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Jean-Pierre Dusautoy, maître in 1779.
Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, maître in 1755.
This elegant table is based on the celebrated model produced by Roger Vandercruse, perhaps in collaboration with the marchand-mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. A number of examples of this model are known, with minor variants, including:
-one in the British Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, purchased by George IV in 1829
-one at Waddesdon Manor, illustrated in G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, vol. II, cat. 98
-one formerly in the collection of Mrs. Henry Walters, illustrated in C. Packer, Paris Furniture by the Master Ebénistes, Newport, 1956, fig. 120
-one sold from the collection of Segoura in these Rooms, 19 October 2006, lot 130 ($216,000), now in a private collection
Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, maître in 1755.
This elegant table is based on the celebrated model produced by Roger Vandercruse, perhaps in collaboration with the marchand-mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. A number of examples of this model are known, with minor variants, including:
-one in the British Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, purchased by George IV in 1829
-one at Waddesdon Manor, illustrated in G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, vol. II, cat. 98
-one formerly in the collection of Mrs. Henry Walters, illustrated in C. Packer, Paris Furniture by the Master Ebénistes, Newport, 1956, fig. 120
-one sold from the collection of Segoura in these Rooms, 19 October 2006, lot 130 ($216,000), now in a private collection