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

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  1. (sold by her heirs in 1836); Sophie
    Dawes (baronne de Feuchéres), 1836; the
    chambre a coucher became the salon at this
    time (sold by her heirs after her death in
    1841); the marquise de Las Marismas del
    Guadalquivir (Mme Alexandre Aguado),
    1842; Union Artistique, 1865; [Andre
    Carlhian, Paris; boiseries removed in 1936];
    [Duveen Brothers, New York, 1939; stored
    in Paris until removed to New York in
    1959]; Norton Simon, New York, 1965;
    purchased by J. Paul Getty.


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Rene Colas, "Les Hotels de la place
Vendóme," Paris qui reste: vieux hotels,
vieilles demeures, rive droite (Paris, 1914),
pp. 105-106, pi. 94; Bruno Pons, "Les
boiseries de Γ Hotel Cressart au Getty
Museum," GettyMusJn (1983), pp. 67-88,
illus.


Detail of one I20

i2o. Eleven Panels
Paris, circa 1730-1735
Oak
Panels .1-.2: Height: 9 ft. 2% in. (280 cm);
Width: 4 ft. Vz in. (123 cm); Panels .3~.4:
Height: 9 ft. 2% in. (280 cm); Width:
4 ft. 6/4 in. (139 cm); Panels .5~.7: Height:
9 ft. 2 in. (279.4 cm); Width: 1 ft. 3% in.
(40.4 cm); Panel .8: Height: 9 ft. 2 in.
(279.4 cm); Width: 1 ft. 6Y 4 in. (46.3 cm);
Panel .9: Height: 9 ft. 2 in. (279.4 cm);
Width: ι ft. 10 in. (55.9 cm); Panels .10-.11:
Height: 6 ft. 1 in. (185.4 cm); Width: 10 in.
(25.4 cm)
Accession number 84 .DH.52.1-.11
PROVENANCE
Chateau de Marly-Le-Roi, Yvelines, by
repute; Mallett family, Louveciennes, early
nineteenth century; Mme Claude Melin,
Louveciennes, 1984, by descent.


  1. Mantelpiece
    Paris, circa 1730-1735
    Brecciated marble of a variety of sarrancolin
    des Pyrenees; modern brick
    Height: 3 ft. 7/2 in. (no.5 cm); Width:
    5 ft. 9 in. (175.3 cm); Depth: uYz in.
    (29.2 cm)
    Accession number 85 .DH.92
    PROVENANCE
    Private residence, Paris; [Fransois Léage,
    Paris].
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi^. (1986),
    no. 195, p. 244, illus.


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