A Louis XV/XVI ormolu-mounted tulipwood and sycamore table à écrire circa 1775 in the manner of RVLC

估價

12,000 - 18,000 USD

招標截止

描述

height 30 in; width 15 in.; depth 11 3/4 in.
76 cm; 38 cm; 30 cm

the oval top with a pierced three-quarter gallery, the frieze with a drawer fitted for writing, raised on fluted supports inset with chandelles joined by a kidney-shaped stretcher above cabriole legs ending in ormolu sabots fitted with casters.

來源

Sold, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, December 9, 1952, lot 63

Sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14, 1982, lot 411

拍品資料及來源

Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (1728-1799) was received maître in 1755 and was responsible for the production of a large number of small tables comparable to the present lot. RVLC was related by marriage to Jean-François Oeben for whom, at one time, he worked, and to Jean-Henri Riesener, who took over Oeben's workshop after his death. Both RVLC and Riesener perfected the execution of trellis parquetry, including the type present on the offered lot.

The majority of RVLC's iconoclastic oval tables are constructed with cabriole legs joined by a stretcher. There are also a few examples, stamped by him, constructed with slender rectangular supports above the stretcher and cabriole legs below. These include one sold at Christie's, London, December 9, 1982, lot 49; another was sold, Sotheby's, New York, November 17, 1984, lot 268; a third attributed to RVLC was sold from the Alexander Collection, Christie's, New York, April 30, 1999, lot 90. A circular table en chiffonnière of comparable design with rectangular supports above the stretcher and cabriole legs below, stamped RVLC was sold, Christie's, New York, May 23, 1993, lot 74.