拍品专文
M. Robiquet states in La Renaissance de L'Art Français et des Industries de Luxe No. 3, published in March 1923, that this guéridon belonged to the celebrated architect Charles Percier and that it 'fit executé d'après ses donnés les plus directes'.
Charles Percier-Bassant (1764-1838) was inspired by the antiquities of ancient Egypt and Rome following a long stay in Italy. He was equally influenced by the Renaissance. He and his friend and colleague Pierre-Français Fontaine (1762-1853) were Napoleon's principal designers and decorators and through the publication of their Recueil des Décorations Intérieures in 1801 are largely credited for the creation and dissemination of the Empire style. Their work was first brought to the Emperor's attention by their re-modelling and decoration of Malmaison for Josephine in 1799. The greater part of their subsequent work was for Napoleon, principally in re-modelling and re-decorating the former Royal Palaces including Versailles and the Grand Trianon, the Tuileries, Saint-Cloud and Compiègne.
Percier and Fontaine maintained close links to the Jacob family of ébénistes, who were the main executors of their designs and the probable makers of this guéridon.
Percier left a ring to madame Jacob Desmalter (daughter of marchand-mercier M.E. Lignereux) in his will following his death in 1838. He left to Fontaine: tous les dessins et croquis qui ont rapport aux travaux faits à Saint-Cloud, Malmaison, Le Louvre. His nephew, Alexandre Gabriel Percier was madame Jacob Desmalter's executor following her death in 1847
Charles Percier-Bassant (1764-1838) was inspired by the antiquities of ancient Egypt and Rome following a long stay in Italy. He was equally influenced by the Renaissance. He and his friend and colleague Pierre-Français Fontaine (1762-1853) were Napoleon's principal designers and decorators and through the publication of their Recueil des Décorations Intérieures in 1801 are largely credited for the creation and dissemination of the Empire style. Their work was first brought to the Emperor's attention by their re-modelling and decoration of Malmaison for Josephine in 1799. The greater part of their subsequent work was for Napoleon, principally in re-modelling and re-decorating the former Royal Palaces including Versailles and the Grand Trianon, the Tuileries, Saint-Cloud and Compiègne.
Percier and Fontaine maintained close links to the Jacob family of ébénistes, who were the main executors of their designs and the probable makers of this guéridon.
Percier left a ring to madame Jacob Desmalter (daughter of marchand-mercier M.E. Lignereux) in his will following his death in 1838. He left to Fontaine: tous les dessins et croquis qui ont rapport aux travaux faits à Saint-Cloud, Malmaison, Le Louvre. His nephew, Alexandre Gabriel Percier was madame Jacob Desmalter's executor following her death in 1847