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Pair of firedogs

ca. 1750
Not on view
The model of these chenets in the chinoiserie style, incorporating a Chinese couple and parrots, was apparently very popular since many eighteenth as well as nineteenth century versions are known today. Lazare Duvaux (c. 1703-1758), one of the Parisian marchands merciers who dealt in luxury objects such as gilt-bronze furnishings, sold a pair of fire dogs with Chinese figures to the Marquise de la Ferrière in August of 1756. It may have been a set of this design.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of firedogs
  • Date: ca. 1750
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Gilt bronze, brass
  • Dimensions: (1972.284.8): 18 1/8 × 17 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (46 × 45.1 × 25.1 cm); (1972.284.9): 17 1/8 in. × 20 in. × 9 1/2 in. (43.5 × 50.8 × 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1972
  • Object Number: 1972.284.8, .9
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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