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A beautiful Louis XV Transition Louis XVI inlaid marquetry rosewood and kingswood table en chiffonnière attributed to Pierre Roussel, the serpentine-fronted rectangular top enclosed by a three-quartered moulded gallery decorated with a vase on a plinth filled with a floral and foliate bouquet above three drawers each inlaid with a floral frieze and centred by a pierced foliate escutcheon, the top drawer opening to reveal a hinged tooled red leather-lined writing slide flanked by a compartmentalised pen tray, on cabriole legs, terminating in gilt bronze foliate-cast sabots Paris, date circa 1770 Height 70 cm, width 43.5 cm, depth 32 cm. The treatment of the clearly defined floral and foliate inlays and cross-banded panels compares closely with a table coiffeuse stamped Roussel previously sold by this gallery, (illustrated in Richard Redding, “25th Anniversary”, 2002, pp. 62-3). Pierre Roussel (1723-82), one of the leading eighteenth century Parisian marchands-ébénistes, was received as a maître in 1745. He was elected a juré of his guild in 1762, a deputé in 1777, and finally syndic in 1780. His furniture was decorated with lacquer though the majority featured exquisite floral, landscape or even geometric marquetry decoration. Heavily patronised by the Prince de Condé his work can now be found in many major museums. |