- Table
Paris, circa 1680
Attributed to Pierre Golle
Oak and rosewood veneered with ebony,
satinwood, mahogany, tortoiseshell, pewter,
and brass; gilded wood; gilt-bronze mounts
One drawer bears a paper label inked
N.55148005.
Height: 2 ft. 6/4 in. (76.7 cm); Width:
ι ft. 4/2 in. (42 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2% in.
(36.1 cm)
Accession number 82 .DA.34
PROVENANCE
(?) Louis, Grand Dauphin of France; (?)
H. Burgess (sold, Christies, London,
May 30, 1899, lot 49, for £22 is.); Henry
James Laird, Ardmore House, Blackheath
Park, Middlesex (sold, Christie's, London,
March 19,1936, lot 147); private collection,
Scotland (sold, Phillips, Glasgow, April 16,
1981, lot 305); [Alexander and Berendt, Ltd.,
London, 1981].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 2, pp. 18-23,
illus.; Wilson, Selections, no. 5, pp. 10-11,
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 145, illus.; Jacques
Charles et al., De Versailles ä Paris: Le Destín
des collections royales (Paris, 1989), illus. p. 22,
fig. 13; Handbook 1991, p. 158, illus.
Top 57- Table
Paris, circa 1680
Attributed to André-Charles Boulle
Oak veneered with tortoiseshell, pewter,
brass, ebony, horn, ivory, boxwood, cherry,
natural and stained sycamore, pear, thuya
wood, satinwood, cedar, beech, and ama-
ranth; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 2 ft. 4^3 /s in. (72 cm); Width:
3 ft. 7/4 in. (110.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 5 in.
(73.6 cm)
Accession number 71 .DA.100
PROVENANCE
(?) Le Despencer Family, Mereworth Castle,
Kent (sold, circa 1831, to Levy, Maidstone,
Kent, £35); London art market, 1831;
Richard, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and
Chandos, Stowe House, Buckinghamshire
(sold, Christie's, Stowe House, August 15
et seq., 1848, lot 256, to [Redfern] for £59);
William Humble, nth Baron Ward (created
ist Earl of Dudley, i860, died 1885), 1848;
William Humble, 2nd Earl of Dudley (died
1932), Dudley House, Park Lane, London;
Sir Joseph C. Robinson, Bt., purchased with
the contents of Dudley House; Dr. Joseph
Labia (son-in-law of Sir Joseph C. Robin-
son), London (sold, Sotheby's, London,
May 17,1963, lot 137); [Ronald Lee, London,
Ι97θ]ί [Alexander and Berendt, Ltd.,
London, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 29-
September 3,1972, no. 55.
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