Lot Essay
While Thouvenin has not been identified, this label clearly distinguishes him as a marchand-mercier.
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CIRCA 1770, RETAILED BY THE MARCHAND-MERCIER THOUVENIN
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A LOUIS XV/XVI AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND CUBE-PARQUETRY SEMAINIER
Circa 1770, retailed by the marchand-mercier Thouvenin
The Belgian fossil marble top with moulded edge and canted angles above seven line-decorated drawers with parquetry fronts, between canted angles with conformingly decorated sides on squat cabriole legs, bearing a label to the third drawer AU ROUET COURONEE/Rue St. Honoré, entre la rue de la Sourdiere & les Jacobins/Thouveny, Marchand tient magafin de toutes fortes d'Ebènisteries & autres meubles, Feux, Glaces, Bras de Cheminees, Pendules, toutes fortes de Mètiers à broder, Devidoirs & Tournettes de toutes façons; le tout à jufte prix A Paris, remounted
61¾in. (157cm.) high, 22¾in (58cm.) wide, 15in. (38cm.) deep
Circa 1770, retailed by the marchand-mercier Thouvenin
The Belgian fossil marble top with moulded edge and canted angles above seven line-decorated drawers with parquetry fronts, between canted angles with conformingly decorated sides on squat cabriole legs, bearing a label to the third drawer AU ROUET COURONEE/Rue St. Honoré, entre la rue de la Sourdiere & les Jacobins/Thouveny, Marchand tient magafin de toutes fortes d'Ebènisteries & autres meubles, Feux, Glaces, Bras de Cheminees, Pendules, toutes fortes de Mètiers à broder, Devidoirs & Tournettes de toutes façons; le tout à jufte prix A Paris, remounted
61¾in. (157cm.) high, 22¾in (58cm.) wide, 15in. (38cm.) deep