Pierre Gole
A Cabinet on Stand
A Cabinet on Stand
attr. to Pierre Gole (1620 – 1685)
Paris, ca. 1660
Tortoiseshell, pearl-shell mosaic, “pietra-paesina” panels, ivory, ebony,
green-stained horn and ormolu
209 x 138,5 x 46 cm
PRIVATE COLLECTION, AUSTRIA
This imposing, brightly decorated cabinet was made in 1660, at a time when parisian ébénisterie was just out of its infancy, but, as this piece demonstrates, had swiftly attained a high level.
Prov.: Private collection, Italy
Lit.: Theodoor Herman Lunsingh Scheurleer: „Pierre Gole, Ebéniste des Louis XIV“, 2005, S. 112ff, fig. 73, 77, 79.; Reinier Baarsen: „Paris, 1650-1900“, 2013, S. 42, fig. 4 ff.
Prov.: Private collection, Italy
Lit.: Theodoor Herman Lunsingh Scheurleer: „Pierre Gole, Ebéniste des Louis XIV“, 2005, S. 112ff, fig. 73, 77, 79.; Reinier Baarsen: „Paris, 1650-1900“, 2013, S. 42, fig. 4 ff.
