Lot Essay
Jean Mathieu Chevallier, maître in 1743.
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BY JEAN MATHIEU CHEVALLIER
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A LOUIS XV KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, HAREWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
By Jean Mathieu Chevallier
Inlaid overall with floral marquetry within shaped cartouches, the rounded rectangular moulded brèche d'Alep marble top and shaped frieze drawer above a shaped fall-front, above two doors, inlaid with a basket of flowers, the canted angles headed by foliate scrolled mounts, the sides conformingly inlaid with two floral panels and on small cabriole legs, restorations, remounted, one ormolu mount missing, locked, the marble top with restored breaks, Stamped to the back 'CHEVALLIER', the underside of marble with two transport labels 'M. RABOUIN, Paris' and 'COLLOSEUM, Rome', and with pen inscription '92 33 4'
By Jean Mathieu Chevallier
Inlaid overall with floral marquetry within shaped cartouches, the rounded rectangular moulded brèche d'Alep marble top and shaped frieze drawer above a shaped fall-front, above two doors, inlaid with a basket of flowers, the canted angles headed by foliate scrolled mounts, the sides conformingly inlaid with two floral panels and on small cabriole legs, restorations, remounted, one ormolu mount missing, locked, the marble top with restored breaks, Stamped to the back 'CHEVALLIER', the underside of marble with two transport labels 'M. RABOUIN, Paris' and 'COLLOSEUM, Rome', and with pen inscription '92 33 4'
Sale room notice
The size is 55½ in. (141 cm.) high; 36½ in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (35 cm.) deep.