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拍品专文
Both porcelain figures probably derive from engravings by Fernol and Le Hay's Recueil De 100 Estampes Representant Differentes Nations Du Levant published in Paris in 1714 with 102 plates, on from the reduced edition of 65 plates, published in Nurenberg in 1719 by Christoph Weigel (1654-1726).
These charming candelabra once formed part of the legendary collections assembled by two notable American collectors: Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury (Lucretia 'Eva' Roberts Cromwell Stotesbury) (1865-1946) and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge (Anna Thomson Dodge) (1871-1970). Financier Edward T. Stotesbury was chief executive of Drexel and Company and co-partner to J. P. Morgan in New York. At the peak of his wealth, he was worth in excess of $100 million. He and his second wife, the great society hostess Eva Roberts Cromwell (whom he married in 1912), set about building Whitemarsh Hall, known as 'The Versailles of America', outside of Philadelphia, a 147-room Palladian mansion, working with the most illustrious talents of the day. Classicist Horace Trumbauer was the architect, while Eva Stotesbury orchestrated the interiors together with her artistic muse, the legendary art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen. Duveen introduced Eva to pre-eminent decorators Lucien Alavoine from Paris and Sir Charles Allom (White Allom & Co.) from London. Under Duveen's supervision, the Stotesburys acquired one of the most important collections of English portraiture, as well as extraordinary eighteenth century furniture and objects. The once glorious era at Stotesbury was brought to a close with Edward Stotesbury's death in 1938, when Eva put the house up for sale. Following Eva's death in 1946, local auctioneers Samuel T. Freeman & Co. sold the contents of Whitemarsh Hall (25-27 November 1946) and the remarkable residence was demolished in 1980.
Ann Thomson Dodge's palatial residence, Rose Terrace, located in Grosse Pointe Michigan was modelled on the Petit Trianon at Versailles. A leading philanthropic benefactor and patron of the arts in Detroit and with a passionate interest in French eighteenth-century art, Mrs. Dodge enlisted the celebrated art dealer Joseph Duveen to help form the collection. His unrivalled access to the finest examples available on the market led to the acquisition of a series of masterpieces, many with royal provenance, including the famous jewel coffer by Carlin which belonged to Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Riesener commode supplied to Madame Elizabeth of France for the château de Fontainebleau, and the porcelain-mounted bureau by Carlin, also from Empress Maria Feodorovna's collection, which was for long the most expensive piece of French furniture sold at auction. Many of the works of art from Rose Terrace formed the core of the great decorative arts collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, while the dispersal of the Dodge Collection with Christie's in 1971 was one of the landmark sales of its time.
These charming candelabra once formed part of the legendary collections assembled by two notable American collectors: Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury (Lucretia 'Eva' Roberts Cromwell Stotesbury) (1865-1946) and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge (Anna Thomson Dodge) (1871-1970). Financier Edward T. Stotesbury was chief executive of Drexel and Company and co-partner to J. P. Morgan in New York. At the peak of his wealth, he was worth in excess of $100 million. He and his second wife, the great society hostess Eva Roberts Cromwell (whom he married in 1912), set about building Whitemarsh Hall, known as 'The Versailles of America', outside of Philadelphia, a 147-room Palladian mansion, working with the most illustrious talents of the day. Classicist Horace Trumbauer was the architect, while Eva Stotesbury orchestrated the interiors together with her artistic muse, the legendary art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen. Duveen introduced Eva to pre-eminent decorators Lucien Alavoine from Paris and Sir Charles Allom (White Allom & Co.) from London. Under Duveen's supervision, the Stotesburys acquired one of the most important collections of English portraiture, as well as extraordinary eighteenth century furniture and objects. The once glorious era at Stotesbury was brought to a close with Edward Stotesbury's death in 1938, when Eva put the house up for sale. Following Eva's death in 1946, local auctioneers Samuel T. Freeman & Co. sold the contents of Whitemarsh Hall (25-27 November 1946) and the remarkable residence was demolished in 1980.
Ann Thomson Dodge's palatial residence, Rose Terrace, located in Grosse Pointe Michigan was modelled on the Petit Trianon at Versailles. A leading philanthropic benefactor and patron of the arts in Detroit and with a passionate interest in French eighteenth-century art, Mrs. Dodge enlisted the celebrated art dealer Joseph Duveen to help form the collection. His unrivalled access to the finest examples available on the market led to the acquisition of a series of masterpieces, many with royal provenance, including the famous jewel coffer by Carlin which belonged to Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Riesener commode supplied to Madame Elizabeth of France for the château de Fontainebleau, and the porcelain-mounted bureau by Carlin, also from Empress Maria Feodorovna's collection, which was for long the most expensive piece of French furniture sold at auction. Many of the works of art from Rose Terrace formed the core of the great decorative arts collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, while the dispersal of the Dodge Collection with Christie's in 1971 was one of the landmark sales of its time.