A French mahogany and specimen marble guéridon, circa 1820, by Jacob-Desmalter, likely from the Château de Neuilly during the reign of Louis-Philippe
No reserve
Auction Closed
November 6, 07:36 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
circular, the top inset with a polychrome specimen marble plaque, supported by three scrolling legs ending in lion's paw feet joined by an undertier, on castors, stamped JACOB.D., with fire marks L.P./N under a crown, and numbered 24 (crossed-out) and 11154
Haut. 74 cm, diam. 90 cm; Height 29 in, diam. 35 1/3 in
Likely from the Château de Neuilly during the reign of Louis-Philippe Ist ;
Laurent Chalvignac, 2014.
Related Literature
A. Foray Carlier, Le mobilier du château de Chantilly, Paris, 2010
J.-P. Samoyault, Mobilier français Consulat et Empire, Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2012
Branded Marks from the Château de Neuilly
This guéridon bears inventory numbers branded with a hot iron, marked with the initials "LPN" beneath a royal crown, corresponding to Louis-Philippe Neuilly.
This mark confirms its presence at the Château de Neuilly during the July Monarchy (1830–1848), when the estate served as one of the private residences of the Orléans family.
Many pieces of furniture from the château during this period feature these distinctive marks, combining the letter "N" for Neuilly and the initials "LP" for Louis-Philippe, such as an important mahogany suite sold at Replica Shoes ’s Paris on 16 December 2004 (lot 216). There are also examples marked solely with the letter "N", such as a marquise sold on 18 June 2024 (Sotheby’s New York, lot 11103).
The Château de Neuilly
The Château de Neuilly was built in 1751 for the Comte d’Argenson (1696–1764), Secretary of State for War under Louis XV. It later passed through the hands of several prominent figures in French history, including Prince Talleyrand (1754–1838) and Joachim Murat (1767–1815), who carried out significant renovations in the early 19th century. In 1819, it was acquired by the Duke of Orléans, the future King Louis-Philippe I (1773–1850), who made it a summer residence. He entrusted the architectural transformation to Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and the garden design to Henri Antoine Jacques.
On 25 February 1848, during the Revolution that led to Louis-Philippe’s abdication, the château was looted and set on fire by the crowd. Today, only a few wings remain, dating from Murat’s time, now occupied by the religious order of the Sisters of Saint-Thomas of Villanova.
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