A Consulat gilt-bronze mounted mahogany and burr yew dressing table, attributed to Jacob Frères, circa 1802, from the Empress Joséphine's bedroom at château de Saint-Cloud
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June 25, 12:30 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 400,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
opening with two lateral mechanical drawers, the octagonal mirror with palmette motives and held by two supports surmounted by flowers finished by tripod bases with paw-feet, the frieze decorated with winged lions, with curved legs terminating in paw-feet, with a white Carrare marble top, stamped ‘CHATEAU DE ST CLOUD’, and several painted inventory marks SC651, SC759, SC1944, SC580, SC26813; (lacking candle branches)
Haut. 140 cm, larg. 128 cm, prof. 61 cm ; Height 55 in, width 50 ½ in, depth 24 in
Delivered circa 1802 for the château de Saint-Cloud and located in the Empress Joséphine's bedroom in 1805;
Dressing room of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, duchesse de Berry in 1818 and 1824;
Apartments of Madame la Dauphine, Marie-Thérèse de France, duchesse d'Angoulême in 1828;
Bedroom of Queen Marie-Amélie in 1833;
Apartments of Princesses Mathilde Bonaparte or Clotide de Savoie between 1861 and 1866;
Collection Théodore Reinach (1860-1928) ;
Collection Michel Ephrussi (1844-1914) ;
Collection Akram Ojjeh (1918-1991) ;
Sotheby's Monaco, Magnifique ensemble de meubles et objets d'art français collection Monsieur Akram Ojeh, 25 June 1979, lot 130;
Sotheby's New York, 31 October 1986, lot 76;
Sotheby’s New York, Property from the collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, 18 October 2011, lot 743.
T. Sarmant (dir.), Palais disparus de Napoléon : Tuileries, Saint-Cloud, Meudon, Paris, 2021, exhibition catalogue, Galerie des Gobelins, 15 september 2021 - 15 january 2022, cited p. 212
P.-J. Chalençon, Napoléon la collection, Paris, 2019, ill. p. 38
D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1984, p. 346
Comparative bibliography:
G. Bresc-Bautier, Y. Carlier, B. Chevallier, A. Dion-Tenenbaum, G. Fonkenell, J.-D. Serena, Les Tuileries: grands décors d'un palais disparu, Paris, 2016
J.-P. Samoyault, Mobilier Français Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009, p. 131
C. H. de Quénetain, Les Styles Consulat & Empire, Paris, 2005, p. 45
S. Grandjean, Empire Furniture, 1800 to 1825, London, 1966, fig. 21: for a similar dressing table made by Jacob Desmalter in 1805 for Empress Josephine at the Tuileries, now in the Malmaison collections
Colecciones Reales de España, El Meuble, Madrid, 1965, pl. 401: for a similar dressing table in the Prado in Madrid
The Eagle Flying Across Europe: Napoleon Relics Exhibition, Fondation Napoléon / Hubei Provincial Museum / Nanjing Museum / Liaoning Museum / Tianjin Museum, 29 august 2014 - 31 March 2015