MID-18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ROGER VANDERCRUSE ('RVLC'), DIT LACROIX

Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY TABLE CHIFFONNIERE
MID-18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ROGER VANDERCRUSE ('RVLC'), DIT LACROIX
26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) deep

Provenance

Succession Mona Bismarck; Sotheby's, Monaco, 30 November 1986, lot 781.

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Lot Essay

An almost identical table attributed to Roger Vandercruse with same trellis and floral marquetry is now part of the Wrightsman collection (F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol. 1, cat. no. 131). The present table was part of the collection of the celebrated socialite and fashion icon Countess Mona Bismarck (1897-1983) and was sold in her collection sale at Sotheb'ys, Monaco, 30 November 1986, illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue.

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