Architectural Woodwork and Fixtures

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F R E N C H
FRAMES
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Switzerland, 1980s;
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , London]; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6
(1988),
no. 68, p. 177, illus.
115. Frame
Paris, circa 1775-1780
(?) By Paul Georges
Gessoed and gilded oak
Overall Height: 6 ft. 10 in. (208.3
c m
)?
W i d t h : 5 ft. % i n . (152.4 cm); Interior Height:
4 ft. 8% i n . (144 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. yV% i n .
115
(109.8 cm)
Stamped P. GEORGES
114
Architectural Woodwork
and Fixtures
on. back and inked 61
across the top.
Accession number 88.DA.49
PROVENANCE
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl o f
Haddington, Tyninghame House, East
FRAMES
Lothian, Scotland (sold after his death,
Sotheby's, Tyninghame House, Septem­
114. Frame for a Mirror
Paris, circa 1690-1700
ber 28-29,1987, lot 551); [Christopher
Gibbs, L o n d o n ] .
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern m i r r o r
glass
Height: 6 ft. 8 i n . (183.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj
(1989),
no. 75, p. 143, illus.
Accession number 87.DH.78
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F R E N C H
PANELING
I i 6 . Frame for a Mirror
Paris, circa 1775-1780
Painted and gilded oak; modern mirror
glass
Height: 6 ft. 1V4 i n . (187.2 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 3% i n . (131 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)
Accession number 9 2 . D H . 2 0
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cíe, Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ21 (1993),
i n press, illus.
P A N E L I N G
A
N
D
M A N T E L P I E C E S
117. Ten Panels
One of four
117
Paris, circa 1661
Design attributed to Charles Le Brun
P R O V E N A N C E
Painted and gilded oak
(?) Nicolas Fouquet, Chateau de Vaux-le-
Panels .1-.2: Height: 6 ft. 11% i n . (213 cm);
Vicomte; Felix Harbord, England, 1960s;
W i d t h : 2 ft. IOVS i n . (88 cm); Panels . 3 - 4 :
Felix Fenston, England (sold by his widow,
Height: 6 ft. 11% i n . (213 cm); W i d t h :
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a y 25,1990, lot 50, to
2 ft. 7 / 8 i n . (79 cm); Panels .5-.6: Height:
[Christopher Gibbs, L o n d o n ] ) .
3 ft. 11% i n . (120 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(80.4 cm); Panels .7-.8: Height: 3ft.10V16
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ'20 (1992),
i n . (118 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (80.4 cm);
no. 76, p. 174, illus. (two).
Panel .9: Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm);
W i d t h : 5 ft. 11 Vie i n . (180.5
c
m
) ; Panel .10:
Height: 1 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (49.5 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 8 / i 6 i n . (202.25 cm)
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Accession number 91.DH.18.1—.10
One of four
117
77
78
F R E N C H
PANELING
A N D
M A N T E L P I E C E S
118
118. Mantelpiece
(?) Paris, circa 1690-1700
Sarrancolin des Pyrenees marble (also k n o w n
as marbre d'Antin) and breche violette
Height: 5 ft. 10Vz i n . (179.1 cm); W i d t h :
7 ft. 10% i n . (240 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. ι λ i n .
ι
(34.3 cm)
Accession number 8 9 . D H . 3 0
P R O V E N A N C E
[B. Fab re et Fils, Paris].
119
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ18 (1990),
no. 52, p. 193, illus.
119. Paneling
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1725-1726
Guillaume Cressart, H o t e l Cressart,
By Jacques Gaultier, menuisier, after the
installed i n 1725 and 1726 i n the chambre
designs o f Armand-Claude Mollet
ä coucher o f 18 place Vendóme, Paris;
Painted and gilded oak and walnut; breche
Louis-Auguste Duché, 1733; Jean-Baptiste
dAlep mantelpiece; modern mirror glass
Duché (brother o f Louis-Auguste Duché),
Height: 13 ft. (396.2 cm); W i d t h : 26 ft. 9 i n .
by 1743; Elisabeth-Louis Duché (wife o f
(815 cm); D e p t h : 22 ft. (670.6 cm)
Jacques Bertrand, marquis de Scépeaux et
Accession number 71.DH.118
de Beaupreau), after 1743; Elisabeth-LouiseAdélaíde de Scépeaux de Beaupreau (wife o f
the comte de La Tour d'Auvergne), 1769;
Jean-Louis M i l o n d'Inval, Paris, 1774; by
inheritance to his wife, Antoinette Bureau
Seraudey ( M m e d'Inval), i n an I I I (1794-
F R E N C H
1795) (sold by her heirs i n 1836); Sophie
PANELING
A N D MANTELPIECES
121. Mantelpiece
Dawes (baronne de Feuchéres), 1836; the
Paris, circa 1730-1735
chambre a coucher became the salon at this
Brecciated marble o f a variety o f sarrancolin
time (sold by her heirs after her death i n
des Pyrenees; modern brick
1841); the marquise de Las Marismas del
Height: 3 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (no.5 cm); W i d t h :
Guadalquivir ( M m e Alexandre Aguado),
5 ft. 9 i n . (175.3 cm); Depth: uYz i n .
1842; U n i o n Artistique, 1865; [Andre
(29.2 cm)
Carlhian, Paris; boiseries removed i n 1936];
Accession number 8 5 . D H . 9 2
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1939; stored
P R O V E N A N C E
i n Paris u n t i l removed to N e w York i n
1959]; N o r t o n Simon, N e w York, 1965;
Detail of one
I20
Paris].
