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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS
Lot 187 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION (LOTS 184-192)

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

Closed6 July 2012

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Modelled respectively as a seated male and female monkey, the male wearing a tricorn hat, his hands in a muff, the female wearing a hood and holding a mirror, above a scrolled foliate base, with spurious 'C couronné'
12¼ (31 cm.) and 12¾ in. high respectively; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide (2)

René Fribourg Collection, sold Sotheby's, London 17-18 October 1963, lot 752, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present pair of chenets 'aux singes', formerly part of the René Fribourg Collection, is mentioned by G. de Bellaigue in relation to a virtually identical pair dated mid-18th Century at Waddesdon Manor (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. II, London, 1974, p.730, fig.186).