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

Museum," Art Quarterly i%, no. 2 (Summer

1955), p. 118, illus. p. 124, fig. 8; Andre

Boutemy, "Joseph," Connaissance des arts

157 (March 1965), p. 85, illus. p. 84;

Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph

Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié du roi,"

L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), p. 32; Kjell­

berg, Dictionnaire, p. 246.

Height: 3 ft. lA in. (92 cm); Width:

4 ft. 73 /δ in. (140.6 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 6Vx in.

(47 cm)

Accession number 72 .DA.54

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Paris (possibly Goupil de

Douilla); [Frank Partridge, Ltd., London];

Guedes de Souza, Paris; [Etienne Levy,

Paris], and [Frank Partridge, Ltd., London,

1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

30. Commode
    Paris, circa 1755
    By Adrien Faizelot Delorme
    Oak veneered with tulipwood and king-
    wood; gilt-bronze mounts; lumachella
    pavonazza marble top
    Stamped DELORME, J ME, and N. PETIT
    on top of carcass.
    Height: 2 ft. πιΛ in. (90.1 cm); Width:
    4 ft. 9 in. (144.8 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2% in.
    (66.6 cm)
    Accession number 70.DA. 79
    PROVENANCE
    Cécile Sorel, Paris; [Germain Seligmann,
    Paris] (sold, April 1933, to Mrs. Langdon K.
    Thorne, New York); [J. M. Botibol, Lon­
    don, 1938]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Paul Wescher, "French Furniture of the
    Eighteenth Century in the J. Paul Getty


31. Commode
    Paris, circa 1760
    By Jean-Fran9ois Oeben
    Oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood,
    sycamore, amaranth, and burr wood;
    gilt-bronze mounts; campan melange vert
    marble top
    Stamped J. Ε OEBEN ana JME twice on top
    of carcass.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pradére, Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 261, fig. 278;

Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 614, 619.

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