拍品 77
拍品 77
THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 72-78)
A LATE LOUIS XV KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, AND SYCAMORE PARQUETRY PETIT SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

BY JEAN-FRANCOIS OEBEN, CIRCA 1760

成交價 GBP 12,600
估價
GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000
估價並不反映實際成交價,亦不包括買家應付酬金、任何適用稅項或藝術家轉售權。詳情請瀏覽業務規定D部。
Loading details
登記
分享
A LATE LOUIS XV KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, AND SYCAMORE PARQUETRY PETIT SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

BY JEAN-FRANCOIS OEBEN, CIRCA 1760

成交價 GBP 12,600
登記
成交價 GBP 12,600
登記
詳情
Decorated to front and sides with geometric cube parquetry with sycamore and satiné, set within Greek key borders, the later ebonised top above canted angles with simulated fluting and a fall front enclosing four small drawers and three open compartments, a removable divider with two secret drawers, above a pair of doors enclosing a shelf, with plinth base, stamped 'J.F.OEBEN', losses to veneers
3734 in. (96 cm.) high; 2912 in. (75 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
來源
Collection Akram Ojjeh, Christie's, Monaco, 11 December 1999, lot 165 (364,500 French francs = £34,800)
榮譽呈獻
General enquires
佳士得專家或會聯絡閣下,以商討此拍品,又或於拍品狀況於拍賣前有所改變時知會閣下。瀏覽狀況報告

拍品專文

Jean-François Oeben maître in 1761.

Beautifully proportioned for a small appartement privé or possibly for a child, this secrétaire à abattant is decorated with the elegant cube parquetry which is so characteristic for Oeben's oeuvre and described in the 1763 inventory of his stock as 'plaqué à dés', combining tulipwood, kingwood and green-stained sycamore and - as in the present case- a border of amaranth bands.

JEAN-FRANÇOIS OEBEN

An ouvrier libre in July 1749 when he married Françoise-Marguerite van der Cruse, sister of Roger van der Cruse (R.V.L.C.), Oeben rapidly gained popularity and on 1 December 1751, he signed a contrat d'apprentissage with Charles-Joseph Boulle. He was in fact already trained and rented part of the workshop and lodgings in the Louvre occupied by Charles-Joseph, one of the sons of André-Charles Boulle, and, from 1752, delivered furniture through Lazare Duvaux to the marquise de Pompadour. When Charles-Joseph Boulle died in October 1754, the marquise de Pompadour must have intervened on Oeben's behalf in order to obtain for him the title of ébéniste-mécanicien du Roi and a lodging in the manufacture des Gobelins, which he was granted on 15 December 1754. Oeben received numerous royal commissions throughout his career, the most significant of which was for the King's cylindre bureau at Versailles, began in 1760 but completed and delivered after his death by Riesener in 1769.

THE GOÛT GREC

The elegant rectilinear form, Greek key borders to the parquetry panels and fluted uprights on this secrétaire demonstrate perfectly the revival of Classical motifs and forms of the 'goût nouveau', as it was described in the inventory of Oeben's stock following his death. This new style, also called le goût Grec, was introduced in the mid-1750s by the architect Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain. Probably working in collaboration with a marchand-mercier such as Simon-Philippe Poirier, Le Lorrain's goût Grec style was first expressed in the designs for the celebrated suite of furniture supplied for the Parisian hôtel of the amateur Ange-Laurent Lalive de Jully circa 1775. The style strongly revived Classical motifs such as those found on this secrétaire, and from the mid-1750s, Oeben became the major supplier of furniture in the 'new style' for Madame de Pompadour, a significant achievement as she was one of the primary arbiters of taste during the period.

相關文章

Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection.

更多來自
藏家尚品:倫敦
參與競投
狀況報告 

佳士得專家或會聯絡閣下,以商討此拍品,又或於拍品狀況於拍賣前有所改變時知會閣下。

本人確認已閱讀有關狀況報告的重要通知 並同意其條款。 查閱狀況報告