Cartel wall lamp and its violin-shaped console... - Lot 206 - Art Valorem

Cartel wall lamp and its violin-shaped console in brown tortoiseshell and gilded brass "Boulle" marquetry. Violone-shaped, blue enamelled cartouche dial with Roman numerals for the hours and minutes in Arabic numerals signed "Gilles à Paris". The case is decorated with foliage and shells surmounted by putti representing the gods Hermes and Apollo. The cushioning crowned with a statue of Minerva (brought back). The console stamped "A.DUBOIS" for Adrien Dubois carpenter received master on January 14, 1741. Posterior wire mechanism to be revised. Bronzes with the crowned "C". (Between 1745 and 1749). Louis XV period. (Restorations to the mechanism, discolorations of the veneer, wear and tear, some cracks in the veneer). Top. Width : 39 cm - Depth : 15 cm - Height : 87 cm