Toilet Service of the Duchesse de Cadaval, between 1738 and 1739

  • Sebastien Igonet, French, active 1725 - 1766 or later
  • Antoine LeBrun, French, 1702-1758
  • Alexis Loir III, French, active 1733 - died 1785
  • Etienne Pollet, French, active 1715 - 1751

Silver

  • various dimensions

Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund, and Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund

V2014.6

ca. 1738, probably commissioned by Jaime de Mello, 3rd Duke of Cadaval, or by Louis of Lorraine, prince de Lambesc

May 1739, Henriette-Julie-Gabrielle de Lorraine, Duchesse de Cadaval [1724-1761]

by descent to the family of the Dukes of Cadaval (Lisbon, Portugal)

1931, sold by 9th Duke of Cadaval

1931, acquired by (Jacques Helft, Paris, France)

1952, Elizabeth and Harvey Firestone, Jr.

1953-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Etienne Pollet; Antoine LeBrun; Sebastien Igonet; et al., Toilet Service of the Duchesse de Cadaval, between 1738 and 1739, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund, and Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, V2014.6.