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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ronald Freyberger, "Hamilton Palace,"

Apollo 113, no. 238 (December 1981),

pp. 401-409; Alvar González-Palacios,

Mosaici e Pietre Dure (Milan, 1982), illus.

p. 48; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 872;

Alvar González-Palacios, "Capricci Gusto:

Vecchio Barocco e Nuovo Classicismo,"

Casa vogue antiques 13 (May 1991), p. 77,

illus. p. 79 (76.DA.9.1 only).

COMMODES

19. Commode
    Paris, circa 1710-1715
    Pine and walnut veneered with bois satiné;
    gilt-bronze mounts
    Stamped on the back with a crowned M,
    probably for the Chateau de Maisons, and
    an interlaced A Τ over G.M for the garde-
    meuble of the comte d'Artois.
    Height: 2 ft. 9 /16 in. (83.9 cm); Width:
    4 ft. 7% in. (140.3 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11 % in.
    (59.7 cm)
    Accession number 78.DA. 87

PROVENANCE

Marquis de Longueil, Chateau de Maisons;

comte d'Artois, Chateau de Maisons, after

1777; [(?) Leon Lacroix, Paris, 1938];

purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.

20. Commode
    Paris, circa 1710-1715
    Pine, oak, and walnut veneered with rose­
    wood; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte de
    Felines marble top
    Height: 2 ft. 9/2 in. (85.1 cm); Width:
    4 ft. (121.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. io^3 /s in.
    (56.8 cm)
    Accession number 73. DA. 66
    PROVENANCE
    M. d'Eustache Bonnemet, Paris (sold, Paris,
    December 4-14, 1771, lot 164, for 210 livres);
    dues d'Arenberg, Palais d'Arenberg, Brus­
    sels, until 19.14; duchesse Mathildis d'Aren­
    berg, Monaco; [Gerard Gallet, Cannes];
    [French and Co., New York]; purchased by
    J. Paul Getty.


21. Commode
    Paris, circa 1710-1715
    Attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
    Oak and pine veneered with tulipwood and
    bois satiné; gilt-bronze mounts; brocatelle
    violette du Jura marble top
    The top of the carcass is stamped CM.
    COCHO IS and printed in black ink with
    the number 55406. The bottom of the mar­
    ble top is marked with the number 55406/19
    in black wax pencil. Many mounts stamped
    with the crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
    Height: 2 ft. 9% in. (85.7 cm); Width:
    4 ft. 334 in. (131.4 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11 in.
    (58.4 cm)
    Accession number 70 .DA.80
    PROVENANCE
    (?) Henry Peter, ist Lord Brougham (1778-
    1868), Cannes, 1840s or 1850s; (?) William,
    2nd Lord Brougham (died 1886), England,
    after 1868; (?) Hon. Wilfred Brougham,
    England, after 1886; Maria Sophia Faunce
    (Hon. Mrs. Wilfred Brougham), England,
    after 1904; [J. M. Botibol, London, 1938];
    purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.

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