel or, together enfiled in a coronet
FRISCHAUF
JUNG
GESEL
WOL GEM
ND GAR WOL I MIR DAS

THUT.
FRIEDELN
or, the charges o f the shield, repeated.
Inscribed over the couple, Lieb
haben und nicht genissenn I Thut manchen
Etched o n one side Daniel Weger 1.6.1.4.,
gar sehrferl driessen I. Inscription flanking
and o n the other side Fein Undficht du zu
the couple, Ich aber thut genissen I dass thuet

ganz nicht vorfriessen. Inscribed over the
naked woman, Halte feste kom I men frembde
gaste I Frisch auff-, dated 1600 twice o n cen
mir her I ein. Und Uss dein Krschneri / sehen

huffen sein. Mich dunckt du Iforcht dich fur
den streichenn. Drumb wirdt dass I glass am
dich Nicht reichenn. Dated 1614 on central
tral zone o f vessel wall.
zone o f vessel wall.
Height: 1 ft. 1V16 i n . (34.5 cm)
Height: io /s i n . (26.3 cm)
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Richard Leitner, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
K a r l R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
Vienna (sold from his collection, June 16,
Blumka, N e w York.
1922); R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w
BIBLIOGRAPHY
York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Glas: ein Handbuch

fur Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,
Hans Zedinek, " D i e G l a s h t t e zu H a l l i n
1956), pp. 152,159, fig. 131; Erich Egg, Die
T i r o l , " Altes Kunsthandwerk , no. 3 (1927),
Glasshtte zu Hall und Innsbruck im 16.
pp. 98-117, p i . 89; W i l f r e d Buckley, Dia-
Jahrhundert, Tiroler Wirtschaftsstudien,
meterond Engraved Glasses of the Sixteenth

Century with Particular Reference to Five
Attributed to Giacomo Verzelini (London,
1929), p. 16, pi. 31; Erich Egg, Die Glashtte
zu Hall und Innsbruck im 16. Jahrhundert,
vol. 15 (Innsbruck, 1962), p. 80;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no.

242, p. 255, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 33, p. 108.
Tiroler Wirtschaftsstudien, vol. 15 (Inns

bruck, 1962), p. 80; "Acquisitions/1984,"

Journal of GUss Studies, no. 32, p. 108.
456
458.
Humpen
Southern Bohemian, 1624-1650
Gray seeded glass w i t h diamond-point
decoration
PROVENANCE
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,

London, June 16,1984, lot 46); [David, Inc.,
Vaduz].
EXHIBITIONS
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre
Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil,

1981, no. 705, p. 161, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dagmar Hnikova, " B h m i s c h e s Glas,"

Orbis Pictus, v o l . 61 (Bern and Stuttgart,
1974); Brigitte Klesse and Axel v o n Saldern,
$00 Jahre Glaskunst: Sammlung Biemann

(Zurich, 1978), p. 15, fig. 12; p. 118, no. 65;
"Acquisitions/ 1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),

no. 223, p. 251, illus.
457
458
259
26
B O H E M I A N
GLASS
459. B e a k e r w i t h Personifications o f
the Senses
Late seventeenth century
After the Master o f the Koula Beaker
Free-blown glass w i t h wheel-engraved
decoration
Height: 4% i n . (12.8 cm)
PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Olga Drahotava, "Dans le sphere d u m a t r e

graveur d u goblet d i t de Koula," Cristal de
Boheme (1965), pp. 29-32; "Acquisitions/

1984," GettyMusJ"13 (1985), no. 224, p. 252,
illus.
459
AUSTRIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
262
AUSTRIAN
C E R A M I C S
Glass
4 6 1 . U m b o Vase
(?) Tirolean (Hall), circa 1534-1536
(?) Workshop o f Wolfgang V i t l
Free- a n d m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h gild
i n g a n d cold enamel decoration
A r m s , o n r i m , i n cold enamel, per Jesse
argent a demi-wheel gules, and azure a fleurde-lis argent', o n the opposite side on a
mount or a triple-turreted tower argent.

Height: 8 V16 i n . (21.1 cm)
460
Ceramics
PROVENANCE
Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , December 5,1983,

4 6 0 . C u p a n d Saucer
lot 177; [Winifred Williams, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
(trembleuse)
Vienna, D u Paquier manufactory, circa 1740

Hard-paste porcelain, black enamel decora
tion; gilding
Cup: Height: 2% i n . (7.1 cm); W i d t h : 3 /s
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 181, p. 239, illus.
i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2%6 i n . (6.2 cm);

Saucer: Height: i /s i n . (3.5 cm); W i d t h : 6
3
% in.
(17 cm); D e p t h : 4% i n . (12.2 cm)
461
AUSTRIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
Wormser, Paris; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,

N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 218, pp. 250-251, illus.; Journal of GUss
462. C o v e r e d
Pokal
H a l l , circa 153 6-1540

(?) Workshop o f Wolfgang V i t l
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied decora
t i o n , gilding, and cold enamel
A r m s o n one side o f the central zone o f the
vessel canted toward each other, below a
bishops miter, i n cold enamel, two escutch
eons, dexter or, a moors head in profile proper
crowned, and sinister, quarterly one and four
sable a lion or crowned gules and two and
three lozengy argent and azure.
Height: i n . (19.3 cm)
5
Accession n u m b e r 84.DK.548
PROVENANCE

EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g M u s e u m o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian GUss, 1958,
no. 59.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 30, p. 107.
462
263
264
AUSTRIAN
GLASS
463. G o b l e t
465.
(Kelchpokal)
Goblet
H a l l , circa 1540-1560
H a l l , circa 1535-1555
Workshop o f Wolfgang V i t l or that o f
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H c h s t e t t e r
Sebastian H c h s t e t t e r
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
gilding
Height: 10 i n . (25.4 cm)
gilding
H e i g h t : y /i6
7
i n . (18.9
cm)
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
no. 216, p . 250, illus.

no. 212, pp. 249-250, illus.
464
464. Goblet
(Kelchpokal)
H a l l , circa 1540-1560
gilding
Height: 7% i n . (19 cm)
PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 213, p. 250, illus.
465
463
AUSTRIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
Hans Graf Wilzcek, Burg Kreuzenstein;

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 27, p. 106.
4 6 7 . Covered B e a k e r
(Wtlkommglas)
Hall, circa 1550-1554

Free-blown potash glass w i t h etched and
enamel decoration
Arms, o n the center o f the vessel wall and
repeated o n the opposite side, i n enamel,
argent a fesse dancetty gules-, crest, on a helf

argent a coronet or and a panache of peacocks
plumes argent and gules. Inscribed over the
vessel wall w i t h the names or initials o f vari
ous people and dates, i n d i a m o n d point.
Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (37 cm)
9

PROVENANCE
Graf von Trautmannstorff, Schloss Gleichen

466
466. Goblet
(Trichterpokal)
berg bei Graz; . and . Silberman, Vienna;
467
Oscar Bondy, Vienna (acquired i n 1932);

BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
Trappisches W i l k o m m g l a s , " Der Schiern 40
New York, The M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
(1966), pp. 120-122; Rainer Rckert, Die
applied decoration
Art, T h e Cloisters, The Secuhr Spirit: Life

and Art at the End of the Middle Ages, 1975,
no. 279.
H a l l , circa 1550-1560
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (38.3 cm)

Dr. Oswald Trapp, " D i e Geschichte eines
Ghssammlung des Bayerischen National

museums Mnchen I (Munich, 1982), p. 79;
no. 214, p. 250; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 21, p. 104.
265
266
AUSTRIAN
GLASS
468
468. B o w l
Innsbruck, 1570-1591
Royal glassworks, (?) executed by M u r a n o
craftsmen
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brian J. R. Blench, letter to the editor, Jour

nal ofGhss Studies 26 (1984), pp. 155-157;
Colorless soda glass w i t h diamond-point
etching, gilding, and cold enamel decoration
no. 29, p. 107.
Height: 6V16 i n . (16 cm)

PROVENANCE
Magdelene Sharpe Erskine, D u n i m a r l e

Castle, Culross, Fife, Scotland (sold,
[David, Inc., Vaduz].
ENGLISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
268
ENGLISH
CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS
469. Cabinet on Stand
Circa 1690-1700
Painted, gessoed, and silvered w o o d ;
brass mounts
Cabinet: Height: 2 ft. 854 i n . (82.5 cm);
EXHIBITIONS
W i d t h : 3 ft. i n . (93.9 cm); D e p t h :
L o n d o n , T h e V i c t o r i a and Albert Museum,
ft. 7 i n . (49.5 cm); Stand: Height:
The Orange and the Rose: Holknd
2 ft. 7% i n . (79.3 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 5% i n .
Britain
(104.7
c m
) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 11% i n . (59.6 cm)
and
in the Age of Observation, 1600-1750,
October 1964-January 1965, no. 220; N e w

York, T h e C o o p e r - H e w i t t M u s e u m and
Pittsburgh, T h e Carnegie Museum, Courts

PROVENANCE
M r s . Geoffrey H a r t , London; purchased by

and Colonies: The William and Mary Style in

Holland, EngUnd, and America,
November
1988-May 1989, no. 107, p. 157, illus.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. W . Symonds, "The C i t y o f Westminster

and Its Furniture Makers," Connoisseur 100
(July 1937), pp. 3-9, illus. pp. 2, 9; R. W .
Symonds, " T h e Age o f Charles I I , "
Con
noisseur111 (June 1943), illus. p. 125; Horace

Shipp, "A H o m e and Its Treasures: M r s ;
Geoffrey Hart's Collection at H y d e Park
Gardens, "Apollo
62 (December 1955), illus.
p. 181; R. W . P. Luff, "Oriental Lacquer and

English Japan: Some Cabinets from the C o l
lection o f M r . J. Paul Getty at Sutton Place,
Surrey," The Antique
Collector
(December
1962), pp. 256-261, illus. p. 259, fig. 5.
469
E N G L I S H SEAT F U R N I T U R E
SEAT
472. A r m c h a i r
FURNITURE
L o n d o n , circa 1750-1760
W a l n u t w i t h pine and oak; traces o f gesso,
470. Side C h a i r
(?) L o n d o n , late seventeenth century
paint, and gilding; remnants o f original
Gessoed a n d gilded walnut; modern
w o o l upholstery
upholstery
2 ft. 1/4 i n . (64.7 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
ft. i o K i n . (57.1 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm)
(63.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
(?) D a v i d Garrick, L o n d o n (1717-1779); an
[Frederick Victoria, Inc., N e w York]; Nicolas
upholsterer, outside Philadelphia; [Glenn
Landau, Paris; purchased by J. Paul G e t t y
Randall, N e w York, 1984].

