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Paul Sandby and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn revisited
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 258–61
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Author:
Fairclough, Oliver (Fairclough, Oliver)
Subjects
artists:
Sandby, Paul
buildings:
Wales
dates:
1770-1779
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
patrons:
Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Fourth Baronet, 1749-1789
subjects:
Patrons / Patronage / Aquatints / Gouaches / Topographical views / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bala in the county of Merioneth: A rejoicing scene when Sir W.W. Wynn visited that place August 22 1771, by Paul Sandby. Bodycolour over pencil on linen, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
2. The iron forge (incorrectly titled Aber Glaslyn in the county of Merioneth), by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
3. The iron forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth in Merioneth Shire, from XII Views in North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1776. Aquatint on paper, 29 by 38 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
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4. Waterfall at Tanberis North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing Sir William- Wynn and his party arriving in Bala.
Article
Portable diplomacy: Louis XIV’s ‘boîtes à portrait’
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1036–43
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Author:
Happé, Samantha (Happé, Samantha)
Subjects
artists:
Le Tessier de Montarsis (c.1645–1710), Pierre / Petitot, Jean
artists:
Bruckmann, Jean-Frédéric / Pitan le Jeune, Jean
dates:
1770-1779
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
subjects:
French art / French decorative art / Boîtes à portrait / Portrait boxes / Portrait miniatures / Diplomacy / Gifts / Goldsmiths
subjects:
Chinigo, Antonio
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Pierre or Laurent Le Tessier de Montarsy. 1681. Enamelled gold, silver and diamonds, height 9 cm. (Palazzo Pepoli, Museo della Storia di Bologna).
Attributed works:
10. Portrait, by Jean-Frédéric Bruckmann (enamel) and Pierre or Laurent Le Tessier de Montarsy (setting). Before 1696. Enamel and diamonds, 3.5 by 3 cm. (shown actual size). (Private collection).
Attributed works:
11. Reverse of Fig.10.
Attributed works:
12. Louis XIV of France riding a horse, by Pierre Mignard I. 1674. Oil on canvas, 312 by 301 cm. (Château de Versailles).
Attributed works:
13. Allegory of Louis XIV, protector of the Arts and Sciences, by Jean Garnier and Claude Lefebvre. 1670–72. Oil on canvas, 174 by 223 cm. (Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of Fig.1, showing Louis XIV dressed as a Roman emperor.
Attributed works:
15. L’Escalette, by Sébastien Le Clerc. 1683–94. Engraving, 45.2 by 38.3 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
Attributed works:
2. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Jean Pitan le Jeune and Jean I Petitot. c.1674. Gold, enamel, silver and diamonds, 7.2 cm. by 4.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Reverse of Fig.2.
Attributed works:
4. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Pierre or Laurent Le Tessier de Montarsy. 1683. Enamelled gold, silver and diamonds, height 9.6 cm. (shown actual size). (Kunstmuseum, The Hague).
Attributed works:
5. Boîte à portrait of Louis XIV, by Jean Pitan le Jeune and Jean I Petitot. c.1674. Gold, enamel, silver and diamonds, 7.2 cm. by 4.6 cm. (shown actual size). (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
6. Reverse of Fig.5.
Attributed works:
7. Top: miniature case, 1660–80. Gold enamelled in blue, white, black and pink, 8.9 by 5.4 cm. (shown actual size). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. Bottom: reverse of Fig.7.
Attributed works:
9. Portrait of an unknown man, by Robert Vauquer. 1660s. Enamel, metal and diamonds, 2.5 by 2.2 cm. (shown actual size). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Conception, Pondicherry
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 580–595
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Rapine de Saxy, François-Anne-Marie
buildings:
Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Conception, Pondicherry
dates:
1770-1779 / 1780-1789
places:
Pondicherry
subjects:
Religious architecture / Cathedrals / Social history / Indian architecture / French architecture / Missionaries / Colonialism / Jesuits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Dome and lantern, Pondicherry Cathedral (Notre-Damede- la-Conception). 1771–91. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
10. The former Capuchin church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Pondicherry. 1739 (mostly rebuilt 1770). (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
11. Plans of the 1763 Jesuit chapel (top) and the Jesuit mission church of Ariyankuppam (bottom), by Jean Perrin. (IRFA Archives, Paris).
