Lot Essay
Bernard II van Risen Burgh, dit BVRB, maître circa 1730.
Please see the note to lot 12.
Please see the note to lot 12.
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CIRCA 1750, ATTRIBUTED TO BVRB
Details
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE EN CHIFFONNIERE
Circa 1750, attributed to BVRB
The waved rectangular hinged top inlaid with a central spray of flowers within a confronting C-scroll cartouche with conforming foliate spandrels, framed within a slightly raised three-quarter gallery and enclosing a fitted tulipwood-lined interior, originally divided, with quarter-veneered top and later quatrefoils centring the sides, the waved frieze with simulated panels and asymmetrically-cast rocaille and acanthus clasps, incorporating a fitted drawer to one end with three compartments for wells, on foliate and cabochon-guilloche headed cabriole legs joined by a quarter-veneered galleried undertier, the channelled border leading to acanthus-cast scroll sabots, the channelled border and apron mount replaced, the undertier returned to its original position
26½in. (67.5cm.) high, 16¾in. (42.5cm) wide, 11¼in. (28.5cm.) deep
Circa 1750, attributed to BVRB
The waved rectangular hinged top inlaid with a central spray of flowers within a confronting C-scroll cartouche with conforming foliate spandrels, framed within a slightly raised three-quarter gallery and enclosing a fitted tulipwood-lined interior, originally divided, with quarter-veneered top and later quatrefoils centring the sides, the waved frieze with simulated panels and asymmetrically-cast rocaille and acanthus clasps, incorporating a fitted drawer to one end with three compartments for wells, on foliate and cabochon-guilloche headed cabriole legs joined by a quarter-veneered galleried undertier, the channelled border leading to acanthus-cast scroll sabots, the channelled border and apron mount replaced, the undertier returned to its original position
26½in. (67.5cm.) high, 16¾in. (42.5cm) wide, 11¼in. (28.5cm.) deep
Provenance
The Dubois-Chefdebien Collection, sold Paris, 3ème vente, hôtel Drouot, 13-14 February 1941, lot 130.
The Carlhian Collection, sold in Paris, 7 December 1968, lot 121.
Anonymous sale, Ader Picard, hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3 December 1969, lot 148 (71,000 FFr.).
The Carlhian Collection, sold in Paris, 7 December 1968, lot 121.
Anonymous sale, Ader Picard, hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3 December 1969, lot 148 (71,000 FFr.).
Literature
M. Fouquier, Les Belles Aventures d'un Marteau d'Ivoire, Paris, 1948, p.129 and p.142, fig.s.
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.