BIBLIOGRAPHY
One of a pair
471

no. 186, p. 240, illus.
471. Pair o f A r m c h a i r s
London, circa 1740-1745
I n the style o f W i l l i a m Bradshaw
Gessoed and parcel-gilt pine; modern silk
upholstery
2 ft. 3% i n . (69.3 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. y /s i n .
3
(79.7 cm)
PROVENANCE
R. W. M i l l e r (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , Janu

ary 21, i960, l o t 43, to Pallott); [A. Cook,
London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, i960.
470
472
269
270
E N G L I S H
FRAMES
PROVENANCE
Dukes o f Westminster; [Frank Partridge,

L t d . , L o n d o n , 1967]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1967.
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
o n loan, 1982-present.
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f Arts, on loan,

November 1988-present.
475. P a i r o f Sugar C a s t o r s
L o n d o n , 1730
By Paul de Lamerie
Silver-gilt
Metalwork
Bodies and lids marked w i t h the maker s

stamp o f LA. between an arched crown
474. M o n t e i t h
w i t h a star and a fleur-de-lys ( i n use around
L o n d o n , 1705
1720-173 2); a lion's head erased (the assay
By John Rand
mark o f L o n d o n ) ; the figure o f Britannia
Silver
Marked w i t h the maker's stamp o f Ra; a
lions head erased (the assay mark o f L o n
don); the figure o f Britannia (the standard
mark indicating .9583 silver content); the
letter / ( t h e date letter for 1705). Engraved
473
w i t h an unidentified coat o f arms.
Castor .1 engraved 1730 and N 2=27-12;

c}
Castor .2 engraved 1730 and Ni=27;
both
engraved w i t h Garter coat o f arms and the

H o w a r d crest.
Height: 9 /s i n . (23.8 cm); Diameter: 3% i n .
3
Height: 10 i n . (25.5 cm); Diameter:
and Fixtures
(the standard mark indicating .9583 silver

content); the letter (the date letter for 1730).
(9.9 cm)
ft. 2/2 i n . (36.8 cm)

PROVENANCE
Dukes o f N o r t h u m b e r l a n d ; [S. J. Phillips,
FRAMES
L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty

around 1938.
473. F r a m e for a M i r r o r
L o n d o n , circa 1740-1745
EXHIBITIONS
A t t r i b u t e d to Matthias L o c k
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f A r t , o n loan,
Gessoed and gilded pine details o n an oak
1980-1981; T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y
support; m i r r o r glass
M u s e u m o f A r t , o n loan, 1982-1988; L o n
don, Goldsmith's H a l l , Paul de Lamerie,
(127 cm)
M a y 16-June 22,1990, no. 65, p. 109, illus.
474
ENGLISH METALWORK
Height: 11% i n . (28.6 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6 i n .
EXHIBITIONS
(45.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm)
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f A r t , o n loan,
1980-1981; W i l l i a m s t o w n , Massachusetts,
PROVENANCE
on loan, 1983-1988.
Sterling and Francine Clark A r t Institute,

Charles, 4th D u k e o f R i c h m o n d and
Lennox (succeeded 1806, L o r d Lieutenant
o f Ireland 1807-1813); Dukes o f R i c h m o n d
and Gordon, G o o d w o o d House, Sussex, by
descent (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 20,
1938, l o t 114); purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
475
47 6. P a i r o f L i d d e d Tureens, L i n e r s ,
a n d Stands
L o n d o n , 1807
By Paul Storr
Silver
Variously marked w i t h the maker's stamp o f
RS.; a l i o n passant (the standard mark o f
sterling quality); the crowned leopard's head
(the assay m a r k o f L o n d o n ) ; the Sovereign's
head o f George I I I (the d u t y mark); and
the letter (the date letter for 1807). Each
tureen engraved w i t h the arms o f the Dukes
o f R i c h m o n d and Lennox and w i t h the
m o t t o EN LA ROSE LE FL URJE.
One of a pair
476
2J1
272
ENGLISH MOUNTED ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
Mounted Oriental Porcelain

477. P a i r o f L i d d e d B o w l s
Porcelain: Japanese (Arita), circa 1650
M o u n t s : English (London), circa 1670
M o u n t s attributed to Wolfgang Howzer
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue deco
ration; gilt-metal mounts
Height: 1ft.I
/I6
i n . (34.5 cm); W i d t h :
ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); D e p t h : 10/16 i n . (25.5 cm)

P R O V E N A N C E
Joseph Downs, W i n t e r t h u r , Delaware;

W i l l i a m Heere (sold, Christie s, N e w York,
October 29,1983, l o t 32); [Aveline et Cie,
Paris].

Oriental Porcehin, December 1986-March
1987, no. 9, pp. 46-47, illus.
One of a pair

no. 185, p . 240, illus.; F. J. B . Watson,
" M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain," The Maga
zine Antiques 131 (April 1987), p p . 813-823,
illus. p. 823.
477
NETHERLANDISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
274
NETHERLANDISH
FURNITURE
Furniture
478. D i s p l a y C a b i n e t
(Toonkast)
Flemish (probably Antwerp), early seven

teenth century
Walnut and oak veneered w i t h ebony,
tortoiseshell, (?) coconut, and ebonized
wood
Height: 6 ft. 10 4 i n . (210 cm); W i d t h :
3
5 ft. 2% i n . (158 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5 /s i n .

3
(74.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Prince d'Arenberg, Egmont Palace, Brussels;

[Axel Vervoordt, s Gravenwezel, Belgium].

no. 86, pp. 146-147, illus.; Handbook1991,
p. 209, illus.
478
NETHERLANDISH METALWORK
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Orangezaal, Royal Palace, Huis ten

Bosch, H o l l a n d ; Neues Palais, Potsdam,
Museum voor Kunstambachten, Tentoon
stelling Kunstvoorwerpen uit Verzamelingen

in de Provincie Antwerpen (Exhibition o f
1895 (purchased i n Amsterdam, 1895); dis
Decorative Arts from Collections i n the
played i n the Japis Galerie, 1926; (sold,
Province o f Antwerp), 23 A p r i l - 2 July 1961,
Palais Galliera, Paris, December 9,1963, l o t
no. 245, p. 34.
93); [Fabius Frres, Paris, 1970s].

Burkhard Meier, Potsdam Schlsser und
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMus]YJ (1989),

no. 88, p. 148, illus.
Grten aufgenommen von der Staatliche

Bildstelle (Berlin, 1926), fig. 46; W i l s o n ,
"Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 13,
pp. 49-51, illus. (one); M a r t e n Loonstra,
The Royal PaUce Huis ten Bosch in a Histori

cal View (Zutphen, 1985), p. 75, illus. p . 74.
Metalwork
480. C h a n d e l i e r
D u t c h , circa 1645-1675
Brass and oil-gilt wrought iron
Height: approx. 5 ft. (153 cm); W i d t h :
approx. 5 ft. (153 cm)
One of a pair
479
P R O V E N A N C E
Count Moretus-Plantin, Stabroek, Belgium

(until at least 1930); C o u n t G . della Faille
479. Pair o f Torcheres
de Leverghem, Schoten, Belgium (by 1961);
D u t c h , circa 1740-1750
[Axel Vervoordt, s Gravenwezel, Belgium].
(?) By the Italian carver, Agostino Carlini

Gessoed, painted, and gilded w o o d ; crushed
glass
Height: 6 ft. uVs i n . (212.4
c m
) ; Width:
(55.9 cm)
Antwerp, Tentoonstelling van Oude Vlaamsche

Kunst (Exhibition o f O l d Flemish A r t ) , 1930,
" D 178"; Duerne-Antwerp, Provinciaal
480
275
Xy6
NETHERLANDISH
GLASS
Glass
PROVENANCE

481. G o b l e t
Southern Netherlandish, 1560-1600
Made by a glasshouse i n the region o f
Chimay, (?) Hainault
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass or cristallo
Height: 8/2 i n . (21.6 cm)
EXHIBITIONS

no. 115, p. 105.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY>, (1985),

no. 248, p. 256, illus.
481
482. Ice-glass B e a k e r
Late sixteenth century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: S 6 i n . (21.5 cm)
7

PROVENANCE
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; R u t h and

482
N E T H E R L A N D I S H
GLASS
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 225, p. 252, illus.

pold B l u m k a , N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
New York, The C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,

no. 112, p. 103.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 238, p. 254, illus.
484. F l u t e G l a s s
Southern Netherlandish, seventeenth
century
Free-blown soda glass or cristallo w i t h
diamond-point etching
Height: 1 ft. 6 i n . (31.6 cm)
7

PROVENANCE
Karl Ruhmann, Vienna; A . Vecht, Amster

dam; R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Ghs: Ein Handbuch
fr Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,

1965), p. 210, p l . 161; "Acquisitions/1984,"
483

Journal of GUss Studies, no. 34, p. 108.
483. G o b l e t
Southern Netherlandish or French, late
sixteenth or early seventeenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n cobalt glass
Height: 8/4 i n . (21.6 cm)
484
277
278
NETHERLANDISH
485. Filigrana
GLASS
Beaker
Southern Netherlandish, 1650-1700

Free-blown soda glass or cristallo and
lattimo, vetro a fili
Height: 5 A i n . (14 cm)
l

PROVENANCE
[David, Inc., Vaduz].

BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY>> (1985),

no. 244, p. 255, illus.
45
SPANISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
28
SPANISH METALWORK
Metalwork
486. Pair o f C a n d l e s t i c k s
Spanish, circa 1650-1700
Bronze
Height: 5 ft. 8 % i n . (175 cm) each
PROVENANCE
Commissioned by the Counts o f Benavente;

(offered for sale, Christies, London, A p r i l 24,
1986, lot 34, withdrawn); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . ,
London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 120, p. 219, illus.
Ceramics
PROVENANCE
Leonardo Lapiccirella, Florence; (sold,

4 8 7 . H i s p a n o - M o r e s q u e Deep D i s h
(brasero)
Valencia, mid-fifteenth century
Blue and copper luster-glazed earthenware
Marked IHS i n the center o f the obverse.
Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); Diameter: 1 ft. 7 / 2
i n . (49.5 cm)
486
Christie's, L o n d o n , July 1,1985, l o t 270);

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Giovanni C o n t i , L'Arte dea maiolica in

Italia ( M i l a n , 1973), p i . 8; Apollo 122 (1985),
no. 5, p. 405; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 214, p. 252, illus; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 2, pp. 14-15, illus; Handbook 1991,
p. 201, illus.
SPANISH
488. T i l e F l o o r
(?) Manises, circa 1425-1450
Speratens and ne oblyer inscribed i n the hex
agonal tiles: a coat o f arms, ofbarry of six
argent and gules, painted o n the square tiles.
Length: 7 ft. i 4 i n . (220 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft.
3
6 A i n . ( n o cm); Square Tiles: Length:

7
4%6 i n . to 4 /s i n . (11.2 to 12.4 cm);

7
Hexagonal Tiles: Length: 8 % i n . to 8 /i6 i n .

9
(21 to 21.8 cm); W i d t h : 4% i n . to 4 /s i n .

3
(10.8 to 11. cm)

PROVENANCE
Grassi collection, Florence, before 1920;

EXHIBITIONS
A l l e n t o w n A r t Museum, Beyond Nobility:

Art for the Private Citizen in the Early
Renaissance, September 1980-January 1981,
no. 122, pp. 115-116.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A n n a Berendsen et al., Tiles (London, 1967),

p. 76; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus) i3
r
(1985), no. 151, p. 239, illus; Hess, Maiolica,

no. , pp. 12-13.
488
CERAMICS
28l
282
SPANISH
GLASS
Glass
489. Flask
Catalonian, nineteenth or twentieth
century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h enamel
decoration
Inscribed o n b o t h sides, i n enamel,
IHSI
IHS.
Height: 10% i n . (20.6 cm)
PROVENANCE

BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] Y>, (1985),

no. 17, p. 103.
489
CHINESE,
JAPANESE, PERSIAN,
AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
284
CHINESE CERAMICS
Chinese Ceramics
491. P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Chinese, K a n g x i (1662-1722)
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
490. G a r n i t u r e o f T h r e e L i d d e d Vases a n d
T w o O p e n Vases
decoration
Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Height: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43.2 cm); Diameter: 10 i n .
(25.4 cm)
decoration
Lidded Vases: Height: 1 ft. A i n . (31.8 cm);

l
P R O V E N A N C E
Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm); O p e n Vases:

3
Dukes o f N o r t h u m b e r l a n d (probably sold
Height: 11 Ys i n . (28.3 cm); Diameter: 5 i n .
circa 1910); [Ralph Chait, N e w York and
(12.7 cm)
L o n d o n , 1970s]; [Neil Sellin, N e w York,
1972]; purchased b y J. Paul Getty.
One of two
490
P R O V E N A N C E
Dukes o f Northumberland (probably sold

circa 1910); [Ralph Chait, N e w York and
L o n d o n , 1970s]; [Neil Sellin, N e w York,
One of three
490
One of a pair
491
CHINESE CERAMICS
493. L i d d e d Vase
decoration
Painted underneath w i t h a mark o f the
M i n g reign (Jia Jing, 1522-1566) i n under
glaze blue.
Height: ii /% i n . (30.2 cm); Diameter: 4% i n .
7
(11.4. cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .


no. 183, p. 239, illus.
492
494
Chinese, Kangxi (168 2-1722)

decoration
Height: 1 ft. 11% i n . (59.7 c m ) ; Diameter:
decoration
ft.
2 4 i n . (37.5 cm)
3
Painted underneath w i t h a leaf i n under

glaze blue.

