A ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT
BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE ('RVLC'), DIT LACROIX, SUPPLIED BY GILLES JOUBERT ON 1 JUNE 1774 FOR THE CABINET INTERIEUR OF THE COMTE D'ARTOIS AT THE CHATEAU DE COMPIEGNE
A ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE ('RVLC'), DIT LACROIX, SUPPLIED BY GILLES JOUBERT ON 1 JUNE 1774 FOR THE CABINET INTERIEUR OF THE COMTE D'ARTOIS AT THE CHATEAU DE COMPIEGNE Decorated overall with an intricate parquetry of shaped lozenges each centred by a facetted foliate-cast boss on a diamond-shaped green font, the eared rectangular rouge griotte marble top above a Vitruvian scroll frieze, flanked by pierced angle mounts cast with young tritons terminating in entwined fish tails, the fall-front centred with a floral spray and revealing a gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior with seven walnut-lined drawers, above a further frieze mounted with Vitruvian scrolls and centred by a fleur-de-lys, the pair of doors enclosing a plain interior with a shelf, above a shaped apron with Greek key scroll and an apron mounted with a foliate spray, on toupie feet, stamped twice 'R.V.L.C.' 54½ in. (138.5 cm) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
A ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT
BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE ('RVLC'), DIT LACROIX, SUPPLIED BY GILLES JOUBERT ON 1 JUNE 1774 FOR THE CABINET INTERIEUR OF THE COMTE D'ARTOIS AT THE CHATEAU DE COMPIEGNE
A ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-A-ABATTANT BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE ('RVLC'), DIT LACROIX, SUPPLIED BY GILLES JOUBERT ON 1 JUNE 1774 FOR THE CABINET INTERIEUR OF THE COMTE D'ARTOIS AT THE CHATEAU DE COMPIEGNE Decorated overall with an intricate parquetry of shaped lozenges each centred by a facetted foliate-cast boss on a diamond-shaped green font, the eared rectangular rouge griotte marble top above a Vitruvian scroll frieze, flanked by pierced angle mounts cast with young tritons terminating in entwined fish tails, the fall-front centred with a floral spray and revealing a gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing surface and a fitted interior with seven walnut-lined drawers, above a further frieze mounted with Vitruvian scrolls and centred by a fleur-de-lys, the pair of doors enclosing a plain interior with a shelf, above a shaped apron with Greek key scroll and an apron mounted with a foliate spray, on toupie feet, stamped twice 'R.V.L.C.' 54½ in. (138.5 cm) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
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