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Lot Essay
Antoine Héricourt, maître in 1773.
Roger van der Cruse dit Lacroix, maître in 1755.
Elegant small tables decorated with floral trellis parquetry in light woods like this example were a speciality Roger van der Cruse dit Lacroix, Godefroy Dester (maître in 1774) and Guillaume Cramer (maître in 1771). A related pair was sold at Christie's New York, 17-18 May 2005, lot 415.
The art collections at Mentmore were among the most outstanding of their kind anywhere in the world. A frequent visitor, Lady Eastlake commented: 'I do not believe that the Medici were ever so lodged at the height of their glory'. Mentmore was built between 1852 and 1854 by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, who needed a house near London and in the proximity of the other Rothschild homes at Tring, Ascot, Aston Clinton and later Waddesdon and Halton House. The plans for the mansion imitated Wollaton Hall in Nottingham and were drawn up by the gardener/architect Joseph Paxton, of Crystal Palace fame, which had been completed the preceding year. Baron Mayer left Mentmore and a fortune of £2,000,000 to his daughter, Hannah de Rothschild. Four years later Hannah married Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, who added considerably to the collections assembled by his father-in-law and it remained intact until the celebrated house sale in 1977.
Roger van der Cruse dit Lacroix, maître in 1755.
Elegant small tables decorated with floral trellis parquetry in light woods like this example were a speciality Roger van der Cruse dit Lacroix, Godefroy Dester (maître in 1774) and Guillaume Cramer (maître in 1771). A related pair was sold at Christie's New York, 17-18 May 2005, lot 415.
The art collections at Mentmore were among the most outstanding of their kind anywhere in the world. A frequent visitor, Lady Eastlake commented: 'I do not believe that the Medici were ever so lodged at the height of their glory'. Mentmore was built between 1852 and 1854 by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, who needed a house near London and in the proximity of the other Rothschild homes at Tring, Ascot, Aston Clinton and later Waddesdon and Halton House. The plans for the mansion imitated Wollaton Hall in Nottingham and were drawn up by the gardener/architect Joseph Paxton, of Crystal Palace fame, which had been completed the preceding year. Baron Mayer left Mentmore and a fortune of £2,000,000 to his daughter, Hannah de Rothschild. Four years later Hannah married Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, who added considerably to the collections assembled by his father-in-law and it remained intact until the celebrated house sale in 1977.