BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture of the
Eighteenth Century in the J. Paul Getty
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 117, illus. p. 120, fig. 4; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire, p. 184.- Commode
Paris, circa 1725-1730
By Etienne Doirat
Oak, pine, and walnut veneered with king-
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; breche d'Alep top
Stamped E. DOIRAT on top of carcass.
Height: 2 ft. 10 in. (86.4 cm); Width:
5 ft. 6Yi in. (168.9 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 4% in.
(71.7 cm)
Accession number 72 .DA. 66
PROVENANCE
George Durlacher, London (sold, Christie's,
London, April 6-7,1938, lot 176, for 273
guineas to Sutch); ("Property of a Gentle
man," sold, Christie's, London, December 1,
1966, lot 70, for 5,500 guineas to Perman);
[Aveline et Cíe, Paris, 1972]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "Etienne Doirat,
Menuisier en Ebene," GettyMusJij, (1985),
pp. 33-52, illus. p. 45; Handbook 1986, p. 152,
illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 122,
fig. 78; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 264;
Handbook 1991, p. 166, illus.23- Commode
Paris, circa 173 5-1740
By Charles Cressent
Pine and walnut veneered with bois satiné
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts; breche
dAlep top
Corner mounts are stamped with the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Height: 2 ft. 11% in. (90.2 cm); Width:
4 ft. 5% in. (136.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. ilA in.
(64.8 cm)
Accession number 70 .DA.82
PROVENANCE
[Duveen Brothers, New York]; George J.
Gould, Georgian Court, Lakewood, New
Jersey; (possibly sold Anderson Galleries,
New York, May 10-14,^192 7> lot 1003);
[Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cressent sale cat., January 15,1757, lot 132;
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur, Archives
de Van frangais: Nouvelle période 10 (Paris,
1919), no. 132, p. 215; Andre Boutemy,
"Essais d'attribútions de commodes et
d'armoires ä Charles Cressent," Bulletin
de la Société de VHistoire de VArt Frangais
(1927), pp. 77-79; Paul Wescher, "French
Furniture of the Eighteenth Century in the
J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly \%,
no. 2 (Summer 1955), pp. 114-135; Verlet
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 114, illus.; Getty,
Collecting, p. 144, illus.; Wilson, Selections,
no. 19, pp. 38-39, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 153, illus. p. 152; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 204; Handbook 1991, p. 167, illus. p. 166.24 FRENCH COMMODES
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