A LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CARTEL D'APPLIQUE

The design of the present lot is based on a model by Martin Carlin, maître 1766, at the Louvre (see C. Dreyfus, Documents d'Art, Musée du Louvre, Le Mobilier Français, Epoque de Louis XVI, Paris, 1921, no. 136). A 19th century example from the collection of Frances, Lady Ashburton, was sold Christie's, London, 7 December 1989, lot 38, and another 19th century example previously in the Collection of Hubert de Givenchy and Baron de Redé, Hôtel Lambert was sold Christie's, New York, 7-8 February 2017, lot 385.