P R O V E N A N C E
SYx i n . (21.6 cm)
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1985].
no. 97, p . 210, illus.

no. 182, p . 239, illus.
493
285
286
CHINESE
CERAMICS
49 6. P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Chinese, Yongzheng, circa 1730
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
decoration
Each vase bears a label, pasted w i t h i n the
lip, printed w i t h FONTHILL
HEIRLOOMS
and w i t h the inventory number 6/0/3

3
ft. i n . (33 cm)

PROVENANCE
Alfred M o r r i s o n , Fonthill House, Wiltshire;

John Greville M o r r i s o n , L o r d Margadale
o f Islay, Fonthill House, by descent (sold,
495
495. W i n e Bottle
One of a pair
(kendt)
496
4 9 7 . Figure o f a n E l e p h a n t
Stoneware
Chinese, Q i a n l o n g (1736-1795)
Height: y Vi i n . (20.1 cm); W i d t h : 5 /s i n .
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
(14.3 cm); D e p t h : 416 i n . (12.5 cm)
decoration; gilding
PROVENANCE
[Kate Foster, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
EXHIBITIONS
The Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,

September 1987-present.
ft. Vx i n . (34.2 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.4 cm)

PROVENANCE
George Christie (sold, Christie s, London,

by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 184, p . 239, illus.
497
PERSIAN
Chinese Textiles
(for Italian export)
CARPETS
Persian Carpets
500. C a r p e t
Herat or Isfahan, late sixteenth century
498. Wall Hanging

Chinese, late seventeenth t o early eighteenth
Wool
century
Length: 25 ft. 10% i n . (788 cm); W i d t h :
Silk brocade
10ft.3 *4 i n . (313 cm)
Length: 11 ft. 10 i n . (360.5 c m ) ;
W i d t h : 7 ft. 4 4 i n . (225.5
3
PROVENANCE
Hagop Kevorkian (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
PROVENANCE
December 5,1969, lot 20); purchased at that
Private German collection; [Rainer Zietz,
sale by J. Paul Getty.
Ltd., London].
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ i6 (1988),

r
no. 87, p . 185, illus.
One of three
499
A r t , Collection of Rare and Magnificent

Oriental Carpets (1966), no. 5, pi. 3.
Japanese Ceramics
4 9 9 . G a r n i t u r e o f T h r e e Vases
Japanese (Arita), first half o f the eighteenth
century
decoration; polychrome enamel; gilding
Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. Ys i n . (32.1 cm);
Diameter: 7 i n . (17.8 cm); Vase .2: Height:
ft. Vs i n . (32.1 cm); Diameter: jY% i n .
(18 cm); Vase .3: Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm);
3
Diameter: 7 i n . (17.8 cm)

PROVENANCE
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1986].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

no. 76, p . 179, illus.
498
Detail
500
287
288
SOUTHEAST ASIAN
FURNITURE
Southeast Asian Furniture

502. Set o f Twelve C h a i r s (five armchairs
a n d seven side chairs)
(?) D u t c h colonial from Indonesia or Sri
Lanka (Ceylon), circa 1680-1720
Ebony and ebonized wood, some details
inlaid w i t h ivory
Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 6 i n . (106.7
c m
);
W i d t h (at front): 2 ft. (61 cm); W i d t h

(at back): 1 ft. 8 i n . (50.8 cm); Depth:
ft. j /i6
7
i n . (49.4 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .

(55.2 c m ) ; D e p t h : 1 f t . 6 /i6 i n . (47.5
n
cm)

PROVENANCE
(?) Thomas Thynne, ist Viscount

W e y m o u t h , Longleat Castle, Wiltshire,
One of five
502
One of seven
circa 1700; Marquess o f Bath, Longleat

Castle, Wiltshire, circa 1700; (sold,
501
Christies, L o n d o n , November 17,1988, l o t

75); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
5oi. "Polonaise" C a r p e t
Kashan, circa 1620
Silk w i t h metallic thread
Length: 9 ft. 1 i n . (277 cm); W i d t h : 5 ft. 7 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions /1992" GettyMusJxi
(1993),
i n press, illus.
(170 cm)
PROVENANCE
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (sold,

Palais Galliera, Paris, March 18,1968, lot 104);
INDEXES
290
I N D E X
O F
MAKERS
INDEX OF MAKERS
The following index includes the names o f

makers and artists. Please note that references are
to entry numbers, not page numbers.
Badin (bronze castor; active last quarter o f the

eighteenth century), 16
Bailleul, Nicolas, lejeune (engraver; active 1740s),

146
Abbiati, Francesco (cabinetmaker; active late

Bardet (Sevres painter; active 1751-1758), 212
Andreoli, Maestro Giorgio (ceramic artist; direc

tor o f maiolica workshop i n Gubbio; late
i470s-circa 1553), 357
Anguier, Guillaume (painter; 1628-1708), 289
Asselin, Charles Eloi (Sevres painter; active
1765-1804), 243
Audran, Claude, I I I (painter and designer;
1658-1734), 292, 300
Audran, Michel (tapestry weaver; high-warp
weaver at the Gobelins manufactory from 1732;
1701-1771), 300
Baudouin, Fran9ois, pere (Sevres gilder; active

1750-1800), 49
Baumhauer, Joseph, I {bniste; bnisteprivilegi
du Roi circa 1749; died 1772), 13, 29, 44, 64
Blakey, William, I I (clock springmaker; before

1714-after 1788), 139
Boels, Pierre (Boulle), (painter; active second half
o f the seventeenth century), 289
Boizot, Simon-Louis (sculptor; 1743-1809), 154,
183
Bono, Etienne-Henry (Svres rpareur; active
1754-1781), 237
Bonnemer, Francois (painter and engraver;
1638-1689), 287
Bhagle, Philippe (director o f the Beauvais tapes

try manufactory from 1684; 1641-1705), 286
Borde, Louis (cartographer and engraver; graveur

du Roi et des affaires trangres; active 1730-1740S),
146
Blanger, Fran9ois-Joseph (architect; dessinateur

des menus-plaisirs 1767; 1744-1818), 173
Borman (bronze castor; dates unknown), 267
Belin [Belain or Blin] de Fontenay, Jean-Baptiste,

lejeune (painter; 1653-1715), 282, 286, 287, 300
Bossi, Benigo (engraver and plasterer; 1727-1792),

270
Bellang, Alexandre-Louis {bniste; 1799-1863), 54
Bttger, Johann Friedrich (Meissen alchemist and

designer; 1682-1719), 409-411
Auguste, Robert-Joseph (silversmith; maitre 1757;

circa 1723-1805), 193, 305, 307
Benneman, Guillaume (bniste; maitre1785;

employed by the Garde-Meuble de h Couronne
1786-1792; died 1811), 16
Boucault, Jean (menuisier; maitre 1728; circa

1705-1786), 98
Avelli, Francesco Xanto (ceramic artist; poet; circa

1486/87-circa 1544), 359
Beo, Johann Andreas (bniste; dates unknown),
Avisse, Jean (menuisier; maitre1743; 1723-after

1796), 94
398
Berchem, Nicolas (painter; 1620-1683), 233
Besnier, Nicolas (silversmith; orfvre du Roi 1715;
administrator o f the Beauvais tapestry manufac
tory 1734-1754), 294-299, 302
Beurdeley, Louis-Auguste-Alfred (furniture maker
and bronze castor; 1808-1882), 274
Biller, Johann Ludwig the Elder (goldsmith and
silversmith; 1656-1732), 402
Boucher, Francois (painter; designer at the

Beauvais tapestry manufactory from 1734; active
at the Vincennes and Sevres manufactory
1749-1754; artistic director at the Gobelins manu
factory from 1754; 1703-1770), 71, 214, 217, 291,
294-299, 301
Bouillat, Edme-Fran9ois (Svres painter;
1739/40-1810), 49, 50
Boulle, Andr-Charles (bniste; maitre before
1666; ciseleur-doreur-sculpteur du Roi 1672;
1642-1732), 3, 4, 7, 8, 21, 58-61, 63,106,107,127,
129,131,132,158,163
INDEX OF MAKERS
Bradshaw, W i l l i a m (chairmaker; active

1736-1745), 471
British Royal Collection, 363
Buteux, Charles, pere (Sevres painter; 1719-1782,
active from 1756), 219
Chauveaux, Michel-Barnab, Tain (Svres

painter and gilder; born circa 1729, active
1752-1788), 235
Cheret, Jean-Baptiste-Frangois (silversmith;
mattre^1759; died after 1791), 192
Cochois, Charles-Michel (bniste; mattre circa
1730; died 1764), 21
CafHeri, Jacques (sculptor; mattre 1714, fondeurciseleur des btiments du Roi 1736; 1678-1755), 137,
168
Cafneri, Philippe (sculptor; mattre by 1743;
sculpteur-ciseleur ordinaire du Roi 1755;
1714-1774), 170,171
Capelle, Antoine (Sevres painter; born circa 1722,
active 1745-1800), 238, 240
Carlin, M a r t i n (bniste; mattre 1766; circa
1730-1785), 47, 50, 74-76, 79
Cornaille, Antoine-Toussaint (Sevres painter and

gilder; 1735-1812), 241
Coudray, Michel-Dorothe (Sevres molder;
1718-1775, active 1753-1774/75), 229, 231
Couturier, Claude (Sevres painter; active
1762-1775, died 1775), 47
Coypel, Charles-Antoine (painter; premierpeintre
du Roi 1747; 1694-1752), 300
Cozzi, Geminiano (founder o f Cozzi porcelain
factory; active 1764-1812), 369
Carlini, Agostino (painter and sculptor; active

1760-1790), 479
Cressent, Charles (sculptor and marchandbniste; bniste to the due d'Orlans 1719;
1685-1768), 12, 34,133,134,139,177
Castel, Philippe (Sevres painter and gilder; born

1746/^.7, active circa 1771-1797), 239
Cuvellier, E. J. (bniste; mattre1753), 10
Caton, Antoine (Sevres painter; 1726-1800, active

1749-1798), 237
Cuyillis, Fran9ois de (architect and designer;

circa 1695-1768), 396
Chaillot (peintre-doreur; active last quarter of the

Daguerre, Dominique (marchand-mercier; circa

1740-1796), 79
Chapelle, Jacques (modeler or painter at

Sceaux manufactory; born 1721, active at
Sceaux 1750-1763), 210
Dardet, Claude-Gabriel (silversmith; mattre 1715),
Chauveaux, Jean, lejeune (Sevres gilder;

1735circa 1807, active 1764-1800), 236
Delorme, Adrien Faizelot (bniste; mattre1748;

died after 1783), 30, 69
Deparis, Jean-Francois (Sevres designer, painter,
and rpareur; active 1746-1797), 237
Desfarges (upholstery fabric manufacturer or sup
plier; dates unknown), 102
Desportes, Alexandre-Francois (painter;
1661-1743), 282, 283, 287, 300
Deumier, Pierre (serrurier des btiments du Roi;
active from the 1760s), 73
Dietrich, Joachim (menuisier; died 1753), 396
Dieu, Jean-Jacques (Sevres painter and gilder;
active 1777-1791,1794-1798, and 1803-1811), 244
Digue (clockmaker and mcanicien; dates
unknown, active 1770s), 134
Dodin, Charles-Nicolas (Sevres painter;
1734-1803, active 1754-1802), 71, 220-222, 224
Doirat, Etienne (bniste; 1675/80-1732), 22
Dominic, Jean-Francois (clockmaker; 1694-after
1754), 130
Donner, Johann (Meissen modeler; active circa
1710), 409
Chabry, Etienne-Jean (Sevres painter, born before

