CIRCA 1770, BY CHARLES TOPINO, RETAILED BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE DIT LACROIX

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
CIRCA 1770, BY CHARLES TOPINO, RETAILED BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE DIT LACROIX
Banded and crossbanded overall, the circular mottled pink marble top with pierced gallery, above a fitted drawer with a hinged writing-surface and two further drawers, the sides inlaid with a central patera within a stylised lozenge flanked by scrolling foliage, on cabriole legs joined by an undertier centred by a flowerhead in bois-de-bout, on hoof sabots cast with guilloche, stamped 'C. TOPINO' and 'JME' once, and 'RVLC' twice, minor restorations to the veneers, the marble and second drawer probably replaced
29 in. (73 cm.) high; 14¾ in. (37 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

Charles Topino, maître in 1773.
Roger Van der Cruse dit Lacroix, maître in 1755.

This elegant table à écrire illustrated the skill of Charles Topino for the small guéridons or tables. It is very closely related to a table stamped by him, sold Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1995, lot 159.
Topino is known to have often worked for his fellow ébéniste Lacroix who did also work as a marchand. Several pieces showing this collaboration are stamped by both ébénistes. Interestingly, the bois de bout ornament which decorates the undertier of this table is of a design much appreciated by Lacroix. It appears as an example on a bonheur-du-jour illustrated in C. Roinet, Roger Vandercruse dit La Croix, Paris, 2000, p. 51.

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