Atala or The Loves of Two Savages in the Desert - Lot 185

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Atala or The Loves of Two Savages in the Desert - Lot 185
Atala or The Loves of Two Savages in the Desert Important gilt bronze and brown patina clock decorated with Atala freeing Chactas tied to a palm tree, a sleeping Indian guard leaning against the dial depicting the pyre, in white enamel, with chemin de fer and Roman numerals for the hours, is signed Breguet in Paris, the base, The rectangular base, resting on four ball feet, is engraved with the tragic epilogue of the love story described by Châteaubriand, in which Atala, who committed suicide so as not to break her oath to her mother, is taken to her funeral in the arms of Chactas. Trophies of feather screens and garlands frame the scene. Empire period. Breguet in Paris x x cm (Worn and slightly missing) Atala is a short novel published in 1801 by French writer François-René de Chateaubriand, his first literary success.
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