of Hamilton and 9th Duke of Brandon,
Hamilton Palace, by descent (sold, Christies,
London, July 10,1882, lot 1296, to Samson
Wertheimer); Cornelius Vanderbilt II
(1843-1899), The Breakers, Newport, Rhode
Island, by (?) the 1890s; Alice Vanderbilt
(1846-1934, wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II),
The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island;
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (Countess Laszlo
Széchényi, 1886-1965), by descent (sold
by her heirs, Sotheby's, London, Novem
ber 26, 1971, lot 71); purchased at that sale
by J. Paul Getty
BIBLIOGRAPHY
William Roberts, Memorials of Christies
(London, 1897), vol. 2, illus. facing p. 36;
Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI Furniture
(London, 1913), p. 147, illus.; Frances Buck-
land, "Die Karriere eines Kunstschreiners:
Johann Heinrich Riesener, Ebenist am Hofe
Ludwigs XVI," Kunst und Antiquitäten 6
(1980), p. 37, illus. p. 28, fig. 7; Ronald
Freyberger, "Eighteenth-Century French
Furniture from Hamilton Palace," Apollo
114, no. 238 (December 1981), pp. 407-408,
illus. p. 405, pi. 20; Wilson, Selections,
no. 41, pp. 82-83, illus.; "The Great Collec
tions," French Connections: ScotUnd and the
Arts of France (Edinburgh, 1985), pp. 78, 81,
84, illus. p. 83, fig. 47; Kjellberg, Diction
naire, p. 712, illus. p. 707.- Secretaire
Paris, circa 1824
Attributed to Alexandre-Louis Bellangé;
possibly after designs by the marchand
Philippe Claude Maelrondt
Oak veneered with amaranth, thuya wood,
ebony, and pewter; set with twelve hard-
paste porcelain plaques; mirrored and
painted glass; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge
griotte marble top
The four porcelain plaques of the fall front
are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 on their reverse; the
gilt-bronze collars at the bases of the legs are
numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (?), 7, 8, p, 10 and u;
the feet mounts are numbered ^through 12;
the leg sections are numbered / through 12.
Inscribed on carcass, under oval porcelain
plaque, Vovale ny lesporcehines nontpoint
de marques.
Height: 5 ft.^3 /s in. (153.4 cm); Width:
2 ft. IO^5 /I 6 in. (87.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4% in.
(42.6 cm)
Accession number 66 .DA.1
PROVENANCE
Sold by M. Lapeyriére, Receveur general
des contributions du département de la Seine,
April 19,1825, lot 97; reputedly purchased
at that sale by Marie-Jean-Pierre-Hubert,
due de Cambacérés, Paris; purchased from
his heirs by Charles Michel, Paris, 1938;
[W. Ball, New York, 1938]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1938.
54BIBLIOGRAPHY
Anne Dion-Tenenbaum, "Alexandre-Louis
Bellangé (Attribue ä): Secretaire en cabinet
(d'une paire)," Un äge d'or des arts décoratifs
1814-1848 (Galeries nationales du Grand-
Palais, Paris, 1991), p. 151, illus. fig. 55c;
Denise Ledoux-Lebard, "Multiples Bei
lange," Connaissance des arts (Decem
ber 1991), pp. 80-89, Ülus. no. 10, p. 88.44 FRENCH SECRETAIRES