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Pierre ROUSSEL (1723-1782) CYLINDER DESK
In veneered wood, a…
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Pierre ROUSSEL (1723-1782) CYLINDER DESK
In veneered wood, a…
See original version (French)
Estimate €15,000 - €20,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Pierre ROUSSEL (1723-1782)
CYLINDER DESK
In veneered wood, and green and dark stained wood veneer, exceptional inlaid decoration of flat desks, vases, books, tea set, transitional chest of drawers, brushes. It opens with a cylinder and a sliding shelf lined with leather and decorated with gilded scrolls and reveals three drawers with inlaid fronts surmounted by a niche decorated with playing cards. Three drawers in the belt. On cambered legs supported by a sinuous strut.
Stamped and JME.
Louis XV period.
Ornamented with chased ormolu, such as openwork galleries, foliated knobs and pull rings concealing the lock escutcheons, and foliated falls.
Height 103; Width 80; Depth 50 cm
Bibliography
François Quéré, Les Roussel Une Dynastie d'ébénistes au XVIIIe siècle, Dijon 2012, p. 172, p. 179 - 180
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