A pair of patinated and gilt-bronze chenets aux lions, late Louis XVI - early 19th century, attributed to Pierre-Phillippe Thomire
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October 13, 06:27 PM GMT
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6,000 - 9,000 EUR
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A pair of patinated and gilt-bronze chenets aux lions, late Louis XVI - early 19th century, attributed to Pierre-Phillippe Thomire
with two lions facing each other lying on drapery with fringes and tassels, on four tapered legs, with the monogram of Jean HAURÉ
height 11½in, width 13⅓in; depth 4 in; 29 cm; 34 cm; 10 cm.
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Paire de chenets en bronze doré et patiné fin de l'époque Louis XVI - début du XIXe siècle, attribués à Pierre-Philippe Thomire et portant la marque de Jean Hauré
height 11½in, width 13⅓in; depth 4 in; 29 cm; 34 cm; 10 cm.
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Marc Arthur-Kohn Paris, 25 March 2014, lot 52.
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Marc Arthur-Kohn Paris, 25 mars 2014, lot 52.
In addition to the fine quality of the chasing, gilding and patina of these bronzes, an attribution to Pierre-Philippe Thomire is supported by a drawing of a mantelpiece of a fireplace and its fittings made by his by his workshop in 1785 and kept in the Musée des Arts Decorative Arts in Paris.
It was the sculptor Jean Hauré, whose monogram can be found on these chenets, who was at the the origin of this model. Hauré was appointed director of the manufacture of furniture and bronzes of the Garde-meubles from 1785 to 1788. The latter commissioned him and another great sculptor, Louis-Simon Boizot, to deliver a clay model of a lion to cover a chenet for the Salon des Jeux de la Reine in the Queen's Games in Versailles. For these commissions, the chasing was usually done by Thomire and the gilding by Galle.
For example, another model of chenets, perhaps the first to be made and described as being decorated with ornements arabesques d'où sort un enfant qui se chauffe, was purchased in 1786 by Jean Hauré from the founder Turpin à l'entré du Fbg. S.-Antoine. They were gilded by Claude Galle and placed in the Grand Cabinet of the Salon des Nobles de la Reine at Versailles. In all likelihood, the sculptor Hauré was probably the designer of this model and supervised the work for the Royal pair.
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