A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT MARQUISES

One of this pair of marquises bears the stamp of a member of the Delaporte family, a dynasty of Parisian ébènistes active during the eighteenth century and mainly represented by Martin Delaporte (maître in 1738, died 1756), apprentice of Charles Cresson around 1725, and his two nephews, also ébènistes, Antoine-Nicolas (maître in 1762) and Martin-Nicolas (maître in 1765).
The stamp of 'MDLP' is most probably that of Martin Delaporte whose workshop flourished on rue des Filles-Dieu-Saint-Sauveur around 1730-1740.