Lot Essay
Roger Vandercruse, dit Lacroix, maître in 1755.
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BY ROGER VANDERCRUSE, DIT LACROIX, CIRCA 1780
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU -MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY ROGER VANDERCRUSE, DIT LACROIX, CIRCA 1780
The rectangular top with trompe l'oeil marquetry above a Vitruvian scroll frieze fitted with a drawer containing a tooled leather writing surface flanked by compartments, on square tapering legs, stamped RVLC and JME twice
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide, 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) deep
BY ROGER VANDERCRUSE, DIT LACROIX, CIRCA 1780
The rectangular top with trompe l'oeil marquetry above a Vitruvian scroll frieze fitted with a drawer containing a tooled leather writing surface flanked by compartments, on square tapering legs, stamped RVLC and JME twice
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide, 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) deep
Provenance
Aquired from Dalva Brothers, New York, in 1963.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2007, lot 262.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2007, lot 262.
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