Attributed works:
12. Plans of the mission churches at Pinnampoondi (left) and Karivopmundi (right), by Jean Perrin. (IRFA Archives, Paris).
Attributed works:
13. Pondicherry Cathedral. (From M. Adolphe Delessert: Souvenirs d’un voyage dans l’Inde, Paris 1843).
Attributed works:
14. Design for the Madras Gate, Pondicherry, here attributed to François-Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. 1788. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence).
Attributed works:
15. Design for the Palace of Justice, Pondicherry, here attributed to François-Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. 1788. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence).
Attributed works:
16. Val-de-Grâce, Paris, by François Mansart, Pierre Le Muet and others. 1624, 1644–48 and 1654–69. (From J. Mariette: L’Architecture François, Paris 1727).
Attributed works:
17 Street façade of the Church of the Sorbonne, Paris, by Jacques Le Mercier. 1634–42. (From J. Mariette: L’Architecture françois, Paris 1727).
Attributed works:
18. The Jesuit church of Notre-Dame, Chandernagore. Completed 1698. Watercolour and ink on paper, 40 by 29 cm. (From Usages de Siam, 1696, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
19 Trophée of Christ’s Passion. (From P. Ranson: OEuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs [. . .], Paris 1778, book 12, no.1).
Attributed works:
2. Interior of the nave, looking west, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
20. Trophée of the Paschal Lamb. (From P. Ranson: OEuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs [. . .], Paris 1778, book 12, no.6).
Attributed works:
3. The façade of Pondicherry Cathedral, here attributed to François- Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
4. Plan of Pondicherry Cathedral. (Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, Pondicherry).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the pediment. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
6. Tower and part of the vault of the crossing, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
7. View of the crossing from the right transept, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
8. Left side aisle looking east, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
9. View of the crossing from the right transept extension, looking south, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
Article
The industry and ingenuity of William Ince and John Mayhew
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 996-1001
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Author:
Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
Subjects
artists:
Ince, William / Mayhew, John / Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1780-1829
subjects:
Furniture makers / British architecture / Cabinetmakers / Marquetry / Beds (furniture) / Chairs / Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bed, by Ince and Mayhew. 1768. Mahogany and other woods, with original blue silk ‘flowered tabby’ in the ‘Large Antique Headboard’, tester and cornice, height 356 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
2. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew, designed by Robert Adam. 1775. Veneered in harewood, tulipwood, satinwood and other woods, with painted decoration and ormolu mounts, 93 by 137 by 53.5 cm. (The Derby Collection).
Attributed works:
3. Commode (one of a pair and ensuite with a pair of corner cupboards), by Ince and Mayhew. 1767. Reworked seventeenth-century marquetry with ormolu mounts, 98 by 10 by 72 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
4. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew. 1765. Veneered in yew, holly and marquetry, with ebonised mouldings and ormolu mounts, 82 by 136 by 58 cm. (Private collection; Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of a commode (one of a pair) by Ince and Mayhew, showing a shaded and engraved husk festoon in ‘yellow wood’ inlaid on a mahogany ground, passing over and under a frieze moulding and a chequered line border. 1767. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
6. Boulle cabinet, on a table stand by Ince and Mayhew. Cabinet early eighteenth century, attributed to André-Charles Boulle; stand c.1780. Cabinet veneered in tortoiseshell and horn, inlaid with brass, with ormolu mounts; stand giltwood; overall height 209 cm., height of stand 94 cm. (The Buccleuch Collections, Boughton, Northamptonshire; by kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KT).
