A LATE LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BONHEUR DU JOUR

BY GUILLAUME CORDI

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A LATE LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BONHEUR DU JOUR
By Guillaume Cordi
Inlaid quatre faces and crossbanded overall with boxwood and amaranth, the rectangular top with lozenge-pierced three-quarter gallery above two sliding tambour doors and two short drawers, the hinged top enclosing a red leather inset writing-surface and three sliding wells, the kneehole flanked by two small drawers on cabriole legs with ormolu scrolled sabots, stamped 'G CORDIE JME', restoration to the feet, probably originally further mounted, the back possibly later veneered in mahogany
40 in. (103 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 17 in. (44.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Guillaume Cordi, matre in 1766, was established in the rue de Charonne and appears to have specialised in the production of bonheurs-du-jour of Transitional form. Two closely related examples, also stamped by Cordi, are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIe Sicle, Paris, 1989, pp. 185-186.

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