Design
ca.1760 (made)
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Design for an enamelled diamond-set chatelaine (ornamental chains, pins, or clasps usually worn at a woman's waist, to which trinkets, keys, purses, or other articles are attached) of ribbon design carrying a watch. It is by an anonymous designer drawn in about 1760 probably for an elite client from the Court of Louis XV, King of France, from 1715 to 1774, at Versailles, Paris. The design is from from an album of designs which date from about 1735-1820 and includes those for snuffboxes, scent holders, watches and watch cases, spoons, fans and fan mounts, small swords, and chatelaines.
There is a close relationship between the contents of the album and known work by three Parisian goldsmiths, Jean Ducrollay (1710-1787), Pierre- François Drais (active 1761-1788), and Charles Ouizille (1744-1830) whose names appear on the first page of the album. This suggests that all the designs emanate from their workshops. Drais worked for the Court at Versailles as jeweller to both King Louis XV and Louis XVI. Ouizille worked in this capacity for Louis XVI. Most of the material dates from the period 1755-90.
There is a close relationship between the contents of the album and known work by three Parisian goldsmiths, Jean Ducrollay (1710-1787), Pierre- François Drais (active 1761-1788), and Charles Ouizille (1744-1830) whose names appear on the first page of the album. This suggests that all the designs emanate from their workshops. Drais worked for the Court at Versailles as jeweller to both King Louis XV and Louis XVI. Ouizille worked in this capacity for Louis XVI. Most of the material dates from the period 1755-90.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash on paper |
| Brief description | Design from album of designs by Ouizille, French, eighteenth century. NOT TO BE ISSUED WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE HEAD OF DESIGNS |
| Physical description | Design for an enamelled, diamond-set chatelaine of ribbon design carrying a watch. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of Wartski Limited |
| Production | This design is one of three by the same hand for enamelled, diamond-set chatelaines of ribbon design. They are by the same hand as the man's fob chain design E.897:275-1988. A design for an almost identical chain to that in this design was in the D. David-Weill collection (Sotheby's Geneva, 14 November 1984), but with a different watch case. In the same collection was a watch case design identical to that here (lot 193); it was subsequently in the Houthakker Collection (Fuhring 1989, no. 587, attributed to Pierre Moreau). |
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| Summary | Design for an enamelled diamond-set chatelaine (ornamental chains, pins, or clasps usually worn at a woman's waist, to which trinkets, keys, purses, or other articles are attached) of ribbon design carrying a watch. It is by an anonymous designer drawn in about 1760 probably for an elite client from the Court of Louis XV, King of France, from 1715 to 1774, at Versailles, Paris. The design is from from an album of designs which date from about 1735-1820 and includes those for snuffboxes, scent holders, watches and watch cases, spoons, fans and fan mounts, small swords, and chatelaines. There is a close relationship between the contents of the album and known work by three Parisian goldsmiths, Jean Ducrollay (1710-1787), Pierre- François Drais (active 1761-1788), and Charles Ouizille (1744-1830) whose names appear on the first page of the album. This suggests that all the designs emanate from their workshops. Drais worked for the Court at Versailles as jeweller to both King Louis XV and Louis XVI. Ouizille worked in this capacity for Louis XVI. Most of the material dates from the period 1755-90. |
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| Accession number | E.897:220-1988 |
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| Record created | June 5, 2006 |
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