A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT

BY ETIENNE LEVASSEUR, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID, EBONY AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
BY ETIENNE LEVASSEUR, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with foliate scrolls, the rectangular black leather-lined top above three drawers and three simulated drawers to the reverse, mounted with masks, shaped dolphin clasps and divided by ribbon-tied trails, the angles mounted with fluted and guttae claps, on square tapering legs terminating in foliate and moulded feet, stamped 'LEVASSEUR'
76 cm. high; 114 cm. wide; 62 cm. deep
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The provenance for this lot is, Couturier Nicolay, Palais Galliéra, 14 March 1972, lot 123

拍品专文

Etienne Levasseur, maître in 1766.

Etienne Levasseur (1721-1798) trained with the sons of André-Charles Boulle, probably with A-C Boulle the younger (1685-1745) or Charles-Joseph Boulle (d. 1754). By 1765, he was established as a privileged craftsman in the faubourg Saint-Antoine, at a shop known as au Cadran bleu, and obtained his maîtrise soon after. Among his patrons were the King's aunts, Mesdames Adelaïde and Victoire, and various amateurs such as the fermier général, Mulot de Pressigny. In 1782, he was made deputé of his guild. Levasseur specialised in copying and repairing Boulle furniture and his stamp appears on many Louis XIV pieces, including many in English country house collections. The principal marchand-mercier for Boulle furniture, Claude-François Julliot, was supplied by Levasseur as well as by Montigny, Joseph Baumhauer, Delorme and Weisweiler.