PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK ESTATE (Lots 666-667)

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FLORAL MARQUETRY TAMBOUR SECRETAIRE

CIRCA 1750, ATTRIBUTED TO ROGER VANDERCRUSE, DIT LACROIX AND PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY THE MARCHAND-ÉBÉNISTE LÉONARD BOUDIN

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND FLORAL MARQUETRY TAMBOUR SECRETAIRE
Circa 1750, attributed to Roger Vandercruse, dit Lacroix and probably supplied by the marchand-ébéniste Léonard Boudin
The waved and molded brêche d'alep marble top, above a pair of tambour-shutters enclosing a mahogany-lined interior with three compartments and four shaped short drawers, above a long drawer with central blue silk-lined writing-slide above a well and flanked by two lidded compartments, above two doors enclosing three drawers, the lower one with coffre-fort, the angles with foliate scrolls, above short cabriole legs with foliate sabot, variously with label inscribed 'THE ANTIQUE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC. THE ANTIQUE PORCELAIN CO NEW YORK' and with two paper labels inscribed '16777', the marble top indisctincly stenciled '72', with restored breaks to marble top, mounts are regilt and possibly with some consequential rechasing
44½in. (113cm.) high, 26½in. (67cm.) wide, 15½in. (39cm.) deep

Provenance

Purchased by John D. Rockefeller Jr. from the New York Dealers Parish-Watson & Co. probably in 1929.
Martha Baird Rockefeller, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, 23 October 1971, lots 709 and 710 ($ 30,000 excluding premium each).
Acquired from The Antique Porcelain Company, New York.

Lot Essay

Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix, maître in 1755.
Léonard Boudin, maître in 1761.

Please see the note to lot 666.

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