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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE À ÉCRIRE MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED LE FRAN JME TWICE, THE MOUNTS STRUCK WITH THE 'C' COURONÉE POINÇON
With rectangular carved crossbanded top enclosing a central laurel medallion decorated with an armorial trophy within entwined branches flanked by floral sprays within a later three-quarter ormolu banding above a similarly inlaid shaped frieze, each side fitted with a short drawer or cabriole legs headed by associated foliate cast scrolling chutes and ending in scroll sabots cast with cabochons (angle mounts associated)--29½in. (75cm.) high, 33½ (85cm.) wide, 21in. (53cm.) deep
PROVENANCE
Empress Eugenie, Chiselhurst, Kent
The C couronée poinçon was a tax mark in use between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.
With rectangular carved crossbanded top enclosing a central laurel medallion decorated with an armorial trophy within entwined branches flanked by floral sprays within a later three-quarter ormolu banding above a similarly inlaid shaped frieze, each side fitted with a short drawer or cabriole legs headed by associated foliate cast scrolling chutes and ending in scroll sabots cast with cabochons (angle mounts associated)--29½in. (75cm.) high, 33½ (85cm.) wide, 21in. (53cm.) deep
PROVENANCE
Empress Eugenie, Chiselhurst, Kent
The C couronée poinçon was a tax mark in use between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.
Exhibited
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, French Taste in the Eighteenth Century, April-June 1956, no. 35
The anangle mounts are typical of these found on pieces attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz.
The anangle mounts are typical of these found on pieces attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz.