A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY SIDE TABLES
CIRCA 1755-60 AND ADAPTED, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE ROUSSEL
Each inlaid to all sides with a cube pattern, the shaped rectangular top with moulded border above a drawer enclosing three later silvered compartments and a gilt-tooled brown leather-lined writing-slide concealing a further compartment with a secret drawer, above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing four later compartments, on cabriole legs and foliate sabots, bearing the stamp 'P. ROUSSEL', one inscribed 'C' in black to the underside, the mounts re-gilt
28 in. (71.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep (2)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY SIDE TABLES
CIRCA 1755-60 AND ADAPTED, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE ROUSSEL
Each inlaid to all sides with a cube pattern, the shaped rectangular top with moulded border above a drawer enclosing three later silvered compartments and a gilt-tooled brown leather-lined writing-slide concealing a further compartment with a secret drawer, above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing four later compartments, on cabriole legs and foliate sabots, bearing the stamp 'P. ROUSSEL', one inscribed 'C' in black to the underside, the mounts re-gilt
28 in. (71.5 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep (2)