Attributed works:
7. Two armchairs decorated with profiles of George III and Queen Charlotte, probably part of an original set of ten, supplied by Ince and Mayhew to Warren Hastings. c.1790. Painted wood, approx. 93 by 53.5 by 60 cm. (The Harrowby Collection).
Article
Gainsborough in London
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 478-485
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Author:
Robinson, Duncan (Robinson, Duncan)
Subjects
art literature:
Sloman , Susan, Bath, Great Britain
artists:
Gainsborough, Thomas / Dupont, Gainsborough / Reynolds, Joshua / Copley, John Singleton
dates:
1770-1779 / 1780-1789
places:
London
subjects:
British art / Portraits / Landscapes (visual works) / Genre paintings / Techniques / British painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Mall in St James’s Park, by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1783. Oil on canvas, 120.6 by 147 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Mrs George Drummond, attributed in the book under review to Thomas Gainsborough and Gainsborough Dupont and dated c.1784. Oil on canvas, 230.1 by 152 cm. (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).
Attributed works:
3. Mrs Grace Dalrymple Elliott, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1777–78. Oil on canvas, 234.3 by 153.7 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
4. Samuel Linley, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1777–78. Oil on canvas, 75.9 by 63.5 cm. (Dulwich Picture Gallery).
Attributed works:
5. Karl Friedrich Abel, by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1765. Oil on canvas, 125 by 100 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
6. Diana and Actaeon, by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1785–88. Oil on canvas, 158.1 by 188 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2022).
Attributed works:
7. The watering place, by Thomas Gainsborough. Before 1777. Oil on canvas, 147.3 by 180.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
8. The Marsham children, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1787. Oil on canvas, 242.9 by 181.9 cm. (Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz; photograph Jörg P. Anders).
Article
The sitter in Copley’s ‘Portrait of a lady’ in the Wadsworth Atheneum identified
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 613-615
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Author:
Rawles, Susan J. (Rawles, Susan J.)
Subjects
artists:
Copley, John Singleton
dates:
1770-1779
museums and institutions:
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, United States
patrons:
Forrester Foot, Bridget
subjects:
Sitters / Half-length portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Portrait of a lady, here identified as Bridget Forrester Foot, by John Singleton Copley. c.1778. Oil on canvas, 125.8 by 100.7 cm. (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT).
Attributed works:
15. Portrait of Mrs Foot, by John Singleton Copley. Photograph by A.C. Cooper, 1931. (Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Attributed works:
16. Portrait of a lady, by John Singleton Copley. Photograph 1947. (From the catalogue of a sale by Parke-Bernet, New York; Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Article
For a ‘dear valuable and best friend’: a looking glass by Frederick Kandler at Ickworth House, Suffolk
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 766-775
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Author:
Brouwer, Louisa (Brouwer, Louisa)
Author:
Rothwell, James (Rothwell, James)
Subjects
artists:
Kandler, Frederick
artists:
Reynolds, Joshua
dates:
1770-1779
museums and institutions:
Ickworth, Nr Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, Great Britain
patrons:
Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, Augustus
subjects:
Mirrors / Silverwork / Nesbitt, Mary / Goldsmiths / Frames / Ornament / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Looking-glass frame, by Frederick Kandler, London. 1777/78. Sterling silver with mahogany backing and later mirror glass, height 69 cm. (Ickworth House, Suffolk; photograph Christie’s).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of The Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill, by John Carter, showing a bed with drapery probably of the 1770s. 1788. Watercolour on paper, 33 by 29 cm. (The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University).
Attributed works:
11. Looking glass from a dressing service, by Johann Jacob Kirstein. c.1786. Silver-gilt, mirrored glass and walnut, 96.5 by 56.6 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.1, showing the quiver, arrows and bow at the apex of the frame.
Attributed works:
13. Mary Nesbitt as Circe, by Joshua Reynolds. 1781. Oil on canvas, 125 by 100.3 cm. (Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the engraved arms of the 3rd Earl of Bristol at the base of the frame.
