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La Gimblette - Girl with Dog around 1770 Oil on canvas
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La Gimblette - Girl with Dog around 1770 Oil on canvas

A selection of boxes by Compigne, "tabletier du Roi" Louis XV. The lids show: Chateau d'Inville, Port Vendres, a pair of round cardboard boxes with Arcadian landscapes, and the fountain St. Jean in Marseille. Cardboard, ivory, gilded pewter
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A selection of boxes by Compigne, "tabletier du Roi" Louis XV. The lids show:...

Close-up of the North-West corner of the Hotel de Lassay in the elegant quarter Faubourg St. Germain, Paris, France, the river Seine in the foreground. Small, rectangular pewter plaque, gilded, probably a fragment
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Close-up of the North-West corner of the Hotel de Lassay in the elegant qu...

Palais Bourbon and Hotel de Lassay, St. Germain, Paris. Large gilded and gouached pewter plaque in scrolled frame, showing a birds-eye view of Paris' most elegant quarter, the Faubourg St. Germain. In the far right the cupola of the Hotel des Invalides. 36 x 48 cm
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Palais Bourbon and Hotel de Lassay, St. Germain, Paris. Large gilded and gouache...

Palais Royal, Paris, France. Large, rectangular pewter plaque, forming a pair with 40-11-04/25. The Palais Royal was the residence of the Orleans branch of the French royal family. 36 x 48 cm
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Palais Royal, Paris, France. Large, rectangular pewter plaque, forming a pair w...

St. Hubert, a hunting lodge near Paris, built by Louis XV, demolished during the Revolution. It was famous for its exuberant Roccoco stucco decorations. Large, rectangular pewter plaque, gilded and gouached. 18 x 24 cm
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St. Hubert, a hunting lodge near Paris, built by Louis XV, demolished dur...

Chateau de Choisy near Paris, France. One of a pair of rectangular pewter plaques by F. Chevalier, "tabletier du Roi" (1776). Choisy was a hunting lodge of King Louis XV with a famous "table volante" that could re- cede into the floor to be set for discreet dinners.
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Chateau de Choisy near Paris, France. One of a pair of rectangular pewter plaqu...

Chateau de Choisy near Paris, France. One of a pair of rectangular pewter plaques by F. Chevalier, "tabletier du Roi" (1776). Choisy was a hunting lodge of King Louis XV with a famous "table volante" that could recede into the floor to be set for discreet dinners.
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Chateau de Choisy near Paris, France. One of a pair of rectangular pewter plaqu...

Henri IV, King of France (1553-1610), first king of the Bourbon dynasty, was extremely popular in the 18th. Having converted from Protestantism, he issued the Edit de Nantes, granting freedom of cult. Silver-plated pewter plaque
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Henri IV, King of France (1553-1610), first king of the Bourbon dynasty, was...

Henri IV, first Bourbon King of France (1533-1610), was very popular in the 18th having issued the Edit de Nantes granting freedom of cult. One of a pair of gilded round pewter plaques, the other (40-11-04/32) shows the King's friend, Duc de Sully. - 15 cm across
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Henri IV, first Bourbon King of France (1533-1610), was very popular in the...

Maximilien de Bethune, Baron de Rosny, Duc de Sully, Marechal de France (1560-1641), childhood friend and companion at arms of King Henri IV. While the King converted to the Catholic faith, Sully remained a Protestant. Round pewter plaque, gilded, 15 cm across.
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Maximilien de Bethune, Baron de Rosny, Duc de Sully, Marechal de France (1560...

Henri IV, King of France (1533-1610), and his friend, the Duc de Sully, depicting a famous anecdote in which Sully, a rough, outspoken man, asks the King's pardon after a quarrel. Round gilded pewter plaque - 15 cm across
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Henri IV, King of France (1533-1610), and his friend, the Duc de Sully, depict...