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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COIFFEUSE
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COIFFEUSE

BY ROGER VANDERCRUSE (RVLC), DIT LACROIX, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY COIFFEUSE
By Roger Vandercruse (RVLC), dit Lacroix, third quarter 18th Century
Inlaid overall with rosette-filled trellis panels, the central hinged top section revealing a mirror to the reverse, flanked by two hinged doors, the right one with a further hinged lid, above a drawer fitted with compartments, the central drawer surmounted by a slide lined with a black leather writing surface, the drawers lined in light yellow silk, on cabriole legs surmounted by scrolled mounts and terminating in upswept acanthus sabot and castors, the left side rail stamped 'R.V.L.C', 'JME' and 'R.LACROIX', the underside numbered in red pencil '5074'
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Roger Vandercruse, dit Lacroix, maître in 1749.

A virtually identical coiffeuse by RVLC was sold from the collection of Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge at Christie's, London, 24 June 1971, lot 91.

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