Attributed works:
4. Mary Davis, Mrs Alexander Nesbitt, as Innocence, by Joshua Reynolds. 1781. Oil on canvas, 75.5 by 62.5 cm. (Wallace Collection, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Commodore the Hon. Augustus Hervey, later Vice-Admiral, and 3rd Earl of Bristol, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1767–68. Oil on canvas, 232 by 152.5 cm. (Ickworth House, Suffolk; photograph National Trust Images).
Attributed works:
6. Dessert dish, subsequently used as an alms dish, by Frederick Kandler. 1758/59. Silver-gilt, diameter 30.5 cm. (Ickworth House, Suffolk; photograph National Trust/Robert Thrift).
Attributed works:
7. Marriage a-la-mode: the toilette, by William Hogarth. 1743. Oil on canvas, 69.9 by 90.8 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
8. Lady Henrietta Williams-Wynn’s service of dressing plate, by Thomas Heming. 1768/69. Silver-gilt, the looking glass 70.5 by 56 cm. (National Museum Cardiff).
Attributed works:
9. Double-sided looking glass with the Russian imperial arms and crown, by Charles Kandler. c.1735. Silver, silver-gilt, enamel and mirrored glass, height 82 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Western art unattributed:
2. Norwood House, Surrey. 1786. Engraving, 17.8 by 12.7 cm. (National Trust Images).
Article
Three drawings by Thomas Chippendale junior
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 673-677
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Author:
Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779 / Chippendale, Thomas II, 1749-1822
dates:
1770-1779
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Furniture makers / Furniture / Drawings / Designers / Pianos / Bookcases / Ornament / Marquetry
subjects:
Chippendale, Haig & co. (firm)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Design for a bookcase, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31 by 26 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
10–12. Details of Figs.1, 2 and 9, showing the similar treatment of the laurel-draped urn.
Attributed works:
2. Detail of A plan of the River Hull, by William Cresswell, showing a tablet drawn and signed by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1772. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 45 by 78.8 cm. (The National Archives, London).
Attributed works:
3. Frontispiece from Sketches of Ornament, by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1779. Etching, 21 by 18.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Design for a piano case, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31 by 26 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
5. Pedestal for a lantern, by Chippendale, Haig & Co. 1774. Painted deal, 156 by 43 by 43 cm. (Harewood House, Leeds)..
Attributed works:
6. Design for a lantern and pedestal, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31.5 by 25 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
7. Painted bookcase or china cabinet, attributed to Chippendale, Haig & Co. c.1770−75. 256.5 by 159 by 43.2 cm. (Sotheby’s, New York).
Attributed works:
8. Bookcase door, from the Little Library, Harewood House, Yorkshire. c.1771. Mahogany. 168 by 72 by 2.5 cm. (Harewood House Trust, Leeds).
Attributed works:
9. Design for ornament, by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1779. Etching, 21 by 18.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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A Portuguese bishop’s pontifical mass service by Luigi Valadier
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 196-203
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Author:
Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
Subjects
artists:
Valadier, Luigi / and workshop
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779
media:
Silver-gilt
patrons:
Orsini, Domenico (Cardinal) / de Melo da Silveira e Alvim (1730–77), Pedro / Tavares Coutinho da Silva (1724–98)., Manuel
places:
Portalegre / Portugal / Rome
subjects:
Silversmiths / pontifical mass / Pontifical mass service / Cathedrals
subjects:
Bishops
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Pyx, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 21.7 by 11 cm. (Church of S. Miguel, Castelo Branco; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
10. Round dish (one of four), by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 25 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Fig.5, showing Luigi Valadier’s mark. (© Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.3, showing the Reverenda Camera Apostolica’s mark (‘bollo camerale’).
