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

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125 Wall Light

Lorraine (Nancy), circa 1700

Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleB)

Height: 29 /i6 in. (6.5 cm); Width:

ι ft. io^5 /8 in. (59.5 cm); Depth: 8/4 in.

(21 cm)

Accession number 85 .DH.284

PROVENANCE

[Neidhardt Antiquitäten GmbH, Munich,

1985].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),

no. 190, p. 242, illus.

NEWEL POST

126. Newel Post
     Paris, circa 1735
     Painted and gilded iron
     Height: 2 ft. n^5 /s in. (90.5 cm); Width:
     11 Vx in. (29.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3% in.
     (40 cm)
     Accession number 79 .DH.164
     PROVENANCE
     A. Gignoux, Paris; purchased by J. Paul
     Getty, circa 1950.

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Clocks and Barometers

127. Long-case Clock (regufateur)
     Paris, circa 1680-1690
     Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
     the movement by Antoine I Gaudron
     Oak veneered with tortoiseshell, ebony,
     brass, and pewter; gilt-bronze mounts; glass
     Inscribed Gaudron Ataris on clock face and
     movement and Solem Audet Dicere Falsum
     (It dares the sun to tell a lie) on face.
     Height: 8 ft. 1V16 in. (246.5 cm); Width:
     ι ft. 67A in. (48 cm); Depth: 7Yz in. (19 cm)
     Accession number 88.DB.I 6

PROVENANCE

[Jeanne Durier, Paris, circa 1945]; private

collection, Burgundy, from 1948-1988;

[Alain Moatti, Paris].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ ij (1989),

no. 66, p. 140, illus.; Handbook 1991,

p. 160, illus.

128. Model for a Mantel Clock
     Paris, circa 1700
     Terracotta; enameled metal plaques
     Height: 2 ft. 7 in. (78.7 cm); Width:
     ι ft. 8Κ in. (52.1 cm); Depth: 9/2 in.
     (24.2 cm)
     Accession number 72 .DB.52
     PROVENANCE
     [Dalva Brothers, Inc., New York]; pur­
     chased by J. Paul Getty.

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