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BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, DIT LACROIX (RVLC), CIRCA 1765-70
Details
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, DIT LACROIX (RVLC), CIRCA 1765-70
The moulded Brèche d'Alep marble top above a frieze drawer and rectangular fall-front inlaid with a foliage, enclosing a gilt-tooled red leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior with white-metal inkwell drawer, above a pair of doors conformingly inlaid, enclosing a shelf, with shaped apron centred by a flaming urn and C-scroll mount, on short cabriole legs with acanthus and scroll sabots, stamped 'R.LACROIX' and twice 'JME'
56 ¼ in. (143 cm.) high; 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 15 ½ in. (40 cm.) deep
BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, DIT LACROIX (RVLC), CIRCA 1765-70
The moulded Brèche d'Alep marble top above a frieze drawer and rectangular fall-front inlaid with a foliage, enclosing a gilt-tooled red leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior with white-metal inkwell drawer, above a pair of doors conformingly inlaid, enclosing a shelf, with shaped apron centred by a flaming urn and C-scroll mount, on short cabriole legs with acanthus and scroll sabots, stamped 'R.LACROIX' and twice 'JME'
56 ¼ in. (143 cm.) high; 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) wide; 15 ½ in. (40 cm.) deep
Provenance
A private Parisian collection.
Acquired from Philippe Andrieux, Paris.
Acquired from Philippe Andrieux, Paris.
Special notice
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Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections