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

Robinson and Fisher, May 21 et seq., 1895,
lot 606, to [Seligmann, Paris], for 750
guineas); Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Sassoon,
Pope's Manor, Berkshire; Violet Sassoon
(Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald), Heathfield Park,
Sussex (offered for sale, Sotheby's, London,
November 22, 1963, lot 132, bought in; sold,
Christies, London, March 23,1972, lot 88);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.

EXHIBITIONS
London, The Burlington Fine Arts Club,
1913; London, Morton Lee and Mallet and
Sons, The Royal Cabinetmakers of France,
July 1951, no. 8, illus.

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73. Console Table
    Paris, circa 1765-1770
    Design by Victor Louis; table attributed
    to Pierre Deumier
    Silvered and gilt bronze; bleu turquin
    marble top
    Each gilt-bronze element is stamped with
    the letter B.
    Height: 2 ft. j^7 /s in. (83.5 cm); Width:
    4 ft. 3 in. (129.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 8Κ in.
    (52 cm)
    Accession number 88.DF.II 8
    PROVENANCE
    Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, Paris (sold,
    Sotheby's, Monaco, June 23, 1976, lot 108);

purchased at that sale by The British Rail

Pension Fund.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fran9ois-Georges Pariset, "Jeszcze o Pracach

Wiktora Louisa Dla Zamku Warszawskiego,"

Biuletyn Historii Sztuki,Nr. 2, Rok 24

(1962), pp. 141,154; "Acquisitions/1988,"

GettyMusJ 17 (1989), no. 73, p. 142, illus.;

David Harris Cohen, "The Chambre des

Portraits Designed by Victor Louis for

the King of Poland," GettyMusJ'19 (1991),

pp. 75-98, illus. p. 89, fig. 23a; Handbook

1991, p. 187, illus.

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