BY JACQUES DUBOIS, CIRCA 1745-1749

Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH DIMINUTIVE BUREAU PLAT
BY JACQUES DUBOIS, CIRCA 1745-1749
The shaped rectangular gilt-tooled brown leather-lined top above three frieze drawers to the front, with simulated drawers to the reverse, on cabriole legs headed with foliage and terminating in scrolled sabots, stamped I.DUBOIS, the side mounts stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon and possibly 18th century after casts
27 in. (68.6 cm.) high, 38 ½ in. (97.8 cm.) wide, 22 ½ in. (57.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

A Private Philadelphia Collection; Sotheby’s, New York, 24-25 October 2002, lot 1184.

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Lot Essay

Jacques Dubois, maître in 1742.

The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.

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