6364- Table (bureau pfat)
Paris, circa 1735
Attributed to the workshops of Andre-
Charles Boulle
Oak veneered with tulipwood; modern
leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 2 ft. 7% in. (81 cm); Width:
6 ft. 4% in. (193.7 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 1/2 in.
(95.2 cm)
Accession number 55.DA. 3
PROVENANCE
Ε Ε Uthemann, St. Petersburg, late nine
teenth century; in Helsinki by 19 21; Edith
and Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968),
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Oslo, Norway, The Nasjonalgalleriet, on
loan, 1921-1923.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alexandre Benois, "La collection de Μ.
Utheman ä St.-Petersbourg," Starye gody
(April 1908), p. 181, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
p. 143, illus. p. 142; Alexandre Pradére, "Le
Maítre aux Pagodes," LEstampille-LObjet
d'artz<)6 (March 1992), pp. 22-44, nms-
p. 35, fig. 17, p. 36, and no. 22, p. 43.- Table (bureau plat)
Paris, circa 1745-1749
Attributed to Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered with satiné rouge; modern
leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
All mounts stamped with the crowned Cfor
1745-1749·
Height: 2 ft. γΥιβ in. (78.9 cm); Width:
5 ft. II^3 /S in. (181.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 3^5 /s in.
(100.7 cm)
Accession number 71. DA. 9 5
PROVENANCE
(?) Empress Elizabeth of Russia, given to her
by Louis XV, 1745, or purchased by Count
Vorontsov, St. Petersburg, in Paris, 1745;
Empress Catherine II of Russia by descent,
1762, or purchased with the Vorontsov
Palace; Helen, Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz (Princess of Saxe-Altenburg),
Cabinet de la Souveraine, Chinese Palace,
Oranienbaum (near St. Petersburg), by
1904; [Duveen Brothers, New York, 1935];
Anna Thomson Dodge, Rose Terrace,
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, by 1935
(sold, Christie's, London, June 24,1971, lot
98); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
St. Petersburg, Exposition retrospective
d'objets d'art ä Saint-Petersbourg, 1904,
pp. 229, 231, illus. p. 232.50 FRENCH TABLES