A LATE LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD TABLE CHIFFONNIERE
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A LATE LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD TABLE CHIFFONNIERE

BY PIERRE ROUSSEL, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Closed17 April 2013

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GBP 3,000

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A LATE LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD TABLE CHIFFONNIERE
BY PIERRE ROUSSEL, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The oval rectangular white marble top inset in a gilt-brass band, above a frieze side drawer, above a concave-fronted oval undertier, the hipped cabriole legs terminating in foliate-cast sabots, stamped to the underside ROUSSEL
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Pierre Roussel (1723-1782), maître on 21 August 1745.

In the 1769 Almanach de vray mérite, he is quoted as one of the foremost ébénistes of Paris. One of his biggest patrons was the prince de Condé for whom he supplied furniture for the Palais Bourbon and the château de Chantilly.