An Empire giltwood curule stool, circa 1805-1806, for the Emperor’s Grand Cabinet at the Château de Saint-Cloud
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the mounts adorned with four spheres, the X-shaped base centered with a medallion featuring a gilt-bronze lion’s head and ending in claw feet, upholstered in modern crimson silk velvet with gold fringe trim, stamped “Château de St Cloud” and black ink mark “SC 137 MI”; (regilt)
Haut. 71 cm, larg. 61 cm, prof. 54 cm ; Height 28 in, width 24 in, depth 21 ¼ in
Château de Saint-Cloud, Grand Cabinet of the Emperor between 1807 and 1812;
Salon Cramoisi of King Louis XVIII in 1824;
Salon du trône of King Charles X in 1828, then salon Cramoisi in 1833.
P-J Chalençon, Napoléon, La Collection, Paris, 2019, p. 115
Related literature
T. Sarmant (dir.), Palais disparus de Napoléon : Tuileries, Saint-Cloud, Meudon, Paris, 2021, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie des Gobelins, 15 September 2021 - 15 January 2022
J.- P. Samoyault, Mobilier Français: Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009, pp. 175-179
O. Nouvel-Kammerer (dir.), L'aigle et le papillon: symboles des pouvoirs sous Napoléon (1800-1815), Paris, 2008, Exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs, 2 April - 5 October 2008, pp. 108, 193
C. Huchet de Quénetain, Les styles Consulat et Empire, Paris, Éditions de l'Amateur, 2005
J.-P. Samoyault, "L'ameublement des salles du Trône dans les palais impériaux sous Napoléon Ier", in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, 1985, pp. 183-206
Napoléon: An Intimate Portrait, A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company, 2005-2011
The Eagle Flying Across Europe: Napoleon Relics Exhibition, Hubei Provincial Museum / Nanjing Museum / Liaoning Museum / Tianjin Museum, 29 August 2014 - 31 March 2015
La collection Pierre-Jean Chalençon - Napoléon : L’empereur sous la verrière du Grand Palais, 30th edition of the Biennale Paris, Grand Palais, 8-16 september 2018
Le sacre de Napoléon, Chapelle des Jésuites, Saint-Omer, 18 June 2022 - 25 September 2022