Attributed works:
13. Pontifical mass service, by Luigi Valadier. 1768–69. Gilt silver. (Cathedral of S. Nicola, Muro Lucano; photograph The Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of D. Frei Manuel Tavares Coutinho e Silva, seventeenth bishop of Portalegre. Eighteenth century. Oil on canvas, whole painting 107.5 by 84 cm. (Episcopal Palace, Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
15. A round dish or basin, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 42.5 by 45 cm. (Pinacoteca di Faenza).
Attributed works:
16. An oval tray, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 24 by 34.5 cm. (Pinacoteca di Faenza).
Attributed works:
17. A pair of cruets and a tray, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 34.8 by 28.8 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Chippenham, 2667/18/16).
Attributed works:
18. A holy water bucket, by Luigi Valadier. Pencil and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
19. Ewer and basin, or cruet and tray, by Luigi Valadier. Black and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
19. Ewer and basin, or cruet and tray, by Luigi Valadier. Black and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Ewer, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 26.1 by 8 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
20. A pair of cruets, by Luigi Valadier or his workshop. Black and grey ink on paper, 18.4 by 11 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Chippenham, 2667/18/15).
Attributed works:
21. Detail of Fig.8, showing the stopper of one of the cruets. (© Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
3. Basin, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 39.2 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
4. Oval tray (one of a pair), by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 29 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
5. Holy water bucket and aspergillum, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, bucket 12.4 by 14.4 cm.; aspergillum length 17.3 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
6. Wick trimmers and candle-holder, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, silver, trimmers 17.5 by 4.6 cm.; holder 32.3 by 13.5 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
7. Bell, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 12.5 by 6 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
8. Pair of cruets and tray, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, each cruet 17.3 by 8.50 cm., diameter of tray 24.4 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
9. Pax, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 18.1 by 14.5 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
Attributed works:
Detail of Fig.5, showing Luigi Valadier’s mark. (© Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
Article
Neo-classicism in technicolour: the Melbourne cabinets
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 464-473
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Author:
Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
Author:
Savill, Rosalind (Savill, Rosalind)
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
dates:
1770-1779
media:
Furniture / Ceramics
museums and institutions:
Firle Place, East Sussex, Great Britain
patrons:
Lamb, Peniston, 1st Viscount Melbourne
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Cabinets (furniture) / Digital technology / Marquetry / Interior design
works:
Melbourne Cabinets (Panshanger Cabinets) / Melbourne Sèvres dinner service
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Cabinet, one of a pair, attributed to Thomas Chippendale. c.1772. Mahogany, deal and oak, with veneers of holly and other woods, 238 by 114 by 53 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
10. Square compotier, one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, 21 by 21 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
11. Shell-shaped compotier, one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, width 22 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
12. Round compotier, one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, diameter 21 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
13. Oval compotier (jatte Anglaise), one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres softpaste porcelain, 31 by 23.5 centimetres. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
14. Sugar bowl, one of a pair. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, Bowl 12 by 15 cm., platter 23 by 18.5 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
15. Liqueur cooler, one of a pair. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, 31 by 31 by 14.5 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
16. Wine bottle cooler, one of a pair. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, 15 by 20 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
2. One of the cabinets, photographed at Panshanger, Hertfordshire, in 1935. (Country Life Picture Library).
Attributed works:
3. Commode, attributed to Thomas Chippendale. c.1772. Mahogany, deal and oak, with veneers of holly and other woods, 94 by 226 by 62.5 cm. (Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Alexandra Hayward).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ram’s head tripods in mulberry. (Oliver Bowett).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.6. (Oliver Bowett).
Attributed works:
6. Opposite Digital reconstruction of the original marquetry colours of the cabinet illustrated in Fig.1, based on UV-Vis analysis. (Oliver Bowett).
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7. Detail of Fig.16, showing a cherub with a copy of Hamlet.
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8. Detail of Fig.13, showing a trophy of arms and armour.
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9. Salad bowl, one of two. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, diameter 23 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
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