LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Ormolu-mounted Acajou Mouchete

Measurements:

35.24 in. (89.50 cm.) (height) by 51.77 in. (131.50 cm.) (width) by 23.23 in. (59.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

stamped 'A * WEISWEILER', stencilled twice 'F N.o 153', the 'F' beneath a closed crown, inscribed twice 'No. 20' and 'L' once, branded 'F' beneath a closed crown and with a partial paper label

Literature:

Château de Fontainebleau, Inventory, 1786. Château de Fontainebleau, Inventory, 1787.

Provenance:

Delivered circa 1784 to the Garde-Meuble Royal at the Château de Fontainebleau. Louis Stanislas Xavier, comte de Provence (1755-1824), recorded in 1786 and 1787 in his cabinet at the Château de Fontainebleau. The Duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord, née Anna Gould (1875-1961), the Palais Rose, avenue Foch, Paris, and by descent to her daughter Violette de Talleyrand; sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 February 1978, lot 43 (FF350,000 after sale).