Lot Essay
Jacques Dubois, maître in 1742.
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BY JACQUES DUBOIS
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD PETITE SECRETAIRE
By Jacques Dubois
Of arched outline, the channelled quarter-veneered fall-front inlaid with a lobed oval, enclosing a part-fitted interior with two small amaranth-lined drawers and a leather-lined writing-surface, bordered with foliate scrolls, supported by the two forward-sliding front legs enclosing a frieze drawer and mounted with foliate angles reaching to pierced sabots, stamped 'I. DUBOIS' and 'JME', later mounted, restorations to the veneers
42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) high; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide; 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) deep
By Jacques Dubois
Of arched outline, the channelled quarter-veneered fall-front inlaid with a lobed oval, enclosing a part-fitted interior with two small amaranth-lined drawers and a leather-lined writing-surface, bordered with foliate scrolls, supported by the two forward-sliding front legs enclosing a frieze drawer and mounted with foliate angles reaching to pierced sabots, stamped 'I. DUBOIS' and 'JME', later mounted, restorations to the veneers
42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) high; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide; 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 June 1982, lot 166 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-116).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-116).
Special notice
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