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
i 2 o . Eleven Panels
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Rene Colas, "Les Hotels de la place
Vendóme," Paris qui reste: vieux hotels,
vieilles demeures, rive droite (Paris, 1914),
pp. 105-106, p i . 94; B r u n o Pons, "Les
boiseries de Γ H o t e l Cressart au Getty
M u s e u m , " GettyMusJn
illus.
(1983), pp. 67-88,
Private residence, Paris; [Fransois Léage,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1730-1735
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi^.
Oak
(1986),
no. 195, p. 244, illus.
Panels .1-.2: Height: 9 ft. 2% i n . (280 cm);
W i d t h : 4 ft. Vz i n . (123 cm); Panels .3~.4:
Height: 9 ft. 2% i n . (280 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 6/4 i n . (139 cm); Panels .5~.7: Height:
9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
(40.4 cm); Panel .8: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n .
(279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6Y i n . (46.3 cm);
4
Panel .9: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4
c m
);
W i d t h : ι ft. 10 i n . (55.9 cm); Panels .10-.11:
Height: 6 ft. 1 i n . (185.4
c m
) ; W i d t h : 10 i n .
(25.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DH.52.1-.11
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Marly-Le-Roi, Yvelines, by
repute; Mallett family, Louveciennes, early
nineteenth century; M m e Claude M e l i n ,
Louveciennes, 1984, by descent.
121
79
8θ
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
123. Paneled Room
Paris, circa 1770-1775
Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; breche d'Alep mantelpiece;
gilt-bronze hardware
H e i g h t ( w i t h o u t cornice): 15 ft. % i n .
(458 cm); W i d t h : 30 ft. 4V16 i n . (925 cm);
D e p t h : 20 ft. y /s i n . (627 cm)
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Accession number 8 4 . D H . 3 4
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1920s];
[Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris].
124. Paneled Room
Paris, circa 1788-1789
Panels attributed to Rousseau de la Rottiére
after designs by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; white marble mantelpiece
Four Double Doors: Height: 9 ft. 5 %. i n .
122
122. Paneled Room
P R O V E N A N C E
A n unidentified hotel o n the quai Malaquais,
Painted and gilded oak; four oil-on-canvas
Paris, u n t i l 1900; M m e Doucet, Paris, 1900-
overdoor paintings; breche d'Alep mantel­
1907; due de Gramont, avenue Georges
piece; modern mirror glass; gilt-bronze
Mandel, Paris, 1907 (offered for sale i n situ,
hardware
Ader Picard, Paris, October 9,1969, bought
Height: 14 ft. 4 i n . (436.9 cm); W i d t h :
in); [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris]; purchased
23 ft. 6Vz i n . (718 cm); D e p t h : 25 ft. 6 i n .
by J. Paul Getty.
Accession number 73.DH.107
c m
) ; W i d t h ( o f one door): 2 ft. 3% i n .
(70.5 cm); Four Large Panels: Height:
Paris, circa 1755
(777 cm)
(287.7
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
La comtesse Jean Louis de Maigret,
" U n demi-siécle ä l'Hötel Gramont," Con­
naissance des arts 141 (November 1963),
p. 92, illus.
9 ft. 5/8 i n . (297.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 8 4 i n .
3
(83.2 cm); Five Panels: Height: 9 ft. 3% i n .
(285.1 cm); W i d t h : ι ft. 6Yz i n . (46.9 cm);
Four Panels: Height: 9 f t . 3% i n . (285.1 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Four Over­
doors: Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (90.8 cm); W i d t h :
3
5 ft. 4 i n . (167 cm)
3
Accession number (moldings only)
91.DH.-60.1-.26
P R O V E N A N C E
"Grand salon," M a i s o n Hosten, rue SaintGeorges, Paris, u n t i l circa 1892; M m e C.
Lelong, Paris, after 1892; Fournier, Paris,
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
pp. 128-129, illus. p. 181, fig. 106; Michel
Gallet, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux 1736-1806
(Paris, 1980), pp. 209-213, figs. 372-383; La
Nouvelle Athenes: Le Quartier Saint-Georges
de Louis XV a Napoleon III (Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 1984), no. 22, p. 20.
Room as formerly installed in Paris
123
before (?) 1897; due de Rivoli, no. 8 rue
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Goujon, Paris, (?) 1897
Krafft and Ransonette, Choix des plus belles
t o
M a y 1913;
[in storage w i t h Maison Carlhian from
maisons de Paris (Paris, 1805), p i . 5; Alfred
M a y 1913 to January 1920, when consigned
de Champeaux, L'art décoratif dans le vieux
to both Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Paris (Paris, 1898), p. 319; Paul M a r m o t t a n ,
Seligmann]; [Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Le Style empire: Architecture et décors
Seligmann, Paris, 1921].
rieurs (Paris, 1927), vol. 4, pp. 1-2, pis. 1-7;
Panels only: O t t o Wolff, Cologne, 1925 or
Marcel Raval, Claude-Nicolas
1928; private collection, Cologne, before
1736-1806 (Paris, 1945), p. 51, pis. 50-59;
1969; [Joachim Kaiser and Georg Fahrbach,
Louis Hautecoeur, Histoire de Tarchitecture
Cologne, 1969-1986]; [Axel Vervoordt,
classique en France, v o l . 5, Revolution et
d'inté-
Ledoux
Belgium, 1986]; acquired by the J. Paul
Tempire(Paris, 1953), pp. 347, 371; Jacques
Getty Trust.
Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de
Moldings only: [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris].
Paris (Paris, 1963), vol. 2, p. 408; "Ledoux e
Paris," Cahiers de la rotonde 3 (Paris, 1979),
Two door panels
124
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