Lot Essay
The unusual marquetry landscape panels on this table à écrire are closely related to the oeuvre of the ébéniste Jacques Dautriche (d. 1778, maître 24 may 1765). See www.christies.com for more information.
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CIRCA 1770, THE TOP REPLACED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A LOUIS XV GILT-LACQUERED-BRONZE-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
CIRCA 1770, THE TOP REPLACED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The sliding top inset with a green leather panel above a fitted drawer with central ratcheted leather-lined slope flanked by a pair of compartments with rose-inlaid hinged covers, the exterior of the table inlaid with pastoral scenes, some chutes stamped '450'
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 34 in. (86 ½ cm.) wide; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1770, THE TOP REPLACED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The sliding top inset with a green leather panel above a fitted drawer with central ratcheted leather-lined slope flanked by a pair of compartments with rose-inlaid hinged covers, the exterior of the table inlaid with pastoral scenes, some chutes stamped '450'
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 34 in. (86 ½ cm.) wide; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) and Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-65) and by descent.
Literature
Londonderry House inventory, 1886, p. 55, yellow drawing room ‘34” tulip wood marquetry table sliding top inlaid with views, ormolu mounted.’
Royal Aero Club, Londonderry House inventory, 1949, p. 6, library.
A. Hicks, David Hicks – A Life of Design, New York, 2009, p. 104, illustrated in situ in the drawing room of Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry (1937-2012), at his Hampstead Home circa 1965.
Royal Aero Club, Londonderry House inventory, 1949, p. 6, library.
A. Hicks, David Hicks – A Life of Design, New York, 2009, p. 104, illustrated in situ in the drawing room of Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry (1937-2012), at his Hampstead Home circa 1965.
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