1749, active 1764-1787), 235
Chaulnes, Michel-Ferdinand, 5th due de (scien

tist; 1714-1769), 147
Delafosse, Jean-Charles (architect and ornmaniste; 1734-1789), n o
187
Darnault, Francois-Charles (marchand-mercier;
active 1 7 3 0 S - 1 7 8 0 S ) , 29
Deck, Jacques (painter and enameler; active by
1742-died after 1764), 10
Dubois, Jacques (bniste; mattre 1742;

1694-1763), 35, 38, 43
Dubois, Rene (bniste; mattre 1755; bniste de k
Reine 1779; 1737-1799), 48
Dubuisson (enameler; mattre1769; died circa
1820), 144
Duplessis, Jean-Claude (designer, silversmith, and
sculptor; directeur artistique at Sevres 1745/481774, sculpteur-fondeur-doreur du Roi 1747, orflvre
du Roi 1758; died 1774), 214, 216, 231, 243, 244
29I
292
INDEX
O F MAKERS
Durand, F., fils {bniste; active late

nineteenth-early twentieth century), 49
Fontaine, Jacques (Sevres painter; 1734/35-1807,

active 1752-1800), 234
Germain, Fransois-Thomas (silversmith; orfvre

du R0174S-1764;
1726-1791), 169,186,191
Fontana, Orazio (ceramic artist; director o f

maiolica workshop i n Urbino; 1510-1571), 364, 365
Germain, Thomas (silversmith; 1673-1748, maitre

1720, orfvre du Rot 1723; 1673-1748), 186, 190
Eckhout, Albert van der (painter; circa

1610-1665), 287
Forestier, Etienne-Jean (bronze castor; maitre

1764), 16
Girardon, Frangois (sculptor; 1628-1715), 132
EfFner, Joseph (architect and designer; 1687-1745),
Forestier, Pierre-Auguste (bronze castor;
399
i755-i835)> 16
Golle, Pierre (bniste; maitre menuisierand

bniste ordinaire du Roi before 1656; circa
1620-1684), 57
Fortier, Alexandre (scientist and mcanicien; circa

1700-1770), 138
Gondouin, Jacques (designer and architect; active

last quarter o f the eighteenth century), 100
Foullet, Antoine {bniste; maitre 1749; circa

1710-1775), 141
Gouthire, Pierre (gilder; maitre 1758; doreur ordinaire des menus-plaisirs 1767; circa 1620-1684),
153,173,178,397
F
Fallot (Sevres painter and gilder; active
1764-1790), 236
Ferrucci, Romolo d i Francesco (called del Tadda)
(sculptor; hardstone carver; died 1621), 391
Francart, Franois (painter; 1622-1672), 281
Feuchre, Jean-Pierre (gilder; maitre 17 67), 175
Feuchre, L.-F. (bronze castor; active from the

i78os-died 1828), 155
Galle, Andre (bronze castor; 1761-1844), 16,160
Feuchre, Pierre-Franois (gilder; maitre 17 63),

169, 175
Fieff, Jean-Jacques, pere (clockmaker; maitre
1715; circa 1700-1770), 133
Filippo, Jacopo d i Stefano d i (ceramic artist;
director o f maiolica workshop i n Cafaggiolo;
[?]i490-after 1576), 350
Fistulator, Blausius (scagliola artist; head o f scagliola workshop; active 1587-1622), 446
Folin, Nicolas-Alexandre (clockmaker; maitre
1789), 145
Foliot, Fran9ois-Toussaint {menuisier; maitre
1749),
100
Foliot, Nicolas-Quinibert (menuisier; maitre circa

1730; 1706-1776), 96
Gallien, Simon (silversmith; maitre 1714; died

1757), 189
Grue, Francesco Saverio I I Maria (ceramic artist;

director o f the gabinetto dipittura and tornante o f
the royal porcelain factory, Capodimonte;
1731-1809), 368
Gudin, Paul, called G u d i n lejeune, (clockmaker;
marchand-horloger du Roi suivant la cour et conseil
de sa Maj'est1739), 132
Gambier (designer; dates unknown, active circa

1787), 42
Garden, Phillips (silversmith; active 1738-1763),
185
Hackwood, W i l l i a m (Wedgwood modeler; active

1769-1832, died 1839), 7
J
Gamier, Pierre (bniste and marchand-bniste;

maitre 1741; circa 1720-1800), 39
Gaudron, Antoine, I (clockmaker; maitre 1675;
circa 1640-1714), 127
Gaul tier, Jacques (menuisier; active first half o f the
Genest, Jean-Baptiste-Etienne (Sevres painter;
1722/23 or 1730-1789, active from 1752), 230
Genoels, Abraham (painter; 1620-1723), 289
Georges, Paul (menuisier; maitrebeiore 1747), 115
Heiden, Marcus (ivory turner and sculptor; active

by at least 1618-died after 1664), 445
Herold, Christian Frederich (Meissen painter;
1700-1779), 418
Hertaut, Nicolas (menuisier; maitre 1753;
1720-after 1771), 95
Hochstetten Wolfgang (glassblower; director o f
glass workshop; 1540-1569), 463-467
H r o l d t , Johann Gregor (Meissen painter; chief
painter 1720-1756 and 1763-1765; 1696-1775),
414-416
INDEX O F MAKERS
Houasse, Ren-Antoine (painter; 1644/45-1710),

287
Howzer, Wolfgang (goldsmith; active 1652-circa
1688), 477
L
La Croix, Jean de (tapestry weaver; active at the
Gobelins manufactory 1662-1712), 289
Lalonde, Richard de (designer; active last decades
of the eighteenth century), 88,172, 304
I
Ivry, Contant d ' (architect; 1698-1777), 86, 303
Lamerie, Paul de (silversmith; 1688-1751, active

from 1712), 475
Lanfant [marbrier; dates unknown), 16
Lapina (clockmaker; dates unknown), 141
Jacob, Georges {menuisier; maitre 1765-1796;

1739-1814), 97, 102, 103, I I I
Laroche, Jacques-Francois-Louis de (Sevres

painter; 1740/41, active 1759-1802), 240, 241
Jacob-Desmaltier et Cie (firm o f menuisiers

formed by Georges Jacob's younger son, FrancoisHonor-Georges [1770-1841, retired 1824]; after
1825 the business was run by Frangois's son
Georges-Alphonse Jacob-Desmaltier [1799-1870,
active until 1847]), 4
Latz, Jean-Pierre {bniste; bniste privilegi du

Roi before May 1741; circa 1691-1754), 27, 36, 37,
i o
Jacques, Maurice (painter and designer; circa

1712-1784), 301, 302
138
Le Blond, Etienne-Claude (tapestry weaver;
active at the Gobelins manufactory 1727-1751),
292, 293
Joubert, Gilles {marchand-bniste; bniste ordi

naire du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne 1758;
bniste du Roi 1763-1774; 1689-1775), 32
Le Brun, Charles (painter and designer; directeur

de la manufacture royale des Gobelins from 1662;
directeur de Tacadmie royale de peinture et de
sculpture 1663; premierpeintre du Roi 1664;
1619-1690), 117, 281, 289, 290
Juvara, Francesco Natale (goldsmith and silver

smith; 1673-1759), 332
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (architect; 1736-1806),

124
Leeke, Ralph (silversmith; active 1679-after 1714),
Le Noir, Pierre Etienne (clockmaker; born circa

1725, maitre YJ43), 140
Lepaute, Pierre-Bazile (clockmaker; 1750-1843),
130
Le Roy, Charles (clockmaker; maitre 1733;
1709-1771), 142
Le Roy, Jean, IV (silversmith; maitre 1625), 185
Le Roy, Julien, II (clockmaker; maitre 1713-, horlogerdu Roi 1739; 1686-1759), 131,136,137
Ligozzi, Jacopo (painter and designer; circa
1547-1626), 391
Limosin, Leonard (enameler; head o f Limoges
workshop; circa 1505-1575/77), 197
Lock, Matthias (furniture designer and maker;
circa 1710-1765), 473
Louis, Victor (architect and designer; 1737-1807),
73
Lourdet, Philippe (director o f the Chaillot work
shops at the Savonnerie carpet manufactory from
1667; died 1671), 280, 281
Lullier {marchand-mercier; active 1750s), 35
Maelrondt, Philippe Claude {marchand; died

1824), 54
185
Kandier, Johann Joachim (Meissen modeler;

active 1731; chief modeler 1733; 1706-1775), 420
Le Guay, Etienne-Henri (Sevres gilder;

1719/20-circa 1799), 238, 243, 237, 232, 47
Maffei, Antonio (sculptor; woodcarver; born circa
Kinzing, Peter (clockmaker; 1745-1816), 404
Le Guay, Pierre-Andr, fils ain (Sevres painter;

active 1772-1818), 238
Manara, Baldassare (ceramic artist; active circa

1526-1547), 360
Leleu, Jean-Francois {bniste; maitre 1764, retired

1792; 1729-1807), 45, 72
Marot, Daniel (architect and designer; circa

1663-1752), 277
Le Noir, Etienne, II (clockmaker; maitre 1717;

1699-1778), 10, 35,140
Martin, Etienne-Simon {vernisseur; died 1770),

146; 184
Koula Beaker, Master o f (glassblower; late seven

teenth century), 459
1530), 311
293
294
I N D E X
O F
MAKERS
Martin, Gilles-Fransois (sculptor and modeler;

circa 1713-1795), 16
Martin, Guillaume (vernisseur; died 1749), 146,
184
Martincourt, Etienne (sculptor and bronze castor;
maitre 1762; died 1791), 142,151
Martinire, Antoine-Nicolas (enameler; maitre
1720; mailleur etpensionnaire du Roi 1741;
1706-1784), 35,136,137
Masson, Pierre (clock springmaker; 1714-1788),
140
Mreaud, Pierre-Antoine, Tain (Sevres painter
and gilder; circa 1735-1791, active from 1754), 227
Merlet, Georges-Adrien (enameler; active from
1780s), 145
Meulen, Francois van der (painter; 1632-1690), 289
Meunier, Etienne {menuisier; active second quar
ter o f the eighteenth century), 92
Petit, Nicolas (bniste; maitre 1761; 1732-1791), 30
Nan tier (Svres rpareur; active 1767-1776), 229
Petitot, Eunemond-Alexandre (architect and

ornmaniste; 1727-1801), 270
Neilson, Jacques (tapestry weaver; director o f the

Gobelins manufactory low-warp looms from
1759; circa 1718-1788), 301, 302
Nollet, Jean-Antoine (scientist; 1700-1770), 146
Mollet, Armand-Claude (architect; 1660-1742),

119
Mollinger, Christian (clockmaker; 1754-1826), 398
Molitor, Bernard (bniste; maitre 17S7;
1755-1833X42
Monnet, Charles (painter; 1732-after 1808), 243
Pichler, Johann Adam (carver; active m i d eighteenth century), 399
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste-Marie (painter and" designer;

premierpeintre du Roi 1770; 1713-1789), 243
Oeben, Jean-Francois (bniste; bniste du Roi

1754, maitre 1761; 1721-1763), 31, 36, 37, 66, 67,
70
Pierre, Jean-Jacques, lejeune (Sevres painter; born

1745/46, active 1763-1800), 47
Oppenordt, Gilles-Marie (designer; 1672-1742),

130
Osmond, Robert (bronze castor; maitre 1746;
died 1789), 140
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (painter; director o f the
Beauvais tapestry manufactory 1734; 1668-1755),
294-299
Micaud, Jacques-Fran9ois (Sevres painter;

1732/35-1811, active from 1757), 75
Moitte, Jean-Guillaume (sculptor; 1746-1810),
308
Pfleger, Abraham, I (silversmith; active 1558-died

1605), 407
Pineau, Nicolas (architect and designer;

1684-1754), 35
Post, Frans (painter; 1612-1680), 287
Preissler, Ignaz (Hausmalen 1676-1741), 412, 421
Prvost, Henri-Martin (Svres gilder; active
1757-1797), 240
Palagi, Filippo Pelagio (architect; portrait painter;

furniture designer; ornamentalist; 1775-1860),
328,333
Rand, John (silversmith; active from 1704-after

