A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY DOCUMENT BOX

CIRCA 1760

細節

A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY DOCUMENT BOX
CIRCA 1760
The hinged rectangular lid with central inlaid floral spray within a cartouche, the sides with handles and on short fluted and acanthus feet, the feet Louis XVI and thus probably associated
5½ in. (14 cm.) high, 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide, 13¾ in. (35 cm.) deep

來源

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 14 - 15 June 1981, lot 121.

拍品專文

The style of the marquetry inlay of this box relates to the work of Jean-François Oeben (d. 1763), such as on a mechanical table with writing-slide with simlar cartouche to the top illustrated in R. Stratmann-Döhler, Jean-François Oeben, Paris, 2002, p. 100.