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Lot Essay
Pierre Roussel, maître in 1745.
This elegant and unusual transitional occasional table is typical of the production of Pierre Roussel, who concentrated mainly on pieces decorated with fine marquetry for which he became particularly well known. In the 1769 Almanach de vray mérite, he is quoted as one of the foremost ébénistes of Paris. One of his biggest patrons was the Prince de Condé for whom he supplied with 10,000 livres’ worth of furniture for the Palais Bourbon and the Château de Chantilly (A. Pradère, Les Ébénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris, 1989, p.319.). A closely related table stamped by Roussel from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection with the same marquetry top depicting a village with a river and two amorous swans was sold Christie’s, London, Dec 14, 2000, Lot 323.
This elegant and unusual transitional occasional table is typical of the production of Pierre Roussel, who concentrated mainly on pieces decorated with fine marquetry for which he became particularly well known. In the 1769 Almanach de vray mérite, he is quoted as one of the foremost ébénistes of Paris. One of his biggest patrons was the Prince de Condé for whom he supplied with 10,000 livres’ worth of furniture for the Palais Bourbon and the Château de Chantilly (A. Pradère, Les Ébénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris, 1989, p.319.). A closely related table stamped by Roussel from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection with the same marquetry top depicting a village with a river and two amorous swans was sold Christie’s, London, Dec 14, 2000, Lot 323.