Lot 233
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ANTON WEISS (AUSTRIAN, 1801–1851)
ANTON WEISS (AUSTRIAN, 1801–1851)
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several co… Read more WORKS OF ART FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF LEONTINE, LADY SASSOON
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, BOIS SATINE, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE

BY PIERRE ROUSSEL, CIRCA 1775-80

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, BOIS SATINE, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY COMMODE
BY PIERRE ROUSSEL, CIRCA 1775-80
The moulded slight breakfront bardiglio marble top above two long drawers inlaid with entwined quatrefoil motifs centred by florets, on stop-fluted cylindrical tapering legs headed by angle plates hung with berried laurel swag, the sides with conforming inlay, stamped twice 'P.ROUSSEL' and 'JME', with three labels printed 'S. ALBERGE. LA HAYE COLLECTION', a label inscribed '24. 1 goose commode Ballsaal', and a label inscribe 'No. 166 /"Snook". Signed / P. Roussel', the marble top inscribed in white chalk '166' and in pencil 'V', some mounts probably associated

36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 58 ¾ in. (149 cm.) wide; 24 ¼ in. (61.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Pierre Roussel, maître in 1745.

This elegant parquetry commode is stamped by the celebrated ébéniste Pierre Roussel I (1723-1782) who received his maîtrise in 1745 and supplied furniture for the Palais-Bourbon as well as the château de Chantilly. Established in the rue de Charenton at l'Image de St. Pierre, Roussel was described as early as 1769 in the Almanach de Vray Merit as: l'un des premiers ébénistes de Paris. With trompe l'oeil fluted columnar corners, flowered interlacing quatrefoil mosaic inlay, and slight breakfront design, the present commode belongs to Roussel’s mature oeuvre in the advanced neoclassical style of the late 1770s. A related table a ouvrage en coffret attributed to Roussel with identical trompe l'oeil fluted rounded corners above tapering columnar legs, and similarly inlaid with illusionistic geometric parquetry, sold Christie’s, The Gyrn Castle Sale, North Wales Property from Gyrn Castle, Nantlys, Mostyn Hall and Capesthorne Hall, Llanasa, North Wales, 17 July 2006, lot 909.

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