A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted kingwood, amaranth, satin wood, maple and marquetry meuble d'appui, circa 1750, attributed to Jean Pierre Latz, probably commissioned by Madame Elisabeth, duchess of Parma for Palazzo Colorno
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Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description
with two doors, decorated with panels of floral marquetry, with a brèche d'Alep marble top, branded to the top ML beneath a crown within an oval, stamped A/3223/73 and indistinctly 3661[?] or 566.1 almost erased, with ink inscriptions « NoII », « SOS9 » and « 1139 » the reverse with a square paper label GARDE-MEUBLE MAPLE/Cesse/Sala, further inscribed ; (the sides re-veneered, altered, marble restored)
Haut. 94 cm, larg. 101 cm, prof. 47 cm ; height. 37 in, width. 39 3/4 in, depth. 18 1/2 in
Almost certainly originally supplied circa 1750-1755 as one of a pair of cabinets to Louise-Elizabeth de France, Madame Infante, Duchess of Parma (1727-1759) for her apartments at the Palazzo Colorno.
Very probably Marie-Louise, Duchess of Parma, formerly Empress Marie-Louise, wife of Napoléon (1791-1847).
At Palazzo Colorno at least until 1855.
With Seligmann, Paris.
The Countess Sala collection; Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 17-18 November 1961, lot 125 or 126 (one of a pair).
Property of the estate of Eugénie Fromer;
Her sale, Christie’s New York, 7 June 2013, lot 311.
H. Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinetmaker," The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, September/October 1970, p. 255, no. 51 (illustrée).
A. González-Palacios, Il Patrimonio artistico del Quirinale, Gli Arredi Francesi, Milan, 1996, p. 135.
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