A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

CIRCA 1740, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-PIERRE LATZ

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
CIRCA 1740, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-PIERRE LATZ
The shaped top decorated with cartouches inlaid à l'indienne, the central panel forming a book support with green silk adjustable screen, flanked by hinged compartments, above a sliding reading surface and a drawer, on cabriole legs terminating with scrolling sabots
28 ½ in. (72 cm.) high; 25 in. (64 cm.) wide; 15 ½ in. (39 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This delicate table à écrire closely relates to the oeuvre of Jean-Pierre Latz (1691-1754, ébéniste privilégié du Roi before 1741), who is recognised as one of the most celebrated ébénistes of the Louis XV period, despite there being only a limited number of recorded pieces stamped by him.
A comparable table by Latz (and fellow ébéniste Denis Genty, maître in 1754), featuring a similarly-shaped plateau and closely related floral marquetry à l'indienne contained within cartouches to the top, was offered Christie’s, New York, 21 May 1997, lot 619. Another similar example incorporating these devises is the mechanical writing-table in the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. I, London, 1974, pp. 394-397, fig. 82).

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