Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Ii6. Frame for a Mirror
Paris, circa 1775-1780
Painted and gilded oak; modern mirror
glass
Height: 6 ft. 1V4 in. (187.2 cm); Width:
4 ft. 3% in. (131 cm); Depth: 3% in. (9.5 cm)
Accession number 92 .DH.20
PROVENANCE
[Kraemer et Cíe, Paris].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ21 (1993),
in press, illus.

PANELING AND

MANTELPIECES

117. Ten Panels
     Paris, circa 1661
     Design attributed to Charles Le Brun
     Painted and gilded oak
     Panels .1-.2: Height: 6 ft. 11% in. (213 cm);
     Width: 2 ft. IOVS in. (88 cm); Panels .3-4:
     Height: 6 ft. 11% in. (213 cm); Width:
     2 ft. 7/8 in. (79 cm); Panels .5-.6: Height:
     3 ft. 11 % in. (120 cm); Width: 2 ft. 9% in.
     (80.4 cm); Panels .7-.8: Height: 3 ft. 10V16
     in. (118 cm); Width: 2 ft. 9% in. (80.4 cm);
     Panel .9: Height: 1 ft. 8 /16 in. (51 cm);
     Width: 5 ft. 11 Vie in. (180.5 cm); Panel .10:
     Height: 1 ft. 7/2 in. (49.5 cm); Width:
     6 ft. 8 I3/i6 in. (202.25 cm)
     Accession number 91 .DH.18.1—.10

One of four 117

One of four 117

PROVENANCE

(?) Nicolas Fouquet, Chateau de Vaux-le-

Vicomte; Felix Harbord, England, 1960s;

Felix Fenston, England (sold by his widow,

Sotheby's, London, May 25,1990, lot 50, to

[Christopher Gibbs, London]).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ'20 (1992),

no. 76, p. 174, illus. (two).

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