Lot Essay
Jacques Dubois, maître ébéniste in 1742.
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BY JACQUES DUBOIS, MID-18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND BOIS-DE-BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY JACQUES DUBOIS, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular gilt-tooled brown leather-lined top above one long frieze drawer to the front, and simulated drawer to the reverse, on cabriole legs headed with foliage and terminating in scrolled sabots, stamped twice 'DUBOIS'; partially remounted, the drawer probably altered
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) wide, 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) deep
BY JACQUES DUBOIS, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular gilt-tooled brown leather-lined top above one long frieze drawer to the front, and simulated drawer to the reverse, on cabriole legs headed with foliage and terminating in scrolled sabots, stamped twice 'DUBOIS'; partially remounted, the drawer probably altered
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) wide, 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) deep
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