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Louis XV Style Cartel d'Applique After Jacques Caffieri. French, circa 1870
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A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze cartel d'Applique, after a model by Jacques Caffieri.
The white enamel dial inscribed 'Thiout Lainé/A PARIS', with hours in Roman numerals and seconds in Arabic numerals, with pierced gilt-bronze scrolling hands. The twin train movement striking on a bell.
This fine cartel d'applique is surmounted by a sunburst behind a cloudborne cupid driving his dove-drawn chariot above a an undulating pierced foliate panelled case with a figure of Psyche.
Of rocaille form this impressive clock is after the celebrated model by Jacques Caffieri dating from circa 1745, now conserved in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and illustrated in Tardy, "La Pendule Française des origines au Louis XV", Vol. I, p. 190, fig. 1.
The inscription to the dial is for the celebrated eighteenth century horologist Antoine Thiout l'ai^ne´ (1692–1767) author of the 'Traité d'horlogerie méchanique et pratique' in 1741 and much admired in the nineteenth century.
Jacques Caffieri
Jacques Caffieri (1678-1755) a sculptor famous for his works in bronze, was the son of Philippe Caffieri (1634-1716), who emigrated from Naples to Paris at the request of Cardinal Mazarin to decorate the interiors at Versailles. He was elected to the Académie de Saint-Luc as a sculptor, and thus created many of the original designs that were proprietary models of his foundry.
Jacques was received as a maître fondeur-ciseleur by 1715, the date of his first known work, a design for a pall for the Corporation des Fondeurs-Ciseleurs, one of the two Parisian guilds that oversaw works cast in metal.
Caffieri was appointed fondeur-ciseleur des Bâtiments du Roi in 1736. Following this a large proportion of his best work as a designer and chaser in bronze was executed for commissions to the crown at Versailles, Fontainebleau, Marly, Compiègne, Choisy and the Château de La Muette. In fact he executed so much work for the crown that they were forever in his debt, still owing him money at his death.
In addition to these royal commissions from his workshop in rue des Canettes came an amazing amount of work, chiefly in the shape of gilt-bronze furniture mounts used by the best ébénistes of Paris, with whom he worked closely. Little of his production was ordinary and an astonishingly large proportion of it is now famous. Caffieri was also known for his production of gilt-bronze cases for clocks.
In 1740, Caffieri's wife purchased a royal privilege, which allowed the Caffieri workshop to gild bronze as well as cast it within the same workshop; ordinarily the processes were divided between two Parisian corporations, jealous of their jurisdictions, the fondeurs-ciseleurs and the ciseleurs-doreurs. This privilege further set Caffieri apart from his rivals.
French, circa 1870.
Literature:
H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al., "Vergoldete Bronzen", Munich, 1986. vol. I, p. 117.
Tardy, "La Pendule Française des origines au Louis XV", Vol. ; p. 190, fig. 1.
- Similar to:Jacques Caffieri (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 48.04 in (122 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)Depth: 9.45 in (24 cm)
- Style:Louis XV (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1870
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Brighton, GB
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