A representative Louis XV chest of drawers,
France 18th century, stamped DF, mahogany veneered, flaring and curved hard and softwood frame with lacquer painting in chinoiserie decor, 2 drawers, lavishly ornamented with partly fire-gilt bronze mounts, moulded marble top, 84 x 146 x 63 cm, well-kept condition.
F. de Salverte’s book about cabinet makers’ stamps mentions, under the entry DF, Jean Desforges for D.F. (DES FORGES); Alexandre Pradère, in his study “Die Kunst des französischen Möbels” casts doubt on the aforementioned link to Desforges and favours the view according to which the initials would be a shortform used by two cabinet makers (in this case, father and son) called François Delorme-Faizelot, one of whom is the father of Adrien Delorme, who specialised in lacquered furniture.
Lit.:
F. de Salverte, Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, p. 95, F. de Nobele, Paris 1975
Alexandre Pradère, Die Kunst des französischen Möbels, p. 177, Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich 1990 Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, p. 294, Les Editions de l’Amateur Paris 2008
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
10.05.2017 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 22,000.- to EUR 26,000.-
A representative Louis XV chest of drawers,
France 18th century, stamped DF, mahogany veneered, flaring and curved hard and softwood frame with lacquer painting in chinoiserie decor, 2 drawers, lavishly ornamented with partly fire-gilt bronze mounts, moulded marble top, 84 x 146 x 63 cm, well-kept condition.
F. de Salverte’s book about cabinet makers’ stamps mentions, under the entry DF, Jean Desforges for D.F. (DES FORGES); Alexandre Pradère, in his study “Die Kunst des französischen Möbels” casts doubt on the aforementioned link to Desforges and favours the view according to which the initials would be a shortform used by two cabinet makers (in this case, father and son) called François Delorme-Faizelot, one of whom is the father of Adrien Delorme, who specialised in lacquered furniture.
Lit.:
F. de Salverte, Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, p. 95, F. de Nobele, Paris 1975
Alexandre Pradère, Die Kunst des französischen Möbels, p. 177, Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich 1990 Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, p. 294, Les Editions de l’Amateur Paris 2008
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Collection Reinhold Hofstätter - Furniture and decorative Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 10.05.2017 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 05.05. - 10.05.2017 |