Re: Loyd and Paxton’s Clock

I got a very sweet note from Loyd Taylor regarding this blog.  Seems I referred to the Vanderbilt clock as 1920s, when in fact, I was only off 200 years.  Hey, anyone can make a slight mistake, I was referring to the Vanderbilts as 1920s.  I think.   The true provenance could make Louis XIV proud, read below for the story.

A Rare and Magnificent French Early

Eighteenth Century Louis XIV-Regence Period Regulateur (Tall-Case Clock) of Exemplary Design and Conformation Masterfully Rendered in Gilt Bronze Mounted Ebony Sumptuously Ornamented With Intricately Decorated Panels of Boullework (Tortoiseshell Delicately Inlaid With Polished Brass) Inspired by Designs Supplied by Vasse, and Probably Created in the Atelier of Charles Andre Boulle, the Most Renowned “Ebeniste du Roi” (Cabinetmaker to the King, Louis XIV) at the Gobelins, Paris.

Provenance: Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, “The Breakers” Newport, Rhode Island; bequeathed to the Preservation Society of Newport County; (deaccessioned) Thereafter, the Personal Collections of Loyd Taylor and Paxton Gremillion, Dallas, Texas.

The professional opinion of Loyd•Paxton, Inc. considers the above-described offering to be:

French

Louis XIV-Regence Period

Circa 1700-1720