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

(Jeff_L) #1

j6 FRENCH FRAMES


114

Architectural Woodwork and Fixtures


FRAMES


  1. Frame for a Mirror
    Paris, circa 1690-1700
    Gessoed and gilded oak; modern mirror
    glass
    Height: 6 ft. 8 in. (183.5 cm); Width:
    4 ft. 2 in. (127 cm); Depth: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
    Accession number 87 .DH.78


PROVENANCE
Private collection, Switzerland, 1980s;
[Rainer Zietz, Ltd., London]; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., New York].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),
no. 68, p. 177, illus.


  1. Frame
    Paris, circa 1775-1780
    (?) By Paul Georges
    Gessoed and gilded oak
    Overall Height: 6 ft. 10 in. (208.3 cm)?
    Width: 5 ft. % in. (152.4 cm); Interior Height:
    4 ft. 8% in. (144 cm); Width: 3 ft. yV% in.
    (109.8 cm)
    Stamped P. GEORGES on. back and inked 61
    across the top.
    Accession number 88 .DA.49
    PROVENANCE
    George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of
    Haddington, Tyninghame House, East
    Lothian, Scotland (sold after his death,
    Sotheby's, Tyninghame House, Septem­
    ber 28-29,1987, lot 551); [Christopher
    Gibbs, London].
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    "Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj (1989),
    no. 75, p. 143, illus.


115

ιι6
Free download pdf