Rare Cartel Clock With Ormulu Bronzes In Polychromie - Signed Lelubois Ca 1745

A beautiful French 18th century Louis XV rococo clock with matching plinth in a rare five colors marquetery display with brown tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, green red, yellow colored horn inlays.

Louis XV  period is characterised by beautiful curves of the ormolu and chases bronzes keeping  asymmetric  design patterns in pure Roccoco style 

Several abrevation  stamps are visible on both the cartel clock and stand  as "NG" and " G" that could correspond to "Noël Gérard". He was as a famous french cabinet maker that successed in the trade of  luxury house furnishings by 1725 in " Magasin général à l'hôtel Jabach" located rue Neuve Sainte Merry in Paris. The shop was  maintained till 1749 by his widow.
Clock production and clock sales counted for among one third of the total inventory after his death. His clients were among the high ranked Princes and foreign ambassadors and inventory after his dezth was said to be the richest of Paris at the time.

The clock movement  is original and works  perfectly. It rings hours and quarters on demand by pulling a string.  Both the dial and movement are signed LELUBOIS (Toussaint Michel ) recorded as clockmaker in Paris and  master of the clockmaster guild  in 1724. 

References:
- a similar clock is seen in the "Pendule Française Tardy part 1 - page 68.
-"NOEL GERARD et le magasin général à l'hôtel Jabach,  Robert Fox et Anthony Turner et luxury trade and consumerism in Ancien Régime.Paris 1998 p 169-188
- a similar clock is referenced in "Encyclopédie de la pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle" » P. Kjellberg. Ed. de l’Amateur - page 76
- Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français  - Tardy 3eme edition page 369 - Horloger "Le Lubois" maître de la corporation en 1724 - Pont au Change 1743.