Lot 42
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A Late Louis XV tulipwood, parquetry and marquetry table a ecrire
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A Late Louis XV tulipwood, parquetry and marquetry table a ecrire

BY JEAN-PIERRE DUSAUTOY

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A Late Louis XV tulipwood, parquetry and marquetry table a ecrire
By Jean-Pierre Dusautoy
Decorated overall with flowerhead and trellis parquetry within chequered borders, the crossbanded top with an oval geometric panel and a pierced brass gallery above a frieze fitted with a gilt-tooled green leather lined slide and a drawer fitted with two ink wells, on slender cabriole legs joined by a galleried undertier, with later foliate sabots, stamped 'I.P.DUSAUTOY' and twice 'JME'
29.5in. (75cm.) high, 22¼in. (56cm.) wide, 16in. (40.5cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Jean-Pierre Dusautoy, received maître in 1779.

A similar example, with marble top, sold Sotheby's Zurich, 10 December, 1997, lot 806 (103,100 SFR.).
A closely related table in the Wrightsman Collection is discussed by F.I.B.Watson in The Wrightsman Collection, vol I, Fribourg, 1966, no.138, pp 276-277.

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