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Escalier de Cristal Gilt Bronze and Carrara Marble Clock, France, 19th Century

$10,602.76

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An important and large late 19th century gilt bronze and Carrara marble clock. The gilt bronze and marble clock case signed by Escalier de Cristal, Paris and clockwork by Dupuis a Paris. With inscription: "Offert à Mr. R. MAZEL par ses colloborateurs des Compagnies SOLEIL-AIGLE 11 Janivier 1923". Soleil-Aigle was a French insurance company active from 1848 until 1968 and Mr. Raymond Mazel was the director for the company for over 30 years in the beginning of the 1900´s. . Cupid playing with a dog sitting on top of the clock case, probably symbolize the affection and love for dogs and is possibly after a drawing by François Boucher (1703-1770). L'Escalier de Cristal (1802-1923) was established by Marie-Jeanne-Rosalie Désarnaud-Charpentier, the daughter of a goldsmith from Châlons-sur-Marne, when she opened her renowned boutique in the Galerie de Valois of the Palais Royal in 1802. There she specialised in objects of great technical and aesthetic innovation, many composed entirely of crystal and gold plated bronze. What the previous century had done incorporating porcelain into objects and furnishings, Mme Désarnaud-Charpentier did with crystal in the nineteenth. Sadly very few of these crystal furnishings survive with us today. Mme Désarnaud-Charpentier's fame was secured by the success of her innovative suite of furniture at the 1819 exhibition of the Produits de l'industrie, where she was awarded a gold medal. This toilette suite was purchased following the exhibition by one of Escalier de Cristal's most famous patrons, the Duchess de Berry, Louis XVIII's niece, and was subsequently installed in her country residence, the Château de Rosny-sur-Seine. This exhibition, followed on from her success at the Paris 1801 exhibition. The competitive character of the exhibitions led many manufactories and maisons de luxe to create objects of increasing daring and originality; despite this for the judges and visitors the technical innovation of Escalier de Cristal's creations would have been a revelation. In 1840, Pierre-Isidore Lahoche acquired L'Escalier de Cristal; joined later by his cousin Emile-Augustin Pannier, the company would become in 1867 Lahoche, Pannier et Cie. At the end of 1872, Pierre-Isidore Lahoche retired from business leaving his son-in-law in charge of the company. The boutique moved to the centre of Paris, at the corner of rues Auber and Scribe, a few steps away from Opéra Garnier. By 1885 the company was known simply as Pannier et cie, managed by Georges and Henri Pannier, sons of Emile. Henri Pannier was the art director whereas Georges took care of the finances. In the last decades of the 19th century the company widened its repertoire to include exceptional furniture in Louis XV and Louis XVI revival styles and ground breaking works by designer-ornamentists such as Edouard Lièvre. In the tradition of the 17th and 18th century marchand-merciers, they would collaborate with the finest bronziers, ebenistes, lacquers and painters of the day creating objects of unparalleled luxury and embracing sophisticated modernist styles such as extreme oriental and japonisant. The company won multiple awards and medals at national and international exhibitions, including bronze medals at the Universal Exhibitions in London in 1862, and in Paris in 1867 and 1878. They were awarded a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. The firm will finally closed in 1923. The large number of objects that remain today in the possession of European Royal households, that were made by Escalier de Cristal, attests to the success and reputation the company achieved. Pieces also remain in the collections of the Louvre and Musée D'Orsay.

Details

  • Creator
    L'Escalier de Cristal (Maker)
  • Dimensions
    Height: 21.26 in. (54 cm)Width: 16.93 in. (43 cm)Depth: 7.09 in. (18 cm)
  • Style
    Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques
    Bronze,Carrara Marble,Gilt,Patinated
  • Place of Origin
    France
  • Period
    Late 19th Century
  • Date of Manufacture
    Late 19th Century
  • Condition
    Wear consistent with age and use. In a very nice condition and of exceptional quality. Clock is working.
  • Seller Location
    Stockholm, SE
  • Reference Number
    1stDibs: LU1006825144852

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    Ships From: Stockholm, Sweden
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