French gilt metal and painted wood wall barometer

This fine French wall barometer and thermometer is crafted from gilt metal and painted wood in the ornate Louis XV style. The piece is inset to the bottom with a large circular white enamel dial inscribed with various metrics for the measurement of weather conditions—the barometer—and is inset to the neck with a tall mercury thermometer set within a white enamel plaque. The wooden body of the piece is painted a deep blue, while the gilt metal mounts are wrought in the Rococo style: floriate and foliate forms predominate, such as the acanthus leaves that encircle the barometer dial or the Rocaille-like assemblage mounted to the bottom.

The barometer dial is signed indistinctly ‘Dommergues / 54 Boul … Paris’.