Lot 262
262
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND GREEN-STAINED MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND GREEN-STAINED MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

STAMPED 'R.V.L.C' AND TWICE 'JME', CIRCA 1770

Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND GREEN-STAINED MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
STAMPED 'R.V.L.C' AND TWICE 'JME', CIRCA 1770
The rectangular top inlaid with a Greek key border surrounding a panel inlaid with a stack of books on a table with an inkwell, the top sliding back to reveal a pull-out leather-lined writing slide above an open compartment and fitments for writing implements, the frieze inlaid with Vitruvian scroll, on tapering legs headed by cast guttae and paterae, ending in sabots, with red chalk number '235-1781' and French customs stamp, rosette mounts at tops of legs 18th century but associated, other mounts apparently original
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high, 18 in. (46 cm.) wide, 12¼ in. (30.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
with Dalva Brothers, New York, 10 July 1963.

Lot Essay

Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, maître in 1755.

A related table with similar Vitruvian scroll frieze and top inlaid with writing instruments is in the collection of the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris and is illustrated in the catalogue of the collection, Paris, 1983, p. 76, cat. entry 346.
;

Related Articles

View all
View all

More from Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics, And Carpets

View All
View All