Carved oak trumeau with landscape drawing on paper in the Regence style from the 19th century. In an oval frame crowned by a shell and flanked with curlicue acanthus leaves, an unknown artist has represented in pencil a large very green landscape dominated by a fortified castle on a cliff with a few peasants going about their daily choirs. The lower part of the overmantel presents a mirror linked delicately to the oval frame by the curlicue acanthus leaves. The “pre-Rococo” effects of the curlicues and shells is counterbalanced by a number of straight moldings, in a way that is characteristic of the Regence style.
| Width | Height | |
|---|---|---|
| 5' 5'' ¾ 167cm | 6' 6'' ⅜ 199cm |
| Innerwidth | Innerheight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3' 5'' ¾ 106cm | 3' 8'' ⅞ 114cm |
Good condition. A hole in the paper needs to be restored. See pictures.
Warehouse in Saint Ouen
France 19th century