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Renaud GAUDRON (circa 1653-1727), attributed to
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Renaud GAUDRON (circa 1653-1727), attributed to
COMMODE
In m…
See original version (French)
Estimate €30,000 - €50,000
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Description
Renaud GAUDRON (circa 1653-1727), attributed to
COMMODE
In marquetry of flowers on an ebony base, the top decorated with a vase resting on an entablature supported by a mascaron surrounded by large foliage scrolls, opening to five drawers decorated with foliage and masks, the bulging uprights in the lower part ending in sabots.
Louis XIV period, late 17th century.
H: 82 cm, W: 117 cm, D: 63 cm
(Damage, missing parts)
Bibliographical references :
C. Demetrescu, "Les Gaudron, ébénistes du temps de Louis XIV", Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français, 2000, p.33-61.
C. Demetrescu, Les ébénistes de la Couronne sous le règne de Louis XIV, Lausanne, 2021.
A similar drawer decoration can be found on a commode attributed to Renaud Gaudron now preserved at the Château de Versailles (Demetrescu 2021, op. cit., p. 207) but above all a very similar top decorated with a vase of flowers placed on an entablature supported by a mascaron on a Mazarin desk preserved at the Mobilier National in Paris (Demetrescu 2021, op. cit., p.180).
A series of commodes with similar marquetry is attributed to Renaud Gaudron: Hôtel de ventes de Chantilly - 23 April 2023 n°114
Artcurial sale, Paris - 8 July 2014
Hampel sale, Munich -19 September 2013 n°63
Sale Me Ader, Picard, Tajan, Palais Galliera, 10 December 1973, n°102
Note.
Renaud Gaudron, cabinetmaker to the Crown from 1686. Floral marquetry was imported from the United Provinces by two cabinetmakers, Pierre Gole (1620-1685) and André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732). It reflects the importance attached to flowers at the time, which were not only admired and studied, but also played a part in the economy through Tulipomania. During the second half of the 17th century, other Parisian cabinet-makers adopted this new décor. Renaud Gaudron, born around 1653, succeeded his father Aubertin Gaudron, a cabinetmaker and contemporary of Pierre Gole, who was ordinary carpenter to the bedroom and household of Madame the Duchess of Orléans and, from 1672, supplier to the household of the Palatine, Monsieur's second wife, until her death in 1684. Renaud completed his apprenticeship in his father's workshop and was awarded the title of master before 1684. When his father died, his mother gave him the position of ordinary carpenter to the Duchess of Orléans, which had belonged to his father. After Pierre Gole's death in 1684, for twenty-seven years he was almost the sole supplier of cabinetwork to the Garde - meuble de la Couronne. 412 pieces of furniture were delivered between 8 June 1686 and 1713. When Renaud Gaudron died in 1727 on the rue de Richelieu, he was a pensioner and described as "an officer of the late Her Highness Madame". His private clients included the Marquise de Seignelay at the Château de Sceaux, the Duchess of Portsmouth and Michel de Chamillart.
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