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AN EARLY LOUIS XV PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED PANELLED ROOM
拍品 152 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 146-156)

AN EARLY LOUIS XV PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED PANELLED ROOM

CIRCA 1730

已結束2009年7月9日

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GBP 235,250

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AN EARLY LOUIS XV PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED PANELLED ROOM
CIRCA 1730
Comprising: six pairs of double doors, each carved to the fronts with moulded panels enclosing foliate shells and scrolling acanthus leaves, the reverses with geometric panelling, each surmounted by a rectangular overdoor panel carved with fully-modelled birds amid flowers and foliage on a diaper ground and centred by a plaster medallion modelled in relief with scenes of frolicking putti;
four arched mirror surrounds, each carved with water foliage and decorated with scrolls and shells;
two moulded architraves for windows;
sixteen panels of varying width, of which eight carved with moulded frames enclosing leafy scrolls, flowers, and C-scrolls, and eight panels with oval medallions depicting various wildlife scenes carved with fully-modelled birds and various other animals, within moulded frames decorated with scrolls and flowers, partially redecorated, the plaster roundels within the overdoor panels of a later date, some reverses of doors lacking moulded panelling or redecorated, two mirrors lacking plates, one mirror with replaced plate, without hinges and handles
Each segment 132 in. (360 cm.) high;
the double doors with surrounds 59½ in. (151 cm.) wide [six pairs];
the mirrors 57 in. (144 cm.) wide [three] and 63 in. (160 cm.) wide [one];
the panels carved with foliate decoration between 36½ in (93 cm.) and 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide [eight];
the panels carved with wildlife between 33 in. (84 cm.) and 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide [eight];
approximate overall dimensions: 600 sq. ft. (56 m2)

Christie's, New York, 27 May 1999, lot 367 ($431,500).

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Rarely does such a complete and well-preserved panelled room survive to offer a testimony of the refinement of early 18th-century Parisian interiors. Almost certainly once furbishing one of the great hôtels particuliers of the fashionable Faubourg Saint-Germain or Faubourg Saint-Honoré, it was probably commissioned by a member of the aristocracy close to the circles of the Régent Philippe d'Orléans or later Louis XV.

The origin of the present room is still to be traced, however, its structure and motifs are closely related to several documented rooms, some of which are preserved in their original building. Its scale and proportion as well as the fret designs are indeed similar to those of the Grand Salon on the first floor of the hôtel de Bourvallais, which now houses the Ministry of Justice. It is also quite close in inspiration to the white and gold-painted panelling from the former bedroom of the hôtel de Cressart, dated 1725, now installed in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu (illustrated in Bruno Pons, French Period Rooms, 1650-1800, Dijon, 1995, p. 210-20). Finally, the mirror frames with their prominent fronds and intertwined foliage are also to be found in the salle de companie in the hôtel de Soyecourt.