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

FRENCH CARVED TABLES 6l

Height: 2 ft. 10/2 in. (87.6 cm); Width:

6 ft. 5^5 /8 in. (197.1 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 9V8 in.

(115.8 cm)

Accession number 72 .DA.58

PROVENANCE

(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (née

Charlotte von Rothschild), Gunnersbury

Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild

(1842-1918), Halton, Buckinghamshire, by

1884; by descent to Edmund de Rothschild

(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank

Partridge and Sons, Ltd., London, 1972];

[French and Company, New York, on con­

signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,

Ltd., London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

84. Side Table
    Paris, circa 1730
    Gessoed and gilded oak; breche violette top
    Height: 2 ft. 11 Ys in. (89.3 cm); Width:
    5 ft. 7 in. (170.2 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 8 in.
    (81.3 cm)
    Accession number 79.DA. 68
    PROVENANCE
    Vicomtesse de Β..., Paris (sold, Hotel
    Drouot, Paris, April, 26, 1923, lot 21);
    [Fran$ois-Gérard Seligmann, Paris].
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Wilson, "Acquisitions 1979 to mid 1980,"
    no. 3, pp. 5-6, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
    illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.


85. Center Table
    Top: See entry no. 320 under
    Italian Furniture
    Support: Paris, circa 1745
    Gessoed and gilded wood

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86. Console Table
    Paris, circa 1750-1755
    Design closely related to the work of
    Contant d'lvry (1698-1777)
    Gessoed and gilded oak; modern marble top
    Height (without top): 3 ft.% in. (92.1 cm);
    Width: 5 ft. 8^34 in. (174.6 cm); Depth:
    2 ft. 334 in. (70.5 cm)
    Accession number 91 .DA.21

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