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

FRENCH CORNER CUPBOARDS 33

notation DEPT. OF WOODWORK ON
LOAN FROM L. Currie, Esq. No. 5 I
15.V.1917.
Height: 3 ft. 2*4 in. (97.2 cm); Width:
2 ft. 9^34 in. (85.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. πV% in.
(58.7 cm)
Accession number 72 .DA.39.1-.2

PROVENANCE

Laurence Currie, London, 1917; private col­

lection, Berlin (sold, Hugo Helbing Gallery,

Frankfurt am Main, June 23,1936, lots

260-261); private collection, Germany (sold,

Lempertz Gallery, Cologne, March 11,1938,

lot 217); private collection, New York (sold,

Parke-Bernet, New York, October 21-22,

1955, lot 358); Philip R. Consolo, Palm

Beach, Florida; (?) private collection, Cali­

fornia; [Frank Partridge, Ltd., London,

1966]; [French and Co., New York, 1972];

purchased by J. Paul Getty.

EXHIBITIONS

London, The Victoria and Albert

Museum, on loan, 1917-1920, from

Laurence Currie, Esq.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Henry Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet­

maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum

of Art 57-7 (September-October 1970),

no. 49, p. 254, illus. (one), fig. 49; Wilson,

Selections, no. 24, pp. 48-49, illus.

37. Pair of Corner Cupboards
    Paris, circa 1750-1755
    Carcass and mounts attributed to Jean-
    Pierre Latz; marquetry panels attributed
    to the workshop of Jean-Fransois Oeben
    Oak veneered with amaranth, stained syca­
    more, harewood, boxwood, and lignum
    vitae; gilt-bronze mounts; breche dAlep tops
    Height: 3 ft. *4 in. (92.1 cm); Width:
    2 ft. 8% in. (81.9 cm); Depth: 2 ft. (61 cm)
    Accession number 72 .DA.69.1-.2
    PROVENANCE
    [Sidney J. Block, London]; [French and
    Co., New York, 1972]; purchased by
    J. Paul Getty.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Henry Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet­
    maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of
    Art 57-7 (September-October 1970), no. 50,
    p. 255, illus. (one), fig. 50.


38. Pair of Corner Cupboards
    Paris, circa 1755
    By Jacques Dubois
    Oak painted with vernis Martin; gilt-bronze
    mounts; breche dAlep tops
    Each stamped I.DUBOIS and J ME on top
    of carcass.
    Height: 3 ft. 2% in. (97.1 cm); Width:
    2 ft. 7V2 in. (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11 V% in.
    (58.6 cm)
    Accession number 78 .DA.119.1-.2

Cupboard .2 38

Cupboard .1 3^