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Lot Essay
Roger Vandercruse (dit Lacroix), maître in 1755.
Although achieving his maîtrise at a relatively early date, RVLC, who was related by marriage both to Jean-Franois Oeben and to Jean-Henri Riesener, is best known for his elegant products in the Transitional style of the 1760s and 1770s. He worked in the early years of his career both with Oeben and with Gilles Joubert, often on commissions for the Garde Meuble Royal, and also worked extensively with the marchand-mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. He specialised in the making of functional yet supremely elegant petites tables, typified by the example here offered, perhaps as a result of his frequent collaborations with the Poirier. The distinctive trellis-patterned marquetry, here enclosing a single carnation in each lozenge, was a particular leitmotif of the oeuvre of Vandercruse.
Although achieving his maîtrise at a relatively early date, RVLC, who was related by marriage both to Jean-Franois Oeben and to Jean-Henri Riesener, is best known for his elegant products in the Transitional style of the 1760s and 1770s. He worked in the early years of his career both with Oeben and with Gilles Joubert, often on commissions for the Garde Meuble Royal, and also worked extensively with the marchand-mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. He specialised in the making of functional yet supremely elegant petites tables, typified by the example here offered, perhaps as a result of his frequent collaborations with the Poirier. The distinctive trellis-patterned marquetry, here enclosing a single carnation in each lozenge, was a particular leitmotif of the oeuvre of Vandercruse.