Two body cabinet in pietra dura
Height: 180 cm – 71 inches
Width: 124,4 cm – 49 inches
Depth: 52 cm – 20 ½ inches.
Comparable example:
- Pietra Dura by Baccio Cappelli and bronze figures by Girolamo Ticciati, Badminton cabinet, 1720–1732, hardstones, ebony and gilt bronze, 386 x 233 x 94 cm,
Prince of Liechtenstein collection
- Borghèse-Windsor cabinet, circa 1620, ebony, walnut and chestnut wood with various tropical plain woods divers set with lapis-lazuli, jasper, Agatha, amethyst and other hardstones, gilt bronze, silver and gilt silver, lacquered brass, 178 x 126 x 54 cm,
Los Angeles, J.P. Getty Museum(inv. 2016.66)
- Dominico Cucci, Pair of cabinets, 1679–1682, ebony, amaranth, hardstones marquetry, gilt bronze and wood, 240 x 172 x 48 cm, former Edward Homes Baldock (1778−1845) collection acquired in 1824 by the 3rd Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, Nothumberland
- Pierre Gole, Cabinet said of the Duchess of Fontanges, circa 1680, ebony, rosewood, copper and pewter marquetry, 186 x 114 x 60 cm, musée Jacquemart-André, Paris
- Joseph Baumhauer, Pair of cabinets, circa 1765–1770, oak structure, ebony veneer, tortoiseshell, bradd and pewter marquetry, hardstones marquetry, gilt bronze, marble,
102 x 77,7 x 49,3 cm, former Duke of Aumont collection, Paris, Musée du Louvre (inv. OA 5448–5449)
Similar example:
- Parisian workshop, Cabinet of pietra dura, circa 1675, ebony, amaranth, hardstones marquetry, pewter, gilt bronze and wood, 258 x 192 x 60 cm, musée des arts décoratifs, Strasbourg (inv. 33.978.0.23)
Bibliography
Daniel Alcouffe, Alexandre Pradère, Bill. G. B. Pallot, 18e aux sources du design, chefs‑d’œuvre du mobilier 1650 à 1790, Faton, Dijon, 2014.
Stéphane Casteluccio, Les meubles de pierres dures de Louis XIV et l’atelier des Gobelins, Paris, Édition Faton, 2007.
Calin Demetrescu, Le style Louis XIV, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2002.
Calin Demestrescu, Les ébénistes de la Couronne sus le règne de Louis XIV, Lausanne, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2021.
Height: 180 cm – 71 inches
Width: 124,4 cm – 49 inches
Depth: 52 cm – 20 ½ inches.
Comparable example:
- Pietra Dura by Baccio Cappelli and bronze figures by Girolamo Ticciati, Badminton cabinet, 1720–1732, hardstones, ebony and gilt bronze, 386 x 233 x 94 cm,
Prince of Liechtenstein collection
- Borghèse-Windsor cabinet, circa 1620, ebony, walnut and chestnut wood with various tropical plain woods divers set with lapis-lazuli, jasper, Agatha, amethyst and other hardstones, gilt bronze, silver and gilt silver, lacquered brass, 178 x 126 x 54 cm,
Los Angeles, J.P. Getty Museum(inv. 2016.66)
- Dominico Cucci, Pair of cabinets, 1679–1682, ebony, amaranth, hardstones marquetry, gilt bronze and wood, 240 x 172 x 48 cm, former Edward Homes Baldock (1778−1845) collection acquired in 1824 by the 3rd Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, Nothumberland
- Pierre Gole, Cabinet said of the Duchess of Fontanges, circa 1680, ebony, rosewood, copper and pewter marquetry, 186 x 114 x 60 cm, musée Jacquemart-André, Paris
- Joseph Baumhauer, Pair of cabinets, circa 1765–1770, oak structure, ebony veneer, tortoiseshell, bradd and pewter marquetry, hardstones marquetry, gilt bronze, marble,
102 x 77,7 x 49,3 cm, former Duke of Aumont collection, Paris, Musée du Louvre (inv. OA 5448–5449)
Similar example:
- Parisian workshop, Cabinet of pietra dura, circa 1675, ebony, amaranth, hardstones marquetry, pewter, gilt bronze and wood, 258 x 192 x 60 cm, musée des arts décoratifs, Strasbourg (inv. 33.978.0.23)
Bibliography
Daniel Alcouffe, Alexandre Pradère, Bill. G. B. Pallot, 18e aux sources du design, chefs‑d’œuvre du mobilier 1650 à 1790, Faton, Dijon, 2014.
Stéphane Casteluccio, Les meubles de pierres dures de Louis XIV et l’atelier des Gobelins, Paris, Édition Faton, 2007.
Calin Demetrescu, Le style Louis XIV, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2002.
Calin Demestrescu, Les ébénistes de la Couronne sus le règne de Louis XIV, Lausanne, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2021.
