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CLOCK IN CARTEL OF APPLICATION AND ITS CONSOLE, IN MARQUETRY KNOWN AS "BOULLE", BY MARTIN IN PARIS, STAMPED A. DUBOIS, WITH JURAND STAMP, LOUIS XV PERIOD in gilt bronze and veneer of brown tortoiseshell and brass. It opens with a glass door with rocaille molding. The round dial, with scroll decoration, inlaid with white enamelled cartouches with Roman numerals for the hours and Indian numerals for the minutes; signed "Martin à Paris" as well as the back plate of the movement. Rich rocaille decoration of gilded bronze in volute and foliated "C". The console stamped with the letter F. It is surmounted by a child Jupiter also associated with the twentieth century and has the damping a seed foliage. (Restorations) A Louis XV period gilt bronze and brass Boulle marquetry cartel clock by Martin and Dubois 156 x 54 x 27 CM - 61,4 x 21,3 x 10,6 IN. - - Jacques Dubois was one of the greatest Parisian cabinetmakers during the reign of Louis XVl. He obtained his master's degree in 1742 and became the King's cabinetmaker where he worked for the great nobility. The Dubois stamp guaranteed high-end furniture, highly prized in France and abroad. He produced a large number of remarkable works and his particular know-how constituted the "Dubois style" close to the Rocaille style. He used in abundance moving and irregular bronzes for the ornamentation and framing of chests of drawers, corner pieces and desks made of amaranth wood veneer, rosewood, violet wood, satinwood.... One of his great specialties was the use of European varnish in the taste of the Far East as well as panels in Chinese lacquer on a black and red background. All his creations of great richness and extraordinary fantasy were rather large and medium in size and chests of drawers, flat desks and sloping desks were his favorite furniture. In 1752 he became a juror of the guild of carpenters and cabinetmakers whose role was to judge the quality of the furniture produced by his colleagues. In 1763 he was charged with evaluating the estate left by Jean François Oeben. And after his own death a few months later, an inventory of his work was made to evaluate the influence of his work in the development of the Louis XV style. His workshop on the rue de Charenton was taken over by his son René in 1763 who continued his father's work for another twenty years, also enjoying a glowing reputation.
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CLOCK IN CARTEL OF APPLICATION AND ITS CONSOLE, IN MARQUETRY KNOWN AS "BOULLE", BY MARTIN IN PARIS, STAMPED A. DUBOIS, WITH JURAND STAMP, LOUIS XV PERIOD in gilt bronze and veneer of brown tortoiseshell and brass. It opens with a glass door with rocaille molding. The round dial, with scroll decoration, inlaid with white enamelled cartouches with Roman numerals for the hours and Indian numerals for the minutes; signed "Martin à Paris" as well as the back plate of the movement. Rich rocaille decoration of gilded bronze in volute and foliated "C". The console stamped with the letter F. It is surmounted by a child Jupiter also associated with the twentieth century and has the damping a seed foliage. (Restorations) A Louis XV period gilt bronze and brass Boulle marquetry cartel clock by Martin and Dubois 156 x 54 x 27 CM - 61,4 x 21,3 x 10,6 IN. - - Jacques Dubois was one of the greatest Parisian cabinetmakers during the reign of Louis XVl. He obtained his master's degree in 1742 and became the King's cabinetmaker where he worked for the great nobility. The Dubois stamp guaranteed high-end furniture, highly prized in France and abroad. He produced a large number of remarkable works and his particular know-how constituted the "Dubois style" close to the Rocaille style. He used in abundance moving and irregular bronzes for the ornamentation and framing of chests of drawers, corner pieces and desks made of amaranth wood veneer, rosewood, violet wood, satinwood.... One of his great specialties was the use of European varnish in the taste of the Far East as well as panels in Chinese lacquer on a black and red background. All his creations of great richness and extraordinary fantasy were rather large and medium in size and chests of drawers, flat desks and sloping desks were his favorite furniture. In 1752 he became a juror of the guild of carpenters and cabinetmakers whose role was to judge the quality of the furniture produced by his colleagues. In 1763 he was charged with evaluating the estate left by Jean François Oeben. And after his own death a few months later, an inventory of his work was made to evaluate the influence of his work in the development of the Louis XV style. His workshop on the rue de Charenton was taken over by his son René in 1763 who continued his father's work for another twenty years, also enjoying a glowing reputation.
