Live Auction 20948Au Bord Du Lac: An interior by François-Joseph Graf
A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK-AND-GILT LACQUER AND JAPANNED ENCOIGNURES
Lot 54

A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK-AND-GILT LACQUER AND JAPANNED ENCOIGNURES

CIRCA 1740

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GBP 30,000–50,000

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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLACK-AND-GILT LACQUER AND JAPANNED ENCOIGNURES
CIRCA 1740
Each with a later moulded Brèche d'Alep marble top above a pair serpentine doors depicting rural scenes of villagers in their homes and farming, enclosing a mahogany-lined interior with a shelf, on three feet with rocaille sabots, stamped I DUBOIS, with leather inventory label '2788' , restorations to the lacquer, probably re-mounted and re-gilt, the stamp spurious
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 33 1⁄2 in. (85 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Lita Annenberg Hazen (1909-1995) at the Pierre Hotel, New York or Holmby Hills, Los Angels, until sold
Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1997, lot 193 (unstamped and with different marbles)
Acquired from Jacques Perrin, Paris.

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Lita Annenberg Hazen (1909-1995) was the daughter of the American newspaper publisher Moses Annenberg (1877-1942). She was a noted philanthropist supporting medical research and a patron of the sciences and arts. Upon her death collection was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 17 May 1996.