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Lot Essay
Roger Vandercruse (called Lacroix), maître in 1755.
Roger Vandercruse (1727-1799), known as Lacroix or RVLC is justly famous for the quality of the small tables he produced, continuing the tradition set by BVRB, usually with an elaborate parquetry decoration. The decorative scheme on this table is obviously less geometric and rare in his oeuvre. People rarely appear in his village scenes and the combination of vases with trophies on the interior is seldom seen, appearing on the celebrated commode delivered in 1769 by Joubert (although subcontracted to RVLC) for Mme. Victoire at Compiègne and now in the Frick Collection, New York.
Another table, unstamped, of similar shape and decoration, was sold from the Lehman Collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5 June 1925, lot 117.
Roger Vandercruse (1727-1799), known as Lacroix or RVLC is justly famous for the quality of the small tables he produced, continuing the tradition set by BVRB, usually with an elaborate parquetry decoration. The decorative scheme on this table is obviously less geometric and rare in his oeuvre. People rarely appear in his village scenes and the combination of vases with trophies on the interior is seldom seen, appearing on the celebrated commode delivered in 1769 by Joubert (although subcontracted to RVLC) for Mme. Victoire at Compiègne and now in the Frick Collection, New York.
Another table, unstamped, of similar shape and decoration, was sold from the Lehman Collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5 June 1925, lot 117.