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Lot Essay
Adrien-Faizelot Delorme, matre in 1748.
This table crire is a masterpiece of the marchand-bniste Adrien-Faizelot Delorme. Established in the rue du Temple, Delorme's reputation was founded on his sophisticated floral marquetry, contemporary Almanachs describing him as 'l'un des plus habiles et des plus renomms pour les ouvrages de marqueterie. The Alexander table also displays another characteristic of his oeuvre, the use of richly contrasting veneers in a chevron-pattern, that enriches the backs of the legs. An almost identical unstamped table, displaying the same distinctive angle-mounts, although without the rare feature of the rising silk-screen to the reverse, formerly in the collection of The Dowager Viscountess Harcourt, (sold Christie's London, 6 July 1961, lot 40), was subsequently resold from the Patio collection, Sotheby's New York, 1 November 1986, lot 66.
A further table stamped by Gilles Joubert, the fournisseur du Garde-Meuble between 1751-75, with very similar treatment of the marquetry, was supplied for the use of Madame Victoire at the chteau de Fontainebleau in 1770 and is now in the muse du Louvre. It is interesting to note, therefore, that in the 1771 inventory of Joubert's stock, a 'Delorme' was owed 313 livres pour fourniture qui lui ont t faites.
This table crire is a masterpiece of the marchand-bniste Adrien-Faizelot Delorme. Established in the rue du Temple, Delorme's reputation was founded on his sophisticated floral marquetry, contemporary Almanachs describing him as 'l'un des plus habiles et des plus renomms pour les ouvrages de marqueterie. The Alexander table also displays another characteristic of his oeuvre, the use of richly contrasting veneers in a chevron-pattern, that enriches the backs of the legs. An almost identical unstamped table, displaying the same distinctive angle-mounts, although without the rare feature of the rising silk-screen to the reverse, formerly in the collection of The Dowager Viscountess Harcourt, (sold Christie's London, 6 July 1961, lot 40), was subsequently resold from the Patio collection, Sotheby's New York, 1 November 1986, lot 66.
A further table stamped by Gilles Joubert, the fournisseur du Garde-Meuble between 1751-75, with very similar treatment of the marquetry, was supplied for the use of Madame Victoire at the chteau de Fontainebleau in 1770 and is now in the muse du Louvre. It is interesting to note, therefore, that in the 1771 inventory of Joubert's stock, a 'Delorme' was owed 313 livres pour fourniture qui lui ont t faites.