Skip to main content
Collections Menu

Andiron (one of a pair)

Date1785–90
MediumGilt bronze
Dimensions19 7/8 × 20 × 7 1/2 in. (50.5 × 50.8 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1916.6.04
Commentary

The celebrated Parisian marchand-mercier Darnault Frères created the model for this andiron, which features a perfume burner, supported by three pieds de biche (deer legs), and is ornamented with three goat heads and a long garland of flowers and fruits. In 1785, Darnault Frères sold a pair to Madame Adélaïde, one of Louis XVI’s aunts, for her bedroom at the Château de Bellevue. Before the French Revolution, this had become a successful model; several similar andirons with only slight variations have survived today in public and private collections in Europe and the United States. The early prov­enance of this example is unknown.

Source: Vignon, Charlotte. The Frick Collection Decorative Arts Handbook. New York: The Frick Collection/Scala, 2015.

Collection History

Duveen. Frick, 1916.

Source: Furniture in The Frick Collection: French 18th- & 19th-Century Furniture (Pt. 2) & Gilt Bronzes. Volume VI. New York: The Frick Collection, 1992.

Not On View
Gilt bronze Andiron with Flaming Tripod Cassolettes (One of a Pair)
French, Paris
1785–90
Candelabrum Vase with Seated Musicians
French, Paris
ca. 1785
Lapis Lazuli Candelabrum Vase with Seated Female Musicians (One of a Pair)
French, Paris
ca. 1785
Gilt-Bronze Tripod Table with Lapis Lazuli Top
French, Paris
ca. 1785
Small Console Table with Supporting Figures of Nubians (One of a Pair)
French, Paris
ca. 1780
Small Console Table with Supporting Figures of Nubians (One of a Pair)
French, Paris
ca. 1780
Gilt bronze andiron with female figure seated on the back of an eagle, with supports in the for…
French
ca. 1710
Gilt bronze andiron with male figure seated on the back of an eagle, with supports in the form …
French
ca. 1710
View of Sewing Table with marquetry of several woods, Sèvres Porcelain Plaque in the center of …
French or English
19th century
Frontal view of Mantel Clock in gilt bronze and marble with Attributes of Ceres, Venus, and Bac…
French, Last Quarter of the Eighteenth Century
ca. 1790
Copyright © 1998-2024 The Frick Collection. All Rights Reserved.
FacebookYoutubeInstagramTwitterGoogle Arts and Culturemenusearch2xX