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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
Lot 256

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

BY JACQUES DUBOIS, CIRCA 1745

Closed17 April 2024

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY JACQUES DUBOIS, CIRCA 1745
The serpentine cross-banded and hinged top with adjustable leather writing surface flanked by twin covered compartments, with a short drawer, on cabriole legs, stamped indistinctly 'I. DUBOIS' to the left underside, the majority of the mounts stamped with a 'C couronné poinçon'
28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) high, 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) wide, 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 November 1984, lot 315.

Specialist note

Jacques Dubois, maître in 1742.

The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.