A Louis XVI Royal gilt-bronze mounted satin wood, tulipwood and holly veneered writing table, circa 1775, stamped by Jean-François Delacour, from the apartment of Madame Adélaïde at the château de Bellevue
Table à écrire royale en placage de satiné, bois de rose, houx et bronze redoré d’époque Louis XVI, vers 1775, estampille de Jean François Delacour, provenant de l’appartement de Madame Adélaïde au château de Bellevue
Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
opening with one large drawer, with oval mounts and laurel garlands on the angles, stamped DELACOUR et JME, with the fire mark of BV with a crown and ink mark « Du N.° 122. / 3 »; (the bronze re-gilt)
Haut. 75 cm, larg. 81,5 cm, prof. 49,5 cm ; Height 29 1/2 in, width 32 in, depth 19 1/2 in
Commissioned for Madame Adélaïde, daughter of Louis XV, at the Château de Bellevue, to furnish her Apartment No. 5, recorded in the 1786 inventory (A.N. O/1/3379, p. 46);
Former collection of Jean Nicolaÿ, collector and art historian, author of the book ‘L'art et la manière des ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle’ in 1985, former lawyer at the Council of State. He had assembled his collections in his building at 13 Rue Bonaparte in Paris, including this royal table, which he acquired and passed on by inheritance to the current owner.
J. Nicolay, L’art et la manière des ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1976, p.56 fig. A (illustrated).
P. Kelljberg, Le Mobilier français du 18e siècle. Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des menuisiers, 1998, p.228 (our table is mentioned).
Related literature
Bertrand Rondot, "Commode de la chambre de Madame Adélaïde à Bellevue", in Versalia 2016, p. 13, n°2.
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