A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, BOIS SATINE AND PARQUETRY CORNER SECRETAIRE

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, BOIS SATINE AND PARQUETRY CORNER SECRETAIRE
By R.V.L.C, Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix
Of serpentine outline with canted angles, the shaped projecting triangular fleur de pche marble top above a secretaire section comprising a rectangular fall-front enclosing a gilt-tooled red leather-lined writing-surface and fitted interior of seven variously-sized drawers around a central recess, below three larger openings, the lower section with two cupboard doors and shaped apron, on short cabriole legs with sabots, stamped 'R.V.L.C' and 'JME', with depository label for 'Maples', label to underside of marble top inscribed in ink 'S+R R Ben G C Christies'(?), possibly originally with apron mounts
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 34 in. (87 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep