A Transitional Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood, Bois Citronnier and Parquetry table a Ecrire by Roger Vandercruse, Known as Lacroix Circa 1765

A Transitional Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood, Bois Citronnier and Parquetry table a Ecrire by Roger Vandercruse, Known as Lacroix, Circa 1765.

The basket-weave parquetry top over a frieze mounted with an ormolu entrelac band enclosing a drawer with a leather lined slide, the apron with tambour door enclosing two drawers, cabriole legs joined by a stretcher shelf on scrolling foliate sabots with caster wheels.

Provenance:

Partridge Fine Arts 1987.

Private collection America.

Roger Van Der Cruise known as Lacroix or RVLC, Maître in 1755.

RVLC is best known for his elegant production of works in the Transitional style of 1760 - 70. Related by marriage to both Jean-Francois Oeben and Jean Henri Riesener, he worked in the early years of his career both with Oeben and Gilles Joubert, often on commissions for the Garde Meuble Royal, as well as extensively with the Marchand-Mercier Simon-Phillipe Poirier. His work can be seen in all the best Museums, The Louvre, Chateau de Versailles, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Wallace Collection, Waddesdon Manor, The Getty Museum, The Frick Museum and The Metropolitan Museum in New York to name just a few.

A very Similar table is Illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIII Siecle p.757. Another one was sold anonymously Sotheby’s London 8 December 1995 Lot 213 for £54,300.

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This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance