- Secretaire
Paris, circa 1765-1770
By Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth,
ebony, and boxwood; gilt-bronze mounts;
(?) portor d'ltalie top
Stamped JOSEPH between two fleur-de-lys
three times, twice on the left forecorner and
once on the right forecorner.
Height: 4 ft. 6 in. (137 cm); Width:
3 ft. 5 in. (104 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3 in. (38 cm)
Accession number 84.DA. 969
PROVENANCE
Mrs. Orme Wilson (sold by her executors,
Parke-Bernet, New York, March 25,1949,
lot 339); Paul Rosenberg, Paris; [Didier
Aaron, Inc., New York, 1984].
EXHIBITIONS
New York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
Writing and Reading, September 1981-
January 1982; Richmond, Virginia, Experts
Choice: One Thousand Years of the Art Trade,
April 22-June 12,1983, p. 131, illus., lent by
Didier Aaron, Inc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 4,
pp. 81-83, illus.; "Acquisitions/i984,"
GettyMusJvt, (1985), no. 62, p. 181, illus.;
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié du roí,"
UEstampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,
figs, ι, 36; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 53,
p. 245; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 450, illus.
p. 448.- Secretaire
Paris, circa 1770
Attributed to Jean-Fran$ois Leleu
Oak veneered with amaranth, ebony, king-
wood, tulipwood, boxwood, and burr
amboyna; gilt-bronze mounts; steel fittings;
breche dAlep top
Inked ijyo inside the carcass. Label printed
Earl ofRosebery pasted on back.
Height: 3 ft. 6Ys in. (107.3 cm); Width:
3 ft. 11 Y4 in. (120 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5% in.
(43.6 cm)
Accession number 82 .DA.81
PROVENANCE
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild,
Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, late
nineteenth century; Hannah de Rothschild
(Countess ofRosebery, wife of the 5th Earl,
married 1878, died 1890), Mentmore
Towers, Buckinghamshire; Albert Primrose,
6th Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers,
Buckinghamshire; Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of
Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckingham
shire (sold, Sotheby's, Mentmore Towers,
May 18, 1977, lot 24); private collection,
London, 1977; [Mallett's, London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Philippe Jullian, "Mentmore," Connaissance
des arts 303 (May 1977), p. 82, illus.; Wilson,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 12, pp. 56-60,
figs. 79, 81-84; Wilson, Selections, no. 37,
pp. 56-57, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
p. 334, illus. p. 337, fig. 392; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire, illus. p. 509.38 FRENCH SECRETAIRES
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