I7i3)> 4 7 4
Raskin, Henry (restorer; active first half o f the

twentieth century), 4
Palissy, Bernard (ceramic artist; painter; glassblower; designer; [?]i5io-i59o), 198
Raux, fils ain (Svres painter; active 1766-1779),
Parent, Aubert-Henri-Joseph (sculptor, designer,

and architect; 1753-183 5), 112,113
Rehnisch (clockmaker; active circa 1740), 403
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (painter; 1636-1699),

285-289
Parpette, Philippe (Sevres enameler; active

1755-1757 and 1773-1806; 1736-circa 1808), 237,
238
Montigny, Philippe-Claude (bniste; maitre 1766;

1734-1800), 15, 46
Pnicaud, Jean, I I (enameler; head o f Limoges

workshop; active 1531-1549), 196
Morin, Jean-Louis (Sevres painter; 1732-1787,

active from 1754), 214, 225
Perrot, Pierre-Josse (painter; active at the

Gobelins manufactory 1715-1749), 293
50
Rehschuck (Meissen modeler, active first half o f

the eighteenth century), 417
Reinicke, Peter (Meissen modeler; 1715-1768), 152
R m o n d , Francois (bronze castor; maitre1774;
circa 1747-1812), 42, 397
Richard, Claude (clock springmaker; maitre' 1759,
active until 1769; died after 1789), 141
INDEX OF MAKERS
Richard, Etienne-Claude (clock springmaker;

mitre 177 z; 1747-before 1785), 142
Stollenwerck, Michel {mcanicien; maitre 1746;

died 1768), 130
Riesener, Jean-Henri {bniste; active from circa

1754; maitre 1768; bniste ordinaire du Roi
1774-1785; retired 1801; 1734-1806), 53, 77
Storr, Paul (silversmith; active by 1792;

1771-1844), 476
Risenburgh, Bernard van, I I {bniste; maitre

before 1730; after 1696-circa 1766), 10-12, 24, 26,
28, 33, 41, 65, 68
Roentgen, Abraham {bniste; 1711-1793), 401
Roentgen, David {bniste; active i n Neuwied
1772-1795; maitre o f the Paris guild 1780; bnistemcanicien du Roi et de la Reine 1785; 1743-1807),
397> 404
Roger pere (Svres rpareur; active 17541784), 231
Romilly, Jean (clockmaker; maitre 1752;
1714-1796), 139
Rousseau de la Rottire, Jean-Simeon, called
Rousseau (sculptor; born 1747), 124
Saint-Germain, Jean-Joseph de (bronze castor;

maitre 1748; active until after 1772), 134, 139
Saunier, Claude-Charles {bniste; maitre 1752;
1735-1807), 49
Schiefer (Meissen molder; active first half o f the
Schor, Johann Paul (called Giovanni Paolo
Tedesco) (painter and designer; 1615-1674), 321
Schwinger, Hermann (glassblower; 1640-1683),
443
Strozzi, Bernardo (painter and designer;

1581-1644), 331
Valade (painter; active at the Gobelins manufac

tory middle o f the eighteenth century), 300
Vallois, Nicolas (sculptor; born 1738, active
through the 1780s), 101
Vand, Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel, pere (Svres
gilder; active 1753-1779), 78
Taillandier, Genevieve (Sevres painter; active

1780-1798), 239
Taillandier, Vincent (Sevres painter; active
1753-1790), 239
Tandart, Jean-Baptiste, Tain (Svres painter;
active 1754-1800; 1729-1816), 49
Targone, Cesare ([?] sculptor and goldsmith;
active 1575-1590), 330
Templetown, Elizabeth, Lady (designer;
1747-1823), 17
Teniers, David, lejeune (painter; 1610-1690), 220
Vandercruse, Roger (called Lacroix) {bniste;

maitre Y]4% 1728-1799), 14
Varin, Jean, III (medalist, sculptor, and goldsmith;
circa 1604-1672), 7
Vernasal, Guy-Louis (painter; 1648-1729), 286,
292
Vincent, Henry-Francois, lejeune (Svres gilder;
born 1723, active 1753-1806), 51
V i t l , Wolfgang (glassblower; director o f glass
workshop; 1534-1540), 461-463
Voisin, Charles (clockmaker; maitre 1710;
1685-1761), 135
Tessier, Louis (painter; circa 1719-1781), 301, 302

Thomire, Pierre-Philippe (bronze castor; maitre
1772; active at the Svres manufactory 17831815;
1751-1843), 16, 144,154, 174, 183, 242, 266
Weisweiler, Adam {bniste; maitre 1778; active

until 1809; 1744-1820), 17,18, 51
Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste (engraver; circa 1740-1813),

237
Weil, Johann Wilhelm (organ builder; 1756-1813),

404
Tilliard, Jacques-Jean-Baptiste (called JeanBaptiste, II) {menuisier; maitre1752; 1723-1798),

99,105
Winter, Friedrich (glassblower; died 1711/12), 444
Triquet, Pierre-Claude (sculptor; active second

half of the eighteenth century), 102
Sene, Jean-Baptiste-Claude {menuisier; maitre

1769; 1748-1803), 101
Spohn, P. (restorer; dates unknown), 27
Urbino, Nicola (di Gabriele Sbraghe) da (ceramic

artist; circa 1480-1537/38), 356
Y
Yvart, Baudrain, le pere (painter; 1611-1690), 281,
289, 290
295
296
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Ardmore House (Middlesex), 57
Bardac, J., 175
Arenberg, duchesse Mathildis d', 20
Bardi, Giovanni, 391
Arenberg, dues d', 20
Bardini, Stefano, 340
Arenberg, prince d', 478
Bardini, Ugo, 1, 312, 313, 315
Argyll, Dukes of, 41
Bargigli, de, 225
Aaron, Didier, 5,16, 39, 44, 83,177,199, 261, 314,
Arlatan, Jean d' (marquis de la Roche and baron
Barker, Alexander, 72
The following index includes the names o f

private owners and dealers. Named residences
are also listed. Please note that references are to
entry numbers, not page numbers.
390
de Lauris), 202
Abdy, Sir Robert, Bt., 29, 41, 76,189
Arto is, comte d', 19
Abdy, Sir Valentine, 189
Ashburton, Rt. H o n . Lord, 241
Adda collection, 351
Ashwick House (Somerset), 55
Aetas Antiqua, S.A., 331
Astor, Lord, 197
Alamagna family, 416
Atholl, 8th Duke o f (John George Murray,

Marquess o f Tullibardine), 67
Albani, conte Francesco Castelbarco, 302

Alexander and Berendt, Ltd., 13, 25, 57, 58, 62, 93,
Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, 409,
Baroda, Maharanee of, 18, 396

Bath, Marquess of, 502
Baudoint family, 56
Becker, Carl, 198
Beckett-Denison, Christopher, 18, 394
Beckford, William, 18
Beddard, Anne, 254
105,141,143,167,170,172, 211, 231, 247, 259, 283,

314, 326, 403
417, 419
Benavente, Counts of, 486
Aveline et Cie, 11,16,18, 22, 404, 477
Bensimon, Gaston, 4, 192, 224, 246
Allen, A r m i n ., 215, 223, 229, 238
Aveline, Maurice, 11
Braudire, Jacques, comte de, 98
Allnat, John, 16
Bernal, Ralph, 356
Alvarez de Toledo family, 50
Bernard, Jacques-Samuel (comte de Coubert), 186
Ancel, Germaine, 257
Backer, Hans, 188
Bernheimer, 59
Anchier, Gauthiot d' (Governor o f Besancon), 6
Bacon, Edward R., 246
Bernheimer Fine Arts, Ltd., 285, 399
Angiviller, comte d' (Charles Claude de Flahaut),
Baillie-Hamilton, H o n . Mrs. Robert (Mary
Berotaire, 107
60
Gavin), 67
Antiquaires de Paris, Les, 13,
Bak, Dr., 340, 352
Antique Porcelain Company, The, 67, 208-210,
Ball, C , 28
214, 222, 233, 237, 416, 418
Ball, W , 54
Bertrand et Cie, P., 278

Best, Dr. Albert, 284
I N D E X
Bthune-Pologne, comtesse de (AntoinetteLouise-Marie Crozat de Thiers), 90

Beurdeley, Alfred-Emanuel-Louis, 274
Beurdeley, Louis-Auguste-Alfred, 274
Biemann, Fritz, 374, 387, 458
Billarderie, comte de la (Alexandre de Flahaut),
60
Billy, Monsieur de, 46
Biron, 12th marquis de (Guillaume de GontautBiron), 146
Black, Bernard, 330
Black-Nadeau, L t d . , 330
Black, David, Sr., 330
Blair, C. Ledyard, 291
Blairman and Sons, H . , 310
O F PREVIOUS
Boore, William, 227
Botham, Miss, 224
Caledon, Earl of, 283
Botibol, J. M . , 14, 21, 30, 65, 68, 80
Cam House (London), 267
Bouchard, citoyen, 279
Cambacrs, dues de, 54
Bourbon, Louis-Henri, due de (7th prince de
Cambacrs, Ives, comte de, 104, 257
Conde), 199
Bourbon, Louise-Marie-Adlade de, 286
Bourbon, Michael de, 290
Bouvier, 248
Braganca, Archbishop D o m Gaspar de, 190
Branicka, Christine, 35
Branicki, Count Jan Klemens, 35
British Rail Pension Fund, 73,183, 201, 394
Brone, Bent Peter, 41o, 411
OWNERS
Cameron, 61, 66,164

Camondo, comte de, 289
Camus de la Guibourgre family, 287
Camus de Pontcarr family, 287
Capricorn A r t International, 400
Carlhian, Andre, 119
Carlhian, Maison, 124
Carlhian, R. and M . , 122,124
Carnarvon, Countess o f (Almina Wombwell),
Brougham, Lords, 21
74 75
Brunswick-Lneberg, Dukes of, 193
Carlo Alberto o f Savoy, King, 328
Bucher, Alice, 300
Carrington, 2nd Lord (John Robert Smith), 190
Buckingham and Chandos, Dukes of, 58,192
Carritt, David, 406
Burat, Mme Louis, 268
Cartier family, 193
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, Baroness, 10
Cartier, Ltd., 193
Burdett-Coutts, H o n . William Bartlett, 10
Cassel van D o o m , Baron and Baroness, 48
Bolingbroke, 2nd Viscount (Frederick, 3rd

Viscount St. John), 214
Burgess, H . , 57
Castellani, Alessandro, 196, 353, 362
Bondy, Oscar, 383, 432, 442, 453, 455, 456, 467
Bureau Seraudey, Antoinette (Mme d'Inval), 119
Castiglione, 397
Bonnefoy, Jean-Louis, 189
Burns, Major General Sir George, 249, 325
Catherine I I , Empress o f Russia, 64
Bonnefoy-Duplan, 102
Burns, Mrs. Walter Hayes, 249, 325
Caumont La Force family, de, 90
Bonnemet, M . d'Eustache, 20
Burton-Jones, Hugh, 212
Cavendish-Bentinck, Miss H . , 71
Block, Sidney, J., 37

Blohm, Otto and Magdalena, 219
Blondeel, Bernard, 287
Blumka, Ruth and Leopold, 370-373, 375,
377-380, 383-385 389> 422.-444, 447-457/459

