Moulded, painted and gilt oak. PROVENANCE: private collection. LITERATURE: Gady Bénédicte, Edwards Turner, Gilles François (ed.), Nicolas Pineau (1684-1754), un sculpteur rocaille entre Paris et Saint-Pétersbourg, Paris, Les Arts décoratifs – Le Passage, 2025. The author of this set of wood panelling is none other than the famous ornamental sculptor Nicolas Pineau. Confirmation of this… Continue reading SET OF WOOD PANELLING FROM THE LOUIS XV PERIOD
Carved natural oak. H. 230.5 cm (90 ¾ in.). PROVENANCE: private collection. LITERATURE: Stéphane Faniel (ed.), Le 18e siècle français, Collection Connaissance des Arts, Paris, Réalités Hachette, p. 141, fig. C. This remarkable set of wood panels, carved in natural oak and likely intended for a mezzanine cabinet, given the relatively low height of the… Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY SET OF WOOD PANELS FEATURING PLAYING CHILDREN AND MONKEY MOTIFS (SINGERIES)
Oil on canvas. For two of them:H. 266,4 cm. (105 in.); W. 97,1 cm. (38 ¼ in.). The others:H. 268 cm. (105 ½ in.); W. 150 cm (59 in.).H. 266,4 cm. (105 in.); W. 157,2 cm (62 in.).H. 266,4 cm. (105 in.); W. 157,5 cm (62 in.).H. 266,4 cm. (105in.); W. 164,2 (64 ¾ in.). PROVENANCE:… Continue reading SERIES OF SIX LARGE PANELS
Sculpted, painted and gilded wood. H. 5.50 m. (18 ft.). HISTORY: executed between 1765 and 1771 for the Paar Palace in Vienna by the sculptor Johann Georg Leithner (1725-1785) under the supervision of the architect Isidor Canevale (1730-1786); sold when the Paar Palace was destroyed in 1938. PROVENANCE: private collection. LITERATURE: Collection entitled: Boiseries, superportes… Continue reading WOOD PANELLINGS FROM THE PAAR PALACE
Molded oak, painted and gilded. “I have Mr. de Beaujon’s house, minus the garden, but with the gallery overlooking the little church at the corner of the street. In my staircase there is a door that opens into the church. A turn of the key, and I am at Mass.” Balzac to Victor Hugo. HISTORY:… Continue reading SET OF PANELS WITH ARABESQUE DECORATIONS
Sculpted and painted wood. PROVENANCE: private collection. Roughly dating back to 1730-40, this sumptuous and decidedly exotic rocaille décor is framed by a series of arches that alternate with narrow beading, and include sculpted palm tree trunks and branches that fill the corners of each panel. Resting on a low cyma with simple compartments with… Continue reading “ROCAILLE” WOOD PANELLINGS, DECORATED WITH PALM TREES
Deal painted blue and white. H. 4.47 m. (15 ft. 5 in. ); L. 7.94 m. (26 ft.); Pr. 5,94 m. (19 ft. 5 ¾ in.). PROVENANCE: Antwerp, Van De Werve – De Schilde hôtel particulier. LITERATURE: Bruno Pons, Grands décors français 1650 – 1800, Dijon, éditions Faton, 1995, pp. 128-131 and 301-308. Jean Feray,… Continue reading WOOD PANELLINGS FROM THE HÔTEL DE SCHILDE
Carved and painted wood. H. 316 cm. (124 ½ in.). PROVENANCE: private collection. REFERENCE LITERATURE: Alastair Laing & Martin Meade, Drawings for Architecture, Design and Ornament, Volume II, The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor, Cambridge, The National Trust, 2006, pp. 424–464. Structured by a series of pilasters and narrow glazing moldings, finely… Continue reading WALL PANELLINGS WITH ARABESQUE MOTIFS
