Lot Essay
ADRIEN DELORME, MAîTRE IN 1748.
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DOROTHEA HALPERT
(LOTS 353-354)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY MEUBLE D'APPUI
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY MEUBLE D'APPUI
CIRCA 1740, STAMPED DELORME
THE SERPENTINE BRECHE D'ALEP MARBLE TOP ABOVE A BOMBE CASE FITTED WITH A DOOR VENEERED ON THE INSIDE WITH FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY AND ENCLOSING SHELVES, BORDERED WITH TRAILING VINE-CAST ENCADREMENTS ENCLOSING BOIS-DE-BOUT FLORAL MARQUETRY, THE SIDES SIMILARLY DECORATED, FLANKED BY SCROLLING FOLIATE-CAST CHUTES CONTINUING TO A FOLIATE-CAST BASE AND SHORT CABRIOLE LEGS WITH PIERCED FOLIATE SABOTS, ALSO WITH A PARTIALLY OBLITERATED STAMP, POSSIBLY THAT OF JEAN-FRANCOIS DUBUT -36½IN. (93CM.) HIGH, 30½IN. (77.5CM) WIDE, 17IN. (43CM.) DEEP
CIRCA 1740, STAMPED DELORME
THE SERPENTINE BRECHE D'ALEP MARBLE TOP ABOVE A BOMBE CASE FITTED WITH A DOOR VENEERED ON THE INSIDE WITH FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY AND ENCLOSING SHELVES, BORDERED WITH TRAILING VINE-CAST ENCADREMENTS ENCLOSING BOIS-DE-BOUT FLORAL MARQUETRY, THE SIDES SIMILARLY DECORATED, FLANKED BY SCROLLING FOLIATE-CAST CHUTES CONTINUING TO A FOLIATE-CAST BASE AND SHORT CABRIOLE LEGS WITH PIERCED FOLIATE SABOTS, ALSO WITH A PARTIALLY OBLITERATED STAMP, POSSIBLY THAT OF JEAN-FRANCOIS DUBUT -36½IN. (93CM.) HIGH, 30½IN. (77.5CM) WIDE, 17IN. (43CM.) DEEP