Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

22 FRENCH CABINETS

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17. Bonheur du Jour
    Paris, circa 178 5-1790
    Attributed to Adam Weisweiler; Wedgwood
    jasperware plaques designed by Elizabeth,
    Lady Templetown, and modeled by William
    Hackwood
    Oak and mahogany veneered with amboyna,
    ebony, green stained harewood, and syca­
    more; set with five jasperware plaques with
    a green ground; gilt-bronze mounts; white
    marble top and shelf
    Height: 3 ft. 6^3 /s in. (107.6 cm); Width:
    2 ft. 3% in. (69.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4% in.
    (41.3 cm)
    Accession number 72 .DA.59

PROVENANCE

(?) Baronne de Gunzburg, Paris (sold, Palais

Galliera, Paris, March 2,1972, lot 121); pur­

chased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.

EXHIBITIONS

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,

Wedgwoodfrom California Collections:

Georgian through Victorian, ι/άο-ιροι,

January 27-March 21, 1976.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Patricia Lemonnier, Weisweiler (Paris, 1983),

no. 211, illus. p. 28; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,

p. 872.

18. Pair of Cabinets
    Paris, Cabinet .1 circa 1785; Cabinet .2
    circa 1810
    Pietre dure plaques: Italian and French,
    mid-seventeenth to late eighteenth century
    Both cabinets attributed to Adam Weisweiler
    Oak, pine, and beech veneered with ebony
    and mahogany; pewter stringing; set with
    pietre dure plaques and micromosaic roun­
    dels; gilt-bronze mounts; portor d'ltalie tops

Cabinet .2 18

Cabinet .1 stamped J ME.

Height: 3 ft. 4 in. (101.6 cm); Width:

4 ft. n/s in. (150.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 in.

(54.5 cm)

Accession number 76 .DA.9.1-.2

PROVENANCE

76 .DA.9.1: M. Marin, Paris (sold, Paris,

March 22,1790, lot 712, for 3,100 livres)',

Vincent Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris, April 29

et seq., 1793, lot 554, for 3,200 livres).

76 .DA.9.1-.2: (?) William Beckford, Fonthill

Abbey, Wiltshire; (?) Susan Beckford

(Duchess of Hamilton, wife of Alexander

Archibald Douglas, the 10th Duke of

Hamilton and 7th Duke of Brandon,

married 1810, died 1859), Hamilton Palace,

Lanarkshire, Scotland; William, 12th Duke

of Hamilton and 9th Duke of Brandon,

Hamilton Palace, by descent (sold,

Christies, London, June 19,1882, lots

185-186); Christopher Beckett-Denison,

London (sold, Christie's, London, June 6,

1885, lot 817, to Maclean for 195 guineas,

and lot 818, to Donaldson for 205 guineas);

[Moss Harris, London]; Maharanee of

Baroda, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,

November 29,1973, lot 114 Α-B); [Aveline et

Cíe, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

Cabinet .1 l8