CIRCA 1770, POSSIBLY BY ROGER VANDERCRUSE DIT LACROIX, REMOUNTED

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A LOUIS XV/XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CITRONNIER, SYCAMORE AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
Circa 1770, possibly by Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix, remounted
The breakfronted grey-veined white marble top above three conforming frieze drawers inlaid with entrelac centered by flowerheads over two long drawers inlaid with trellis and flowerhead parquetry flanked by swag-mounted angels with trailing bellflower husks, sides also with parquetry, on cabriole legs with foliate sabots, with black ink inscription beneath top, '10716' and chalk number '549' to reverse
35½in. (90.25cm.) high, 40¾in. (103.5cm.) wide, 21½in. (52cm.) deep

拍品專文

The delicate and precise marquetry of the frieze and trellis parquetry which decorate this commode and use of amaranth designs on a citronnier ground are closely related to the distinctive marquetry and timbers employed by the celebrated ébéniste Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix. A bonheur-du-jour with similar trailing foliage marquetry and identical use of woods stamped RVLC and which bears inventory marks of Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg is illustrated in C. Roinet, Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix, Paris, 200, fig. 16, p. 51. Another bonheur-du-jour attributed to Lacroix with trellis parquetry pendant husks, and star-centered guilloche with amaranth on a citronnier ground, was formerly in the collection of the Earl of Rosebery and is now in the Wrightsman Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and illustrated in F.J.B Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol I, pl. 103, p. 180-181.