A LOUIS XV FRUITWOOD, WALNUT AND BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE DE ROGNON
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A LOUIS XV FRUITWOOD, WALNUT AND BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE DE ROGNON

MID-18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO ADRIEN FAIZELOT DELORME

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A LOUIS XV FRUITWOOD, WALNUT AND BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE DE ROGNON
MID-18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO ADRIEN FAIZELOT DELORME
Inlaid with a lozenge and trellis pattern within herringbone borders, the kidney-shaped top with moulded rim, above a kneehole and two drawers opening to the sides, on cabriole legs terminating in ormolu hoof feet, lacking slide
29 in. (79 cm.) high; 40½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44½ cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 23 November 1956, lot 93.
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Lot Essay

Adrien Faizelot Delorme, maître in 1748.

Established in the rue du Temple, Delorme's reputation was founded on his sophisticated floral marquetry, contemporary Almanachs describing him as 'l'un des plus habiles et des plus renommés pour les ouvrages de marqueterie'. Delorme belonged to a family of ébénistes, and was the son of François Delorme, and brother of Jean-Louis Delorme. He established himself in the rue du Temple, both as an ébéniste and a marchand, and worked there mainly in the Louis XV style, until he disposed of his stock in 1783. This table à rognon displays another characteristic of his oeuvre, the use of richly contrasting veneers in a chevron-pattern. This can be seen on the interior of a table by Delorme illustrated in A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, fig.165, p.181, as well as on the legs of a table sold from the Alexander Collection, Christie's New York, 30 April 1999, lot 120.


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