One of a pair 109- Pair of Torcheres
Paris, circa 1725
Gessoed and gilded wood
Height: 5 ft. 8% in. (173.3 cm); Diameter
(at top): ι ft. 3% in. (40 cm); Diameter (at
base): 1 ft. 10Yz in. (57.1 cm)
Accession number 71 .DA.98.1-.2
PROVENANCE
[Duveen Brothers, New York]; Anna
Thomson Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Pointe Farms, Michigan (sold, Christies,
London, June 24, 1971, lot 75); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.no. Pair of Supports (gaines)
French, circa 1770
After designs by Jean-Charles Delafosse
Pine with traces of gesso and paint
Height: 4 ft. 2 in. (127 cm); Width: 1 ft. 4 in.
(40.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. (30.5 cm)
Accession number 89 .DA.2.1-.2PROVENANCE
[Galaries Heilbrunner]; [French and Co.,
New York, 1912-1925 (stock no. 5174)];
Mrs. James B. Haggin, New York, 1925;
[Midtown Antiques, New York, 1950];
[Frederick P. Victoria and Son, Inc., New
York, circa 1950-1988]; [Michel Otin, Paris];
[Patrick Perrin, Paris].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ 18 (1990),
no. 55, p. 194, illus.FIRE SCREENSin. Fire Screen (écran coulisse)
Paris, circa 1785-1790
Attributed to Georges Jacob
Walnut
One upright of the screen is carved with the
monogram ///and the other with C(7?).
Height: 4 ft. 2 in. (127 cm); Width:
2 ft. 7/2 in. (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5 in. (43 cm)
Accession number 88.DA. 124
PROVENANCE
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1988].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJY] (1989),
no. 80, pp. 144-145, illus.no74 FRENCH SUPPORTS