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A PAir oF regence gilT Bronze TWo-ligHT APPliQueS
– circA 1720-1725
Height: 51 cm. (20 in.) Width: 33 cm. (13 in.)
These appliques have the distinction of having arms identical to those found on the series of four
described below.
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
A similar pair of appliques with the same arms was in the collection of Jaime ortiz-Patiño, sold
Sotheby's new York, 20 May 1992, lot 2, illustrated in giacomo and rozenn Wannenes, Les
bronzes ornementaux et les objets montés, Milan, 2004, p. 83.
A SeT oF Four louiS XiV gilT Bronze ASYMMeTricAl
TWo-ligHT APPliQueS – circA 1700-1715
Height: 41 cm. (16 ¼ in.) Width: 32 cm. (12 ½ in.)
This rare series of four appliques have arms identical to those on the pair described above,
showing that some models remained in fashion for decades.
An eArlY louiS XVi VieW oF THe PAlAiS BourBon BY
THoMAS coMPigne – circA 1775
Gouache, gilt and silvered embossed pewter foil on a cardboard support
Inscribed below the view:
“Vüe du Palais Bourbon execute sur le tour par compigné tablettier du roy”
Height: 23.5 cm. (9 ¼ in.) Width: 32 cm. (12 ½ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
Anita Semail, ‘les « compignés » et leurs créateurs’, Plaisir de France, no. 427 (March 1975), pp.
25-31.
Compigné, peintre et tabletier du Roy, exh. cat. grasse, Villa Musée Fragonard, June-July 1991.
THoMAS coMPigne
A tabletier selling games boards and other small works in ivory and tortoiseshell privileged by the
court of louis XV, Thomas compigné also made precious paintings, notably views of landscapes,
ports, and princely and royal residences. in 1766 his tableaux were described thus:
"Here painting is united with sculpture, on a ground of tortoiseshell or an amalgam composed of
coloured gold. From close-up, from afar, in daylight or when lit, these tableaux achieve their great
effect through the mixture, the assortment and the transparency of the colours that the artist knows how to employ."
in 1777 l’Almanach Dauphin listed the principal merchants and craftsmen of France, presenting compigné, tabletier du roi, as one of the most famous, and continued:
"This skilful artist has recently made snuffboxes en camaieu worked on the lathe, on which are carved in relief views of landscapes and châteaux, these according to
designs which are supplied to him as models."
of a rare freshness, what is exceptional about this view is that it retains its inscription and original border.
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– circA 1720-1725
Height: 51 cm. (20 in.) Width: 33 cm. (13 in.)
These appliques have the distinction of having arms identical to those found on the series of four
described below.
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
A similar pair of appliques with the same arms was in the collection of Jaime ortiz-Patiño, sold
Sotheby's new York, 20 May 1992, lot 2, illustrated in giacomo and rozenn Wannenes, Les
bronzes ornementaux et les objets montés, Milan, 2004, p. 83.
A SeT oF Four louiS XiV gilT Bronze ASYMMeTricAl
TWo-ligHT APPliQueS – circA 1700-1715
Height: 41 cm. (16 ¼ in.) Width: 32 cm. (12 ½ in.)
This rare series of four appliques have arms identical to those on the pair described above,
showing that some models remained in fashion for decades.
An eArlY louiS XVi VieW oF THe PAlAiS BourBon BY
THoMAS coMPigne – circA 1775
Gouache, gilt and silvered embossed pewter foil on a cardboard support
Inscribed below the view:
“Vüe du Palais Bourbon execute sur le tour par compigné tablettier du roy”
Height: 23.5 cm. (9 ¼ in.) Width: 32 cm. (12 ½ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
Anita Semail, ‘les « compignés » et leurs créateurs’, Plaisir de France, no. 427 (March 1975), pp.
25-31.
Compigné, peintre et tabletier du Roy, exh. cat. grasse, Villa Musée Fragonard, June-July 1991.
THoMAS coMPigne
A tabletier selling games boards and other small works in ivory and tortoiseshell privileged by the
court of louis XV, Thomas compigné also made precious paintings, notably views of landscapes,
ports, and princely and royal residences. in 1766 his tableaux were described thus:
"Here painting is united with sculpture, on a ground of tortoiseshell or an amalgam composed of
coloured gold. From close-up, from afar, in daylight or when lit, these tableaux achieve their great
effect through the mixture, the assortment and the transparency of the colours that the artist knows how to employ."
in 1777 l’Almanach Dauphin listed the principal merchants and craftsmen of France, presenting compigné, tabletier du roi, as one of the most famous, and continued:
"This skilful artist has recently made snuffboxes en camaieu worked on the lathe, on which are carved in relief views of landscapes and châteaux, these according to
designs which are supplied to him as models."
of a rare freshness, what is exceptional about this view is that it retains its inscription and original border.
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