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Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, Commode France, Transit…
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Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, Commode France, Transit…
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Estimate €6,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, Commode France, Transition Period, c. 1770 90 x 60 x 135 cm
Made of rosewood, amaranth and various fruit woods. Two drawers without a crossbar and three half-drawers above the top. The two drawers are treated as a single decorative unit featuring an allegory of music and medallions with amphorae; on either side are ‘labyrinth’-style geometric designs surmounted by plant volutes. Upper section featuring three small drawers decorated with geometric inlay work. Handles and air vents in finely chiselled gilded bronze with plant garlands, and a band in gilded bronze chiselled with a laurel leaf motif. It rests on arched feet with finely chiselled gilded bronze finials. The top is made of Aleppo breccia. It bears the stamp ‘R.V.L.C.’ on the rear right upright.Roger Vandercruse Lacroix, of Flemish origin and a Maître in 1755, was one of the most renowned cabinetmakers of his time, influencing and contributing to the evolution of furniture towards Neoclassicism. His clients included Madame du Barry, Victoria of Bourbon-France (Madame Victoire), Queen Marie Antoinette of Habsburg-Lorraine and Louis XVI of France. Pieces of furniture he created are preserved at the Palace of Versailles.Provenance: Galleria Piero Betti, Via del Babuino, Rome, (1991); acquired there by the current owner. Key bibliography: P. Kjellberg, *Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle*, Paris, 2002, p. 791, fig. p. 798 – a; C. Roinet, *Perrin & Fils Antiquaires, Roger Vandercruse dit La Croix*, Paris, 2000, p. 70, fig. 26.
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