Cartel

CARTEL "AU VASE" Louis XVI drawing by JC DELAFOSSE (Jean Charles Delafosse, 1739 Paris 1784) the sign of the dial. OLIN IN PARIS Jacques-Charles Olin master watchmaker in Paris on November 10, 1776 h. 81 cm, l. 41 cm, p. 10 cm Wire suspension Literature: Cf. H. Ottomeyer / P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzen des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Munich 1986; I., p. 182 (fig. 3.8.4 for the cartel and 3.8.2 for the design drawing). Cf. Pierre Kjellberg Encyclopédie de La Pendule Francais, Paris 1997, p.191, B Cf. the similar clock of the Cartel Koller Zurich, n ° 1287 - A184 Furniture, porcelain and silverware - Thursday March 22, 2018, approximately € 14,100. JC Delafosse, architect and designer and engraver of ornaments had been approved by the Académie de Bordeaux since 1781, where he exhibited drawings at the Salon. His main works are 4 large series of engravings of decorative motifs, among others: "New Historical Iconology or Hieroglyphic Attributes" (108 fol.), "Decorations, Sculptures, Goldsmiths and Various Ornaments" (24 fol.), "Furnishings". In smaller series, there are models and designs of all kinds for emblems, trophies, facades, portals, fireplaces, tombs, furniture, church utensils, clocks, models of goldsmith's work, etc., drawn with skill and ardor. Littré: HL Tardy, Dictionary of French watchmakers, Paris 1974; p. 460 (biographical data). An almost identical cartel is illustrated in: P. Kjellberg, La pendule française du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris 1997; p. 191 (fig. B). Another almost identical model, as well as a drawing by JC Delafosse, are illustrated in the book: H. Ottomeyer / P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzen des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Munich 1986; I., p. 182 (Fig. 3.8.4 for the cartel and 3.8.7 for the design drawing. Inv.No. 3.004 € 6.850