91. Library clock called "à la Lecture et à l'Ecriture", in matt and bright gilded bronze, depicting two children seated next to a bookcase in which the the movement. White enameled dial with Roman signed "Kinable Palais Royal n°131". Wire movement. Restoration period. (Pendulum and two keys). 42 x 29 x 19 cm A clock of identical design was delivered by Lepaute to the Garde-Meuble on August 28, 1821. It was destined for the study of the King's first butler, the Duc d'Escars, at the Tuileries. Tuileries. Now kept at the Mobilier national. Bibliography : M.F. Dupuy-Baylet, Pendules du Mobilier national 1800-1870, éditions Faton, Dijon 2006.
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€3,800
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91. Library clock called "à la Lecture et à l'Ecriture",
in matt and bright gilded bronze, depicting two
children seated next to a bookcase in which the
the movement. White enameled dial with Roman
signed "Kinable Palais Royal n°131".
Wire movement.
Restoration period.
(Pendulum and two keys).
42 x 29 x 19 cm
A clock of identical design was delivered by Lepaute to the
Garde-Meuble on August 28, 1821. It was destined for the study
of the King's first butler, the Duc d'Escars, at the Tuileries.
Tuileries. Now kept at the Mobilier national.
Bibliography :
M.F. Dupuy-Baylet, Pendules du Mobilier national 1800-1870,
éditions Faton, Dijon 2006.
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