461-467, 481-484, 487, 489
Bode, W i l h e l m von, 335
Burton-Jones, Kathleen (Mrs. Gifford-Scott), 212
297
298
INDEX OFPREVIOUS
OWNERS
Cei, P., 242
Coigny, Hotel de, 142
Cronier, Ernest, 61
Centanini, 369
Colbert family, 24
C r o m e Court (Worcestershire), 221
Chabrillan family, de, 90
Colnaghi and Co., P. and D . , 333
Croxteth H a l l (near Liverpool), 231
Chait, Ralph, 490, 491
Colorno, Palazzo di (near Parma), 168
Crozat, Pierre, 90
Chalmin, Jean-Luc, 184
Colville, Col. Norman, 233
Cumberland, Dukes of, 193
Chanteloup, Chateau de, 97
Compigne, Chateau de, 101,169
Currie, Laurence, 36
Chantilly, Chateau de, 199
Consolo, Philip R., 36
Curzon, Sir Nathaniel (ist Baron Scarsdale), 185
Chappey, Edouard, 61,157
Contini-Bonacossi, 338
Chteau-sur-Mer (Newport, Rhode Island), 102,
Conyngham, Jane, Marchioness of, 238
Cook, ., 471
Dalva Brothers, Inc., 52, 76,102,112,128, 244,
286
Chesaie, Chateau de la (Eubonne), 183
Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred and Edith, 29, 32,
63,76
Chinese Palace (Oranienbaum, near St.
Coope, Octavius E., 42

Cornbury Park (Oxfordshire), 2
Cornillion, Chateau de (Loire), 56
272, 274, 279, 282, 324, 402

Damiron, Charles, 347, 353, 360
Damiron, Paul, 347, 360
Damour family, 56
Petersburg), 64
Cornwallis West, William, 40
Choiseul, due de, 97
Corsini family, 318, 391, 446
Cholmondeley, Marchioness o f (Sybil Sassoon), 8
Cotte, Jules-Francois de, 8
Chompret, J., 342
Cotte, Jules-Robert de, 8
Christie, George, 497
Cotterstock Hall (Northamptonshire), 62
Christner, Mrs. John W , 226, 234, 235, 245
Coty, Francois, 61
Clement VIII, Pope (Ippolito Aldobrandini), 391
Coudira, Chateau de (Prgny, Switzerland), 27
468, 485
Clements, 243
Court, M . , 397
David-Weill, David, 187,191,192,199
Clermont-Tonnerre, comtesse de, 178
Coutts, Harriot Mellon, 10
Davis, Charles, 130,138
Cleveland, Grace Caroline, Duchess of, 222
Coventry, George William, 6th Earl of, 221
Debruge-Dumenil, 197
Clifden, Leopold George Frederick, 5th Viscount,
Coventry, George William, 7th Earl of, 221
Delplace, Lucien, 13
Crag Hall (Lancashire), 25
Demidov, Anatole, Prince o f San Donato, 4,154
Cramoisan, Didier, 232, 240
Demidoff, Paul, 4
Cressart, Guillaume, 119
Despencer, family, Le, 58
72
Clore, Sir Charles, 230
Clumber (Nottinghamshire), 14
Cockshut, John, 71
Cressart, Hotel (Paris), 119
Danae A r t International, 323, 392

Dange, Francois Balthazar, 41
Dange, Marie-Emilie-Francoise, 41
D a n g e de Bagneux, Louis-Balthazar, 41
Daval, 11
David, Inc., 195, 374, 376, 381, 382, 386, 388, 407,
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Digby, . . H . , 60
Durlacher, George, 22, 358
D i o Andia y Talleyrand-Prigord, due de, 146
Duselschon, M m e , 27
Fabius Frres, 479
Dodge, Anna Thomson, 28, 64, 79, 92, 98,100,
Dutasta, Paul, 175
Fabre, B., et Fils, 3, 46, 61, 66, 81, 88,118,143,171,
101,109,134,139,176,182, 296
Donaldson, 18
Donjeux, Vincent, 18,130
Dorrance, Jr., John Thompson, 286
Dorrance, Sr., John Thompson, 286
Duvaux, Lazare, 213, 214

Duveen, 49, 255
Duveen and Co., 79
Duveen Brothers, 6, 23, 64, 67, 92, 98,100,109,
119,134,139,176,182, 220, 221, 296, 301, 365
Double, Leopold, 100
Douilla, Goupil de, 31
Egmont Palace (Brussels), 478
Downs, Joseph, 477
Eisgrub, Schloss, 449
Dragesco, Bernard, 232, 240
Elizabeth, Empress o f Russia, 64
Drey, David, 11
Ellsworth, Robert, 255
Dubois, Antoine-Alexandre, 107
Eist, Violet van der, 7
D u c h family, 119
Ephrussi, Maurice, 138
Duch, Elisabeth-Louis (wife o f Jacques

Bertrand, marquis de Scpeaux et de Beaupreau),
Erlestoke Mansion (Wiltshire), 53
Dudley House (London), 58
Fahrbach, Georg, 124

Fane, Lieutenant Colonel H o n . Henry, 62
Farman, M m e Henry, 258
Faucigny-Lucinge, Pierre de, 163
Faucigny-Lucinge, princesse de, 106
Doucet, M m e , 122
119
180, 264, 288
Ernst Augustus I , Duke o f Cumberland and

Brunswick-Liineburg, King o f Hanover, 193
Faunce, Maria Sophia ( H o n . Mrs. Wilfred

Brougham), 21
Fenston, Felix, 117
Fernando I I o f Portugal, King, 408
Ferneres, Chateau de (Tarn), 133
Fetherstonehaugh, Sir Harry, 230
Feuchres, baronne de (Sophie Dawes), 119
Fielden family, 12
Fitzhenry, J. H . , 192
Fitzmaurice, Lady Emily, 60
Ernst Augustus I I , Duke o f Cumberland and

Brunswick-Liineburg, 193
Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte de (Auguste-
Dudley, Earls of, 7, 58, 221, 222, 233

Dumont, 77
Erskine, Magdelene Sharpe, 468
Flannery, Thomas E, Jr., 195
Dundas family, 62
Espirito Santo, Jos and Vera, 10,190
Fleury, 97
Dunimarle Castle (Culross, Fife, Scotland), 468
Espirito Santo family, 39
Fogg, Samuel, 130
Dunlap, Mrs. Charles E., 201
Eumorfopoulos, George, 377
Foley, Lord, 7
Dupuy, Mrs. H . , 201, 242
Exbury House (Hampshire), 32, 230
Fontainebleau, Chateau de, 32, 96,101, 327
Duras, Emmanuel-Felicit, due de, 32
Exeter, 4th Marquess o f (Henry George
Fonthill Abbey (Wiltshire), 18
Durier, Jeanne, 127

Durlacher, 380
Brownlow), 130
Charles-Joseph), 60
Fonthill House (Wiltshire), 263, 496
299
300
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
O W N E R S
Ford, Henry, I I , 257, 263
Gautier, Henri 358
Gould, Florence J., 210
Foresi, Alessandro, 366
Gavet, Emile, 376, 377
Gould, George Jay, 23,139
Foster, Ltd., Kate, 206, 409, 421, 495
Gavin, M a r y (Hon. Mrs. Robert Baillie-
Goury de Rosland, 217
Fouquet, Nicolas, 117

Founs, S., 27
Fournier, 124
Foz, marquis da, 4,143
France, government of, 168
Freda, Mrs. Rose, 94
Frederick Augustus I I I , Elector o f Saxony and
Hamilton), 67
Gawn, Roger, 86
Gendebien-Salvay, Baron, 289
George I I I , King o f England, 193
Georgian Court (Lakewood, New Jersey), 23,139
Gibbs, Christopher, 115,117
Gibson, 240
Gramont, due de, 122, 296

Grassi, Ugo, 336
Grassi collection, 488
Gravenwezel, s, 478, 480
Greenway, Lee, 170
Greffulhe, Henri, comte de, 11,100
Grimston Park (Yorkshire), 12
King of Poland, 28
Gignoux, ., 126
Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , King o f Prussia, 398
Giustiniani, Longhi, 331
French and Co., 15, 20, 36, 37, 62, 70, 74, 75, 78,
Giustiniani-Longo di Luca, Doge Alessandro, 331
Chauvelin), 292
85, no, 129-132,137,142,145,153,160,166,177,

225, 226, 242, 291, 292, 294, 297, 299, 320, 397
Givenchy, Hubert de, 91
Guibourgre, Chateau de la (Bretagne), 287
Gleichenberg bei Graz, Schloss, 467
Guibourgre, Raoul de la, Francoise-Louise, 287
Glogowski, 335
Guinness, Walter, 298
455 483
Godefroy, Francois-Ferdinand-Joseph, 39
Guiraud, M . and M m e Louis, 145, 247
Fribourg, M m e Lucienne, 143
Goding, William, 222
Gunnersbury Park (Middlesex), 32
Friedel, de, 170
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baroness Alexis de, 241
Gwydir, ist Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baron Maximilian von,
Gwydir, 2nd Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
Freppa, Giovanni, 366

Frey, Alexander von, 380, 424, 426-428, 433, 439,
Fulco de Bourbon, Mme, 290
Grimsthorpe, Edmund, ist Lord, 72

Grosbois, marquis de (Germain-Louis de
152
G
Gallet, Gerard, 20
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Erich, 415

Gonzaga, Palazzo (Mantua), 316
Haddington, 12th Earl o f (George Baillie-
Galveias, Count o f (D. Martinho de Mello e

Castro), 186
Gonzales Lopez-Garcia, Manuel, 131
Hamilton), 115
Goode, W i l l i a m J., 221, 240, 243
Haggin, Mrs. James B., n o
Garrick, David, 472
Goodwood House (Sussex), 476
Haltburn, Schloss (Burgenland, Austria), 300
Gary, Judge Elbert H . , 67
Gort, John Prendergast, 6th Viscount, 7
Hamilton, Dukes of, 18, 53, 394
Gastinet, 98
Gould, Anna (duchesse de Talleyrand), 4, 23
INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Hamilton, i o t h Duke o f and 7th Duke o f

Brandon (Alexander Archibald Douglas), 18, 53
Hamilton, Duchess o f (Susan Beckford), 18
Hamilton Palace (Lanarkshire, Scotland), 18, 53,
394
Hamilton Place (London), 32
Hamsterly H a l l (Durham), 7
Hann, George R., 362
Heliot, Laurent, 264
Hennequart, 106
Iljinski, Count, 397
Henry, Prince o f Prussia, 302
Inchmery House (Exbury), 32
Hertford House (London), 228
Ingilby, Sir Thomas (Bt.), 339
Hertford, 3rd Marquess o f (Earl of Yarmouth),
Inval, Jean-Louis M i l o n d \ 119
224
Hertford, Richard, 4th Marquess of, 50, 271, 293
Hertford, 2nd Marchioness o f (Isabella Anne
Harbord, Felix, 117
Ingram-Shepherd), 228
Harcourt, 39
Hever Castle (London), 197
Harding, 71, 238
Heywood-Lonsdale, L t . Col. ., 277
Harlaxton Manor (Lincolnshire), 7
Hillingdon, Lords, 70,129
Harrington, R. L . , L t d . , 274
Hirsch, Henry, 65
Harris, Jonathan, 86
Hirsch, Robert von, 406, 447
Harris, Moss, 18
Hodgkins, . M . , 48, 297, 299
Hart, Mrs. Geoffrey, 469
Hoffman-Frey, Christoph, 415
Hartman, Alan, 255
Hohenzollern Museum (Sigmaringen, Germany),
Harvey, Lady, 67
Hastings, Barons of, 86
Haur, Jean, 101
Heathfield Park (Sussex), 72
Heber-Percy, Algernon, 418
Hebert, 102
Heere, W i l l i a m , 477
Hegetschweile, Rudolph, 321
Heilbrunner, Galaries, n o
Iveagh, ist Earl o f (Edward Cecil Guinness), 298

