Lot Essay
Adrien Delorme, matre in 1748
CIRCA 1750, STAMPED DELORME
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SECRETAIRE
Circa 1750, stamped DELORME
The shaped rectangular marble top above a fall-front enclosing a leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior over a pair of doors decorated sans traverse with chinoiserie, within a foliate-cast ormolu frame flanked by similar chutes, the sides similarly decorated and mounted, on short cabriole legs with foliate-cast sabots, remounted
48in. (123cm.) high, 32in. (81cm.) wide, 16in. (42cm.) deep
Circa 1750, stamped DELORME
The shaped rectangular marble top above a fall-front enclosing a leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior over a pair of doors decorated sans traverse with chinoiserie, within a foliate-cast ormolu frame flanked by similar chutes, the sides similarly decorated and mounted, on short cabriole legs with foliate-cast sabots, remounted
48in. (123cm.) high, 32in. (81cm.) wide, 16in. (42cm.) deep
Provenance
Thelma Chrysler Foy, sold Parke-Bernet, New York, May 13,15,16 1959, Part III, lot 735 (purchased from French & Co.)