French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu-mounted Pedestal Clock
Artist: Attribué à Jean-henri Riesener
A very fine French 19th Century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted amaranth, tulipwood, sycamore and parquetry pedestal Régulateur de Parquet Tall Case Clock. After the model attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener, surmounted by a cloud-form case cast with three putti cherubs suspending garlands, centred by a white enamel dial with Roman numerals, on a spreading socle with ribbon-hung garlands, above the square tapering pedestal headed by a laurel wreath beneath an Apollo mask, above scrolling foliage centred by a flower-filled urn, the sides with lozenge parquetry panels, on four paw-cast feet above a shaped plinth centred by a foliate wreath, on toupie feet.
This clock is a copy of the celebrated model made circa 1785 and attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), now in the Louvre (cat. C.Dr., No 185) illustrated in Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Picard, 1999, pp. 116 and 384
This clock is a copy of the celebrated model made circa 1785 and attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), now in the Louvre (cat. C.Dr., No 185) illustrated in Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Picard, 1999, pp. 116 and 384
16 500 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Louis 16th, Directory
Condition: Excellent condition
Width: 48 cm
Height: 225 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Reference (ID): 965021
Availability: In stock
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