Cartel In Shell, d'Après Boulle, Circa 1700

Cartel and its console, tortoiseshell, gilded bronze (gold varnish), brass fillets, after a model of André-Charles Boulle, Louis XIV, around 1710. Sun (hx W x D): 127 X 42 x 15 cm. Cartel with a straight case, curved in the upper part and complemented by a dome topped with an antique lamp of gilded bronze. The bottom case ends geometrically. The set is plated with tortoiseshell tinged in dark red, enriched with brass fillets, bronze rods with frieze ornaments, falls of laurel bundles around the frame, a bouquet above, A group on the glass and square feet. The console of this cartel is treated in harmony, with acanthus leaves in the corners, a macaroon on the face. It is terminated by a fruit. The model is attributed to the famous André-Charles Boulle who published it in 1707 with the collaboration of Mariette. It also recognizes the lamp in the Antique published by Boulle. The movement is by Antoine Gaudron. Born in 1640 and died in 1714 in Paris. Around 1660-65, he was received master at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, then in Paris on June 5, 1675. He was a goldsmith merchant and then a goldsmith of the Queen of England in London. He joined his sons, Antoine II and Pierre, in the Place Dauphine art trade at La Perle in 1698, and on the same place at La Renommée in 1709. According to his son Pierre, he would have Created an equatorial pendulum in 1688, the first of its kind. The studio of Antoine Ier Gaudron signs his works "GAUDRON in Paris" from the 1660s until 1728, then that of his sons takes again this signature.