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一对路易十六风格的鎏金铜和抛光钢烛台
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一对路易十六风格的鎏金铜和抛光钢制烛台，作者是埃马纽埃尔-阿尔弗雷德（dit Alfred II）-博尔德利。 每个烛台都被塑造成了一个巴洛克式的普陀。
尺寸
高度：25厘米（10英寸）宽度：9厘米（4英寸）
深度：9厘米（4英寸）
印刷品描述
一对路易十六风格的鎏金铜和抛光钢制烛台，作者是埃马纽埃尔-阿尔弗雷德（dit Alfred II）-博尔德利。
每个模型都是一个站在手鼓上的Bacchic Putto，头顶上有一个水果篮子，里面藏着一个蜡烛喷嘴。抛光钢的圆形平展底座上面有珠子带和硬叶底。
法国，约1880年。
比较一下C.Mestdagh, L'Ameublement d'art français 1850-1900, , Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2010, p. 275 (fig. 324)中的一对烛台图。一对属于博尔德利收藏的相同的烛台于1979年5月16日售出（Ribault-Menetier-Lenormand, Palais d'Orsay, lot n°22）。
日期
约1880年
原产地
法国
中型
金铜色
签名
印有Beurdeley的 "BY "字样
Emmanuel-Alfred (dit Alfred II) Beurdeley (1847-1919)
The Beurdeley family were a flourishing dynasty of three generations of fine quality cabinetmakers working from 1818 to 1895. The firm was particularly well known for its exceptional metalwork, most commonly basing their designs on important eighteenth century examples. Their mercurial gilding and hand chasing are often of such a high standard that it is difficult to distinguish them from late eighteenth century work.
The founder of the dynasty Jean Beurdeley (1772-1853) was a Burgundian craftsman conscripted into the Napoleonic army. After hostilities ended in 1815 he settled in Paris opening a shop for curiosités and working as a latter day marchand mercier. Initially based on the rue Saint-Honoré, in 1840 Beurdeley moved to the famous Hanover Pavilion situated on the corner of rue Louis-Legrand and boulevard des Italiens, and the business was run by his only surviving son, Louis-Auguste-Alfred (1808-1882). This successful business, which had numerous official commissions including in 1853 the marriage coffer for the Empress Eugénie, was continued by Louis’ son, Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis (1847-1919).
The business continued in its traditional style with very few variations until 1895. Alfred, along with the most famous artists of the period, took part in the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle where he won the gold medal. Following on from this glory, he went on to open a shop in New York.
His participation in the 1883 Amsterdam Universal Exhibition drew even further attention to his work, and possibly as a result he was awarded the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, France’s highest official mark of recognition.
The incredible quality of each generation’s work ranked the firm of Beurdeley as pre-eminent amongst Parisian makers of meubles de luxe.
Bibliography:
Ledoux – Lebard, Denise. Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de L’Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp. 75-82.
Mestdagh, Camille & Lécoules, Pierre. L’Ameublement d’Art Français, 1850-1900, Les Editions de L’Amateur, (Paris), 2010; pp.262-276.
Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions – London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors’ Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 1984 ; pps. 175, 247, 269, 270, 290, 298.
皮埃尔-勒库尔收藏，巴黎。
C.Mestdagh,L'Ameublement d'art français 1850-1900, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2010, p. 275 (fig. 324).
