Tula Imperial Manufactory - Lot 60

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Tula Imperial Manufactory - Lot 60
Tula Imperial Manufactory Box in polished steel and gilt bronze, rectangular in shape, opening to a drawer at the front, decorated (all sides) of garlands of foliage in frames of faceted cabochons, rosettes and pearls, the front with engraved decoration simulating a keyhole, the reverse adorned with a stylized basket of flowers, resting on a projecting base with acanthus leaf frieze and small spherical feet. Tula Imperial Manufactory, Russia, late 18th century. H: 14 cm, W: 25 cm, D: 17 cm Provenance : - Galerie Kraemer, Paris, late 1970s. Bibliographical references: - Trésors des Tzars-La Russie et l'Europe de Pierre le Grand à Nicolas Ier, Paris, galerie J. Kugel, 1998. - 18th -19th century Tula artistic steel, Moscow, 2015. The great originality of polished steel furniture and objets d'art produced in the 17th and 18th centuries makes the town of Tula, 200 km south of Moscow, a unique example in the history of the decorative arts. The Imperial Arms Manufactory was founded here by Peter the Great in 1712, and initially focused on rifles and pistols, as had been the tradition in this region since the 16th century. Production soon expanded to include civilian items, mainly for diplomatic gifts. The virtuosity of the craftsmen working in different workshops explains the exceptional influence of this totally new technique, which is illustrated not only by caskets, inkwells and torches, but also by tables, chairs, armchairs and mirrors. The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is home to the exceptionally lavish coffret presented to Empress Dowager Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828) in 1801, as well as another more modestly decorated coffret made in the 1780s. Much more modest, too, is the third box, which is very similar to the one in the Walewski collection in the Moscow Historical Museum. This box is virtually identical to the one presented here, both in size and decoration, and aesthetically features the same system of alternating shiny polished iron parts and gilded bronze frames and garlands, giving the object great density. The two boxes also feature friezes of faceted cabochons in relief mingled with rosettes at the corners and in the middle, as well as spherical ormolu feet. A fifth box, also comparable, was sold in Paris on November 7, 2012, lot 221 (€115,000). Temporary import The buyer will be required to pay import duties of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the item is immediately re-exported outside the European Union. Work in temporary import The buyer will have to pay import fees of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the buyer immediately re-exports the lot outside the European Union.
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