Iveagh, 2nd Earl o f (Rupert Edward Cecil Lee
Guinness), 295
Inveraray Castle (Argyll, Scotland), 41
426, 427
Hoorn van Vlooswyck, Baron Pierre-Nicolas, 106
Horstmann, F. J. ., 189
Hosten, Maison (Paris), 124
Houghton Hall (Norfolk), 8
Howden, 2nd Baron (Sir John Hobart Caradoc),
Jackson, 397
Jarnac, comte de, 233
Jeremy, L t d . , 143
Johnson, Barbara Piasecka, 329
Johnson, Anne and Deane, 218, 219
Joseph, Edward, 404
Josse, . . ., 6
Joubert, 97
Jouvenal, de, 200
Jullienne, . , 261
Julliot, C. F., 4, 261
12
Humann, Christian, 229
Humphris, Cyril, 197, 346, 353, 357
Kahn, Samuel, 163
Hurgronje, Snouck, 439
Kaiser, Joachim, 124
H e i m Gallery, Ltd., 328
Karl Albrecht (Charles V I I I ) , Elector of Bavaria,
Helft, Jacques, 153,185,190, 257, 396
399
3OI
302
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
O W N E R S
Kauffmann, ., 337
Lamon, Sidney J., 166
Lindon collection, 274
Kauffmann, Richard von, 405
Lancut, Castle (Poland), 266
Lion, Adolphe, 181
Kedleston Hall (Derbyshire), 185
Landau, Nicolas, 470
Loeser, Charles, 350
Keith and Nairne, Baroness (Emily de Flahaut),
Lapeyrire, M . , 54
60
Keller, Colonel Giovanni Giovacchino, 445
Kerin, Gerard, 83
Kessler, George ., 280
Kevorkian, Hagop, 500
Kieslinger, F., 450
King, . J., 255
King, William, 394
Klaber and Klaber, 204
Koenigsberg, Claus de, 220, 221
Koenigsberg, Paula de, 220, 221
Konig, Michael, 403
Kraemer, Raymond, 12, 67
Kraemer et Cie, 12,13, 33, 46, 87,103,116,142,
150,156,158-160,173,179,184, 263
Kugel, Jacques, 91,113, 135,136,159, 251, 322, 393
Kugel, Mrs. Kila, 147
Lapiccirella, Leonardo, 448

Launay, Suzanne de, 8
Lege, Francois, 121,162
Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 261
Lederer, August, 335, 336, 340
Lederer, Erich, 335, 336, 340, 405, 406
Lee, Ronald, 58
Lefortier, Annette, 96
Lefebvre, Georges, 200, 203
Legere, M m e , 222
Leitner, Richard, 456
Lelong, M m e C , 124
Lemaitre, 225
Londesborough, Countess o f (Lady Grace

Adelaide Fane), 68
Londesborough, Barons and Earls, 12
Longari, Nella, 338
Longleat Castle (Wiltshire), 502
Longueil, marquis de, 19
Lopez-Willshaw, Arturo, 73, 185, 394
Lopez-Willshaw, Patricia, 185
Louis XIV, King o f France, 56, 280, 281
Louis XV, King o f France, 64,142
Louis XVI, K i n g o f France, 16, 42, 77,169, 237,
243, 300-302, 397

Louis, Dauphin o f France (1729-1765), 28
Louis, Grand Dauphin o f France (1661-1711), 57
Louise-Elisabeth o f France, Madame (Duchess o f
Lerouge, 46
Parma), 168
Leverghem, Count G. della Faille de, 480
Louise o f France, Madame, 32, 227
Levy, 58
Louis-Philippe d'Orlans, King o f the French,
Levy, Claude, 261

L
Levy, Etienne, 12, 31,132, 261
Labia, Dr. Joseph, 58, 222
Levy, Gilbert, 213
Lacroix, Leon, 19
Levy, Olivier, 225, 226
Laird, Henry James, 57
Lewis and Simmons, 67
Laloux, Vincent, 289
Leyland, Captain Thomas, 40
Lambert, Sir John, 229
Liechtenstein, Prince of, 375, 379, 448

Lincoln, Earls of, 229
286
Louvre, Galerie d u Bord de l'eau (Paris), 281
Love, C. Ruxton, 194
Lowengard, Jules, 51
Lubin, Edward, 364
Lubormirska, Princess Isabella, 266
Luneville, M . de, 4
Lugli, E., 242
INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Lupu, Jean, 239
Marin, M . , 18
Meyer, Michel, 60,157,159,161,179, 256, 265
Lurcy, Georges, 166, 396
Marismas del Guadalquivir, marquise de Las

(Mme Alexandre Aguado), 119
Michailoff, Grand Duke Nicolai, 104
Luxembourg, Palais d u (Paris), 101,169

Luxembourg, Palais Petit (Paris), 142
Lycett-Green, F. D . , 346
Lydiard Park (Wiltshire), 214
Lydig, Rita, 166
Marly-Le-Roi, Chateau de (Yvelines), 120

Marly, Chateau de (Paris), 142
Marquis, M . , 187
Masurel family, 259
Max Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, 40
Maclean, 18
Maglin, ., 303
Mayorcas, Ltd., 288

Mazarin, duchesse de (Louise-Jeanne de Durfort),
178, 261
Michailoff, Palais (St. Petersburg), 104

Michel, 101
Michel, Charles, 54
M i d t o w n Antiques, n o
Miller, R. W., 471
Mills, Sir Charles, 70
Moatti, Alain, 127, 316, 365
Mobilier Royal, 169
Moltke, Count Joachim Godske, 213
Magniac, Hollingworth, 380
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Helen, Duchess o f

(Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg), 64
Maisons, Chateau de (Paris), 19
Medici, Grand Duke Ferdinando I de', 391
Moncrif, Pierre-Charles de, 199
Malcolm, Colonel George, 386
Medinaceli, Duke of, 131
Montanaro, Carlo, 331
Malcolm, John, 386
Medina-Sidonia, Dukes of, 50
Montbrian, Chateau de (Aix-en-Provence), 278
Mallett family, 120
Melin, M m e Claude, 120
Montebello, 2nd due de (Napoleon Lannes), 274
Mallett and Son, L t d . , 181
Mello, Chateau de (Oise), 6
Moretus-Plantin, Count, 480
Mallett at Bourdon House, L t d . , 275
Mello e Castro family, 186
Morgan, J. Pierpont, 220, 221, 352, 362
Mallett s, 45, 238
Mellon, Paul, 112
Morgan, J. Pierpont, Jr., 220, 221
Mante collection, 196
Meloney, M r . and Mrs. William Brown, 208, 209
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 191
Mante, Robert, 196
Melville, 5th Viscount (Henry Dundas), 62
Moritzburg, Schloss (near Dresden), 28
Marais, Chateau de (Seine-et-Oise), 4
Melville Castle (Scotland), 62
Morrison, Alfred, 496
Margadale o f Islay, Lord (John Greville

Morrison), 496
Menars, marquis de, 191
Mortemart, dues de, 174
Menier, Gaston, 289
Moulinet family, 187
Mentmore Towers (Buckinghamshire), 45,155,
Murray Scott, Sir John, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Maria Feodorovna, Czarina o f Russia, Grand

Duchess, 79, 301
Marie-Antoinette, Queen o f France, 77,100-102
169,197
Mereworth Castle (Kent), 56, 216
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, 402
Moncrif, Fran9ois-Augustin Paradis de, 199
303
304
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
O W N E R S
Orleans, Prince Thibaut d', 361
Napier, Robert, 243
Orsini Family, 314
Narishkine, Prince, 49
Ortiz, Georges, 281
Neidhardt Antiquitten, G m b H , 125
Ortiz-Linares, M m e Jorge, 46, 281
Neues Palais (Potsdam), 479
Ossun, marquis d' (Pierre-Paul), 281
Neuhaus, Albrecht, 408
O t i n , Michel, n o
Archibald Douglas), 14
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Dukes of, 14
Paget, E. R., 37
Niclausse, Juliette, 276
Paget, Gerald C , 278
Nicolier, 202
Paillet, 261
Niewenhuys, 50
Plfiy, Palais (Vienna), 397
Nordbhmischen Gewerbemuseums, 421
Palffy, Count Jnos, 132, 397
N o r t h Mymms Park (Hertfordshire), 249, 325
Pallott, 471
Northbrook, Florence, Countess of, 212
Parguez-Perdreau, 280
Northumberland, Dukes of, 475, 490, 491
Parpart, Familie von, 421
Northumberland, ist Duke o f (Sir Hugh
Partridge, Frank, and Sons, Ltd., 31, 36, 38, 48, 55,
Norton, Martin, 188
70, 77, 85, 89,155,166, 230, 233, 237, 254, 268,

309, 320, 396, 473
Norton Simon Foundation, 6
Partridge (Fine Arts) L t d . , 168, 205, 258, 263, 277,
Nyffeler, Dr. Marcel, 412, 413
325
Pasquale, Edward de, 94
Patino, Antenor, 11,158
o
Odiot, Maison, 304-308
Ojjeh, Akram, 35
Bourbon), 286
Perman, 22
Perrin, n o
Petit Trianon (Versailles), 77,100,102
Phillips, 57
Phillips, Miss A , 205
Newcastle, 7th Duke o f (Henry Pelham
Smithson), 418
Penthivre, due de (Louis-Jean-Marie de
Paul I , Czar o f Russia, 301

Pauls-Eisenbeiss, Dr. and Mrs., 418
Pavlovsk, Palace o f (near St. Petersburg), 79,182,
Orleans, Louis-Philippe I I , due d', 169
301
Orleans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, due d', 169
Payne, 404
Peel, David, 112
Pelham-Clinton, Henry, 229
Phillips, S. J., 189,190, 475

Piantelli, Giovanna Musso, 331
Pichler, Gabriel, 432
Pilkington, 221
Piot, Eugene, 366
Platrier, 106
Pless, Princess o f (Mary-Theresa Olivia), 40
Pompadour, Hotel (Paris), 222
Pompadour, marquise de, 184, 222
Pope's Manor (Berkshire), 72,151,190
Porgs, Jules Paul, 291, 302
Prtela, Juan, 398
Portland, Dukes of, 216
Portland, 5th Duke o f (William John CavendishBentinck-Scott), 216
Portugal, royal family, 291
Potocka, Marianna (Szymanowska), 35
Potocki, Count Alfred, 266
Potsdam, Schloss, 398
Powis, Earls of, 16
Powis Castle (Wales), 16
INDEX O FPREVIOUS OWNERS
Provence, Louis-Stanislas-Xavier and MarieJosephine-Louise, comte and comtesse de, 279

Pringsheim, Alfred, 337, 343, 347
Puiforcat, 191
Pyrford Court (Surrey), 295
Riddell, 380
Rivoli, due de, 124
Robert, Christie, 82
Robinson, Eric, 216
Robinson, Sir Joseph C , Bt., 58, 222
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D . , Jr., (Martha Baird), 67
Quandt, Frau, 143
Rockefeller, Nelson, 222

Rocheaux, 102,130
Romanova, Castle o f (near St. Petersburg), 397
R
Racconigi Palace (near Turin), 328
Radcliffe, Sir Everard Joseph, 5th Bt., 270
Ragaller, 398
Rmer, Galerie, 300

Rose, Palais (Paris), 4
Rosebery, 7th Earl o f (Neil Primrose), 45
Rosebery, 6th Earl of (Albert Primrose), 45, 78,
Rambouillet, Chateau de, 286
155,169,197
Randall, Glenn, 472
Rosenbaum, I . , 272
Randon de Boisset, Pierre-Louis, 106, 261
Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., 24, 35, 41, 43, 47, 51,
Reale, Palazzo (Turin), 333
69, 71, 82, 83,114,130,138,149,152,175, 206, 213,

220, 221, 256, 262, 266, 286, 329
Redfern, 58
Redford, W i l l i a m , 93
Regainy, Pierre de, 206
Reitlinger, Henry S., 358
Reitz, Baroness Marie de, 397
Residenz (Dresden), 28
Reviczky A . G., Lovice, 241, 270, 415
Rhodes, 241
Richmond and Gordon, Dukes of, 476
Richmond and Lennox, Charles, 4th Duke of,
476
Rothschild, Sir Anthony de, Bt., 27, 85, 294, 297,
299
Rothschild, Baronne Cecilie de, 8
Rothschild, Baroness Clarice de, 35, 38, 47, 51, 149
Rothschild, Baron David de, 34
Rothschild, Edmond de, 10
Rothschild, Edmund de, 32, 55, 85, 230, 233, 237,
320
Rothschild, Baron and Baronne Edouard de, 50
Rothschild, Baron Edouard de, 34,133
Rothschild, Baron Eric de, 107
Rothschild, Baron Gustav de, 138
Rothschild, Baron Gustave Salomon de, 8,107
Rothschild, Baron Guy de, 34, 50,133
Rothschild, Hannah de (Countess o f Rosebery),
45> i55> 169

