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.
