A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS CITRONNIER, HAREWOOD, BIRCH AND PARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE

CIRCA 1840-60, IN THE MANNER OF ROGER VANDERCRUISE

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A VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS CITRONNIER, HAREWOOD, BIRCH AND PARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE
CIRCA 1840-60, IN THE MANNER OF ROGER VANDERCRUISE
The serpentine top inlaid with trellis-and-rosette parquetry, mounted with foliate angles on cabriole legs and sabots, with blue paper label printed ' H.J.H.E.'
26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high; 13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably, Sir Henry Hope Edwardes Bt., Wootton Hall, Derbyshire and by descent to
Colonel Herbert James Hope Edwardes, Netley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent to
Lady More (née Hope Edwardes formerly, Coldwell), Netley Hall, and subsequently Linley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent.

Literature

Possibly, T. Cox, Inventory of the contents of Netley Hall, Shropshire, 1917, p. 3 (drawing room).

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Lot Essay

The design and lattice-parquetry decoration of this table derive from tables en chiffonniere, incorporating Sevres plateaux Courteille, commissioned by the marchand mercier Simon Philippe Poirier from the renowned Parisian ébénistes Roger Vandercruise and Bernard van Risamburgh around 1760. The form of the mounts employed to secure the top here have been reinterpreted from that original design for use with a parquetry top. A related lattice parquetry ‘R.V.L.C.’ table, is illustrated: Exhibition Catalogue 18th Century, Birth of Design, Versailles, Château de Versailles, 2014, pp. 170-171, no. 47; whilst a further closely related lacquered example is illustrated: N. Gasc & G Mabille, The Nissim de Camondo Museum, Paris, 1991, p.29..

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