Rothschild, Baron Henri cle, 153
Rothschild, Jacob, 333
Rosenberg, Paul, 44
Rothschild, Baron James de, 107
Rose Terrace (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan),
Rothschild, Baronne James de, 196
28, 64, 79, 92, 98, 100,101,109,134,139,176,

182, 296
Rothschild, Leopold de, 32, 55, 230
Rossignol, Jean, 186

Rothschild, Baron Adolphe de, 365, 501
Rothschild, Baron Alain de, 107
Rothschild, Alexandrine de, 10
Rothschild, Alfred de, 74, 75, 85, 230, 233, 320
Rothschild, Baron Alphonse de, 35, 38, 47, 51,
149,194
Rothschild, Annie de (Hon. Mrs. Eliot Yorke), 27
Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, 55, 230, 233, 237

Rothschild, Baroness Lionel de, 85, 320
Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Baron Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Baron Louis de, 279
Rothschild, Baroness Marie-Hlne de, 366
Rothschild, Baron Maurice de, 365, 422
305
36
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Rothschild, Baron Mayer de, 45
St. John, Frederick, 3rd Viscount, 214
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Alphonse de, 34,133,
Saint-Severin, Dupille de, 56
149
Sainte-Foix, Radix de, 261
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Amschel de, 45,155,169

Rothschild, Baron Nathaniel de, 35, 38, 47, 51,
149,194
Rothschild, Baron Robert de, 107
Rothschild collection, 175, 285
Saint-Vrain, Chateau de (Seine-et-Oise), 174

Same Art., Ltd., 107,196, 311, 317, 318, 390, 391,
Schutz, Matthew, L t d . , 94, 95,108, 248, 250, 255,
273> 32<7>4i9
Segoura, Maurice, 27,106,146,171,174, 271
Seillire, Baron Achille, 6,15
Seligmann, 72
445, 446
Seligmann, ., 406
Samson, Anne-Marie, 41
Seligmann, Arnold, 11,15, 280, 406
San Donato Palace (Pratolino, near Florence),
Seligmann, Arnold, Rey and Co., 23,166
Rouvire, M m e , 27
4,154
Seligmann, Francois-Grard, 15, 84,123,153,163,
Royal, Palais (Paris), 169
Sartel, Octave du, 421
169, 257, 282, 293, 303
Rudding Park (Yorkshire), 270
Sassoon, M r . and Mrs. Meyer, 72,151,190
Seligmann, Germain, 30, 282
Rufford Abbey (Nottingham), 344
Sassoon, Sir Philip, Bt., 8
Seligmann, Jacques, 48, 50, 61,104,123,124, 236,
Ruhmann, Franz, 429, 436
Sassoon, Violet (Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald),
Ruhmann, Karl, 444, 457, 484

Ruthin Castle (Denbighshire), 40
Russian Imperial Collections, 79,182
Rutter, E., 222
Sabet, Habib, 50, 79

Sackville, Lady Victoria, 50, 236, 271, 293
72,151
Seligmann, Leopold H . , 422, 423, 426, 427
Sauphar, Lucien, 455
Sellin, Neil, 490, 491
Savedra, Carreras, 153
Sre, Claude, 155
Savile family, 344
Seymour, Henry, 166
Savoy, House o f (Racconigi, Turin), 325, 332
Shandon collection, 243
Saxe-Coburg, Duke o f (Johann Casmir), 445
Shavington H a l l (Salop), 277
Saxe-Teschen, Albert and Marie-Christine, Duke
Shrigley-Feigel, Mrs. S., 25
and Duchess of, 300

Scpeaux de Beaupreau, Elisabeth-Louise-
Sainsbury, Wilfred J., 206
Adlade de, 119
Saint-Andr-des-Arts, Church o f (Paris), 280
Scarsdale, Earls of, 185
Saint-Brice-sous-Fort, Chateau de (Val d'Oise),
Schick, Mrs. Hedwig, 452
146
Saint-Cloud, Chateau de, 16, 42
239, 248, 271, 281, 282, 293, 298
Schick, Viktor, 443, 452

Schiff, John L., 4, 42, 74, 75, 99,178, 217, 227,
Saint-Cloud, marquis de, 142
236, 253, 280, 292
St. George, Mrs. Evelyn, 267
Schiff, Mortimer L., 42, 74, 75, 99,178, 217, 227,
236, 253, 280, 292

Schnyder von Wartensee, Paul, 420
Silberman, E. and A , 383, 453, 467

Simmons, . J., 10
Simon, Norton, 6,119, 301
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research,
The, 222
Smith, Sir Herbert, 7
Smolen, 131
Smulders, Henri, 170
I N D E X
OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Sonnenberg, Benjamin, 352
Sorel, Ccile, 30
Taillepied, Charles-Claude, 96
linger, Edmund de, 369
Souza, Guedes de, 31, 48
Talleyrand, due de, 146
Union Artistique, Paris, 119
Spence, W i l l i a m , 366
Talleyrand, duchesse de (Anna Gould), 4
Uthemann, , 63
Spero, Alfred, 343, 344
Talleyrand, Violette de (Mme Gaston Palewski), 4
Uzs, duchesse d \ 286
Spink and Son, L t d . , 492-494, 499
Talleyrand-Prigord, Dino Andia y, due de, 146
Spitzer, 370
Taylor, 370
Steinitz, Bernard Baruch, 56, 80, 97, H I , 148,154,
Taylor, John Edward, 377
Vanderbilt, Alice, 53,130
Taylor, Michael, 395
Vanderbilt, Consuelo (Mme Jacques Balsan), 250,
163, 259
Steinitz, M m e Simone, 252
Steinkopff, Edward, 380
Stephens, Mrs. Lyne, 227
Stern, Mrs. Benjamin, 181
Stiebel, Hans, 257
Stirling, L t . Colonel W. J., 346
Stirling-Maxwell, Sir W i l l i a m (Bt., . T.), 346
Stora, 355, 360
Stowe House (Buckinghamshire), 58
Strauss, Robert, 344, 346, 350, 353, 358, 363
Style, David, 40
Sutch, 22
Sutherland, 2nd Duke o f (George Granville
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower), 15
Teschen, Dukes of, 300

Thenadey collection, 288
419
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 53,130
Thomas, J. Rochelle, 229
Vanderbilt, Gladys Moore (Countess Laszlo

Szchnyi), 53, 130
Thomastown Castle (Ireland), 233
Vandermeersch, 208
Thorne, Mrs. Landon K., 30, 248
Vandermeersch, Michel, 207, 232
Thugny, Chateau de (Ardennes), 90
Vandyck, 42
Thynne, Thomas (ist Viscount Weymouth),
Varenne, La Cour de, 9, 52,165
Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthivre

(Louis de Bourbon), 97
Vaudreuil, marquis de (Joseph-Fran9ois de Paule),
Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthivre

(Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon), 286
Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chateau de, 117
Trautmannstorff, Graf von, 467

Trvise, 5th due de (Edouard Morder), 104
Trevor and Co., 11
46
Vecht, ., 426, 439, 455, 484

Vernon House (London), 129
Versailles, Chateau de, 32, 96, 98,100, 237, 243,
278, 397
Swinton Settled Estates, Trustees of, 260
Tuileries, Palais des (Paris), 101,142, 397
Vervoordt, Axel, 124, 478, 480
Symons, Henry, and Co., 74, 75
Tyninghame House (East Lothian, Scotland), 115
Victoria and Son, Frederick, Inc., n o , 470
Tyttenhanger Park (Hertfordshire), 283
Vielle Russie, A La, 90
307
38
INDEX
OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Villafranca, Marquess of, 50
Wettin, Prince Ernst Heinrich von, 28
Volpi, Elie, 340
Widener, Joseph E., 352
Vorontsov, Count, 64
Wildenstein, Daniel, 35
Vorontsov Palace (St. Petersburg), 64
Wildenstein, Georges, 35
Wildenstein and Co., 35
Wilson, Mrs. Orme, 44,143
Walderdorff, Count Emanuel von, 401
W i l t o n , 7th Earl o f (Seymour Egerton), 230
Walderdorff, Johann Philipp von, 401
Williams, Winifred, L t d . , 204, 205, 212, 216, 228,
243, 414, 420, 460
Walker, R. W M . , 351
'
Wallace, Lady, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293

Wallace, Sir Richard, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Waller, T. W , 243
Wallraf, Paul, 165
Walters, Henry, 48, 49, 238, 294
Warren, Whitney, 355
Warwick, Earls of, 309, 368
Warwick Castle (Warwickshire), 309
Wilzcek, Hans Graf, 429, 434, 436, 453, 466

Wimbourne, Viscount (Sir Ivor Churchill Guest),
89 Widey Court (Worcestershire), 7

Wolfe, Elsie de, 319
Wolff, Otto, 124
Wood, R. M . , 238
Wormser, 461
Worsch, Edgar, 255
Watney, O. V , 2
Watson Taylor, George, 53
Weiller, Rene, 12, 24
Y
Yvon, Madame d \ 282
Welbeck Abbey (Nottinghamshire), 216

Wernher, Sir Harold, 330
Wernher, Sir Julius (Bt.), 330
Zietz, Rainer, Ltd., n , 334, 337~339>

4
34 ~3^
1
Wertheimer, Asher, 221, 243
387,389,482,486,488,498,502
Wertheimer, Samson, 53, 397
Zork Co., David, 90
Westminster, Dukes of, 86, 473
Zuylen van Nyevelt van der Haar, Baroness van,
Westmorland, Jane, Countess of, 62

Wetmore, Edith . K. and Maude A. K., 102
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1993 The J. Paul Getty Museum

Christopher Hudson, Publisher

Cynthia Newman Bohn, Managing Editor

Santa Monica, California 90401-1455

Eileen Delson, Marcelo Thomaz

Richard Kinney, Director

Karen Schmidt, Production Manager

J. Paul Getty Museum.

Rev. and expanded version of the 1986 ed.

Pace Lithographers, Inc.

City of Industry, California

French Decorative Arts

Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures

Clocks and Barometers

Carpets and Screens

Italian Decorative Arts

Netherlandish Decorative Arts

German Decorative Arts

Spanish Decorative Arts

Bohemian Decorative Arts

Persian, and Southeast Asian

Austrian Decorative Arts

English Decorative Arts

Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures

Southeast Asian Furniture

Index o f Previous Owners

Anyone wanting a sample o f the Getty

Although European sculpture is the main

owe Gillian W i l s o n and Peter Fusco,

Museums growth i n the past decade should

focus o f this department, it is also charged w i t h

put this book next to its predecessor o f 1986

broadening the representation o f European

this catalogue, m y admiration for what they

and t u r n the pages.

furniture and decorative arts. Collections o f

have brought about. T h e i r staffs, especially

Italian maiolica and European glass were

Charissa Bremer-David, Peggy Fogelman,

additions to the collection o f French furniture

among its first purchases. Since then Italian

and Catherine Hess, have m y gratitude for the

and decorative arts, a collection that i n 1984

furniture, Kunstkammer objects, metalwork,

collaboration that made the book possible.

was already the glory o f the Getty Museum.

and works o f art i n many other categories

These acquisitions include material i n virtually

have been added. Altogether, these total some

every category, including objects o f a k i n d

Between editions there have been 115

conspicuously lacking i n the earlier edition:

As I write, the foundations are being

various individual types o f furniture not yet

poured for a new museum that w i l l house

represented, a group o f especially beautiful

these collections. For French furniture and

and rare French and German porcelain, and

decorative arts there w i l l be some sixteen

a miscellany o f fine Neoclassical pieces.

galleries en suite, including five complete pan

This astute purchasing has been the w o r k