REF NO : B76717

A Pair of White Statuary Marble Garden Planters

Francia, alrededor de 1900

£55,000

A Pair of White Statuary Marble Garden Planters. Carved in Carrara marble, each surmounted by a circular shallow basin with egg-and-dart carved rim....

Dimensiones

Altura: 110 cm (44 in)
Diameter: 73 cm (29 in)
REF NO : B76717

Descripción

A Pair of White Statuary Marble Garden Planters.

Carved in Carrara marble, each surmounted by a circular shallow basin with egg-and-dart carved rim. The underside carved with beadwork and gadrooning. Supported atop a pedestal carved with three intertwined putti holding their arms aloft. The circular spreading socle carved with beadwork and leaves.

Italy, Circa 1900.

Provenance:
Robert William Hudson (1856–1937).
Villa Paloma, Monaco

The gardens at Villa Paloma, overlooking Monaco.

The gardens at Villa Paloma, overlooking Monaco. Illustrated in ‘Jardins de la Côte d’Azur’ by Octave Godard.

These marble planters can be seen in a 1927 photograph of the terrace of the gardens at Villa Paloma, overlooking Monaco, as published in ‘Jardins de la Côte d’Azur’ by Octave Godard. The Villa Paloma had been bought in 1925 by the Englishman Robert W. Hudson, whose father had founded a fortune from the manufacturer of soap-flakes. The Villa now serves as the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.

Weight:  175 KG / 385.8 lbs

Fecha

Alrededor de 1900

Origen

Francia

Medio

Carrara Marble

Procedencia

Robert William Hudson (1856–1937).
Villa Paloma, Monaco

Literatura

Octave Godard, Jardins de la Côte d’Azur, edité par Libr. générale de l‘arch. et des arts décor. Ch. Massin et Cie Edits. Paris – 1927.

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