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A Louis XIV Ormolu-Mounted Brass and Tortoiseshell Boulle Marquetry Stricking Bracket Clock by Le Siamois, Paris Circa 1720.

Case: inlaid overall in première partie with foliate scrolls and Bérainesque scenes, with herald finial; the front with relief cast figure in a chariot; the contre-partie bracket with bearded masks to the angles and terminating in a foliate mount; the hood with very faint trace of stamp: 'P...'Dial:  Foliate cast ormolu with white enamel chapters and blued steel hands. Movement:  rectangular plates joined by five vase-shaped pillars, twin barrels, now with anchor escapement, unpierced calibrated countwheel, with strike on bell above, signed 'Le Siamois Paris'.

Boulle is a traditional marquetry technique, named after a cabinetmaker for King Louis XIV of France.  Boulle work consists of two contrasting materials, laid one on top of the other, from which a design is cut out and then interchanged.

Etienne (called Thomas) Le Siamois (1674-1732) is recorded in rue de Harlay 'Au Griffon D'Or' in 1701 and rue Dauphine 1704-1732.

Dimensions

20 x 40 ½ in high (51 x 103 cm high)

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