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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINE ENCOIGNURES

BY NICOLAS JEAN MARCHAND, CIRCA 1745

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINE ENCOIGNURES
BY NICOLAS JEAN MARCHAND, CIRCA 1745
Of slightly asymmetric design, each with a rounded triangular grey-veined white marble top above a conforming case with a door decorated with a faux tambour within a foliate and floral-cast C-scroll surround, enclosing two shelves, the angles mounted with pierced and ruffled foliage, on slight cabriole legs with scroll-cast sabots, stamped to top of leg beneath marble 'MARCHAND' and 'JME', each inscribed in red chalk with inventory number '79451' and one with same number in black stencil, each with red-bordered paper label inscribed in ink '25859' and one with black painted number 'R508' and the other 'R509', the marbles inscribed to the underside in black chalk '123' and '124' and 'Library'
33½ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (55.5 cm.) wide; 16¼ in. (41 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

The French Rothschilds, probably acquired by Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris and by descent until confiscated by the Einsatstab Reichsletter Rosenberg during the Nazi occupation.
Restituted to Mme. Eugene de Rothschild on February 27, 1946.
Acquired from Byron Foy, August 1967.

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Lot Essay

Nicolas Jean Marchand, maître about 1735.

The distinctive Rothschild inventory mark has traditionally been associated with pieces from the collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild's hôtel in Paris. This same mark featured on the Marie-Josephe de Saxe commode sold from the Riahi Collection, Christie's New York, 2 November 2000, lot 20, which had been inherited by Baron Edouard de Rothschild, as well as on the suite of Louis XVI lacquer furniture also supplied to Queen Hortense and acquired by Alphonse de Rothschild, sold from the Ojjeh Collection, Christie's Monaco, 11-12 December 1999, lot 35.

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