Lot 1045
  • 1045

A LOUIS XVI BRASS-MOUNTED BOIS CITRONNIER AND AMARANTH PARQUETRY VIDE-POCHE, CIRCA 1785 |

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • height 28 1/4 in.; width 29 in.; depth 12 1/2 in.
  • 72 cm; 73.5 cm; 32 cm

Provenance

Mrs. Lee Radziwill
Sotheby's New York, 13 October 1983, lot 435; acquired post-sale

Condition

In good conserved condition with a few restored age cracks and patches to veneer. Old repaired breaks to feet and one lyre upright support, and a few nicks and scuff consistent with use. Beautiful example of late 18th century parquetry and ready to place.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

A series of almost identical tables vide-poche was made by the Luxembourg-born royal cabinetmaker Bernard Molitor (1755-1833, maître 1787), two of which are illustrated in Ulrich Leben, Ebéniste from the ancien régime to the Bourbon Restoration (London 1990), p.179 and 203.  One of these is in the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. A related version is in the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris (Pallot and Saint Fare Garnot, Le mobilier français du musée Jacquemart-André, Dijon 2006, cat.58 p.194-95).
Similar models of tables with lyre standards and the distinctive 'trellis and dot' parquetry pattern were made by several other Louis XVI era ébénistes including RVLC, Carlin, and Riesener, who supplied a version to Marie-Antoinette at St. Cloud, now in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris (ill. N. Gasc and G. Mabille, The Nissim de Camondo Museum, Paris 1991, p.38).  A comparable table stamped RVLC for Roger Lacroix was sold Sotheby's London, May 3, 2018, lot 61, and a further example by RVLC was sold Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Lily and Edmond J. Safra, October 18-21, 2011, lot 994.