Lot Essay
Jacques Dubois, maître in 1742
BY JACQUES DUBOIS
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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY ENCOIGNURES
By Jacques Dubois
Each inlaid overall with rosette-trellis parquetry, the moulded serpentine-fronted triangular brêche violette marble top above a door inlaid sans traverse with a simulated panelled frieze, with guilloche frame above further cut-cornered panel with rosette angles, enclosing a plain interior with one shelf, the concave-fronted angle- headed by laurel-swagged voluted brackets and guilloche, the waved apron mounted with an acanthus spray flanked by triglyphs, on rosette- mounted bracket feet, one marble with old repair and reinforced to the underside, stamped 'I. Dubois' and 'I. Dubois JME' respectively
27½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 32½ in. (82 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep (2)
By Jacques Dubois
Each inlaid overall with rosette-trellis parquetry, the moulded serpentine-fronted triangular brêche violette marble top above a door inlaid sans traverse with a simulated panelled frieze, with guilloche frame above further cut-cornered panel with rosette angles, enclosing a plain interior with one shelf, the concave-fronted angle- headed by laurel-swagged voluted brackets and guilloche, the waved apron mounted with an acanthus spray flanked by triglyphs, on rosette- mounted bracket feet, one marble with old repair and reinforced to the underside, stamped 'I. Dubois' and 'I. Dubois JME' respectively
27½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 32½ in. (82 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep (2)