A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY TABLE EN CHIFFONNIERE

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY TABLE EN CHIFFONNIERE

CIRCA 1745

Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY TABLE EN CHIFFONNIERE
CIRCA 1745
With a tooled leather writing slide and divided side drawer with indistinct inscription, the underside with pencil inscription 'Cabaret Table'
28 ¼ in. (71.5 cm) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide, 9 ½ in. (24 cm) deep

Provenance

Acquired from René Weiller, Paris, in 1971.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This table belongs to a group of similar form and marquetry stamped by various makers including Peridiez, Delorme and Gosselin, which were all probably ordered by a marchand-mercier. Examples from the group include one stamped by Peridiez, sold in the Alexander Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 69, while examples by Gosselin include one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol. I, cat no. 136) and one sold from the Estate of Mrs. Charles Allen; Sotheby's, New York, 1 November 1997, lot 81.

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