TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ANTIQUE RABBIT IN CABBAGE AUTOMATON, ATTRIBUTED TO ROULLET & DECAMPS
Automaton of a white fur rabbit rising from a green cabbage, the rabbit with glass eyes, a painted red mouth and movable ears, the cabbage worked in painted fabric leaves over a domed body, with a winding arbor at the side of the cabbage. The mechanism is in working order; no key is present.
Compare a related example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Approx. Dimensions: 5.5 "dia x 8 "H
Artist or Maker: Attributed to Roullet & Decamps
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: roullet decamps, roullet and decamps, french automaton, rabbit in cabbage, rabbit automaton, mechanical rabbit, antique automaton, victorian automaton, fur covered automaton, musical automaton, decamps, paris automaton, collectible automaton, truman capote, sagaponack
Automaton of a white fur rabbit rising from a green cabbage, the rabbit with glass eyes, a painted red mouth and movable ears, the cabbage worked in painted fabric leaves over a domed body, with a winding arbor at the side of the cabbage. The mechanism is in working order; no key is present.
Compare a related example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Approx. Dimensions: 5.5 "dia x 8 "H
Artist or Maker: Attributed to Roullet & Decamps
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: roullet decamps, roullet and decamps, french automaton, rabbit in cabbage, rabbit automaton, mechanical rabbit, antique automaton, victorian automaton, fur covered automaton, musical automaton, decamps, paris automaton, collectible automaton, truman capote, sagaponack
