A Louis XIV gilt-bronze mounted brass and red tortoiseshell Boulle marquetry commode, circa 1710, attributed to Nicolas Sageot
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
opening with four drawers, decorated with scrolling foliages, the sides applied with a large mask, the top adorned with Bérain style motives, centred with a pittoresque scene; (the gilt-bronzes partly regilt)
Haut. 84 cm, larg. 131,5 cm, prof. 64,5 cm ; height. 33 in, width. 51 3/4 in, depth. 25 1/2 in
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Probably the marchand-mercier Noël Gérard in the early 18th century;
Probably the marchand-mercier Martin Eloy Lignereux towards the end of the 18th century;
Around 1805, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, for Broomhall Castle (Scotland), probably on the advice of Quentin Crawford;
Then by direct descent to the 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, at Broomhall Castle;
Sotheby’s, London, 13 June 2001, lot 253
Related literature :
P. Grand, " Le mobilier Boulle et les ateliers de l'époque ", L'Estampille-l'Objet d'art, 266, February 1993.
J-D. Augarde, « Noël Gérard (1685-1736) et le Magasin Général à l’hôtel Jabach », Luxury Trades and Consumerismin Ancien Régime, Paris, 1998.
C. Demestrecu, Les ébénistes de la Couronne sous le règne de Louis XIV, Lausanne, 2021.