Lot Essay
Roger van der Cruse, dit Lacroix (R.V.L.C.), maître in 1755.
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BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, DIT 'LACROIX' (R.V.L.C.), CIRCA 1775
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, BOIS SATINE, SYCAMORE, PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, DIT 'LACROIX' (R.V.L.C.), CIRCA 1775
The sliding rectangular top inlaid with flower-filled trellis within a strapwork border and centred by an oval containing bois-de-bout flowers, above a key-pattern frieze, the frieze drawer with sliding leather-lined writing-surface flanked by a writing compartment with gilt-metal inkwell and sander, on tapering square legs headed by laurel swags and with gilt sabots and castors, stamped R.V.L.C. and JME twice
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) wide; 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) deep
BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, DIT 'LACROIX' (R.V.L.C.), CIRCA 1775
The sliding rectangular top inlaid with flower-filled trellis within a strapwork border and centred by an oval containing bois-de-bout flowers, above a key-pattern frieze, the frieze drawer with sliding leather-lined writing-surface flanked by a writing compartment with gilt-metal inkwell and sander, on tapering square legs headed by laurel swags and with gilt sabots and castors, stamped R.V.L.C. and JME twice
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) wide; 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1983, lot 87.
Special notice
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