A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CITRONNIER, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRES, BY ROGER VANDERCRUSE, KNOWN AS LACROIX, CIRCA 1775

A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CITRONNIER, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRES
BY ROGER VANDERCRUSE, KNOWN AS LACROIX, CIRCA 1775
Each with white and grey veined marble top above a scrolling foliate frieze fitted with a central drawer over a fall front opening to a fitted interior and flanked by serpentine shelves over a central drawer, square tapering legs ending in sabots, one with blue-painted 294S to underside of the frame, the other with partial CHENUE label to the back, variations in construction and marquetry, both stamped LACROIX
50 in. (127 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Mrs. Hamilton Rice (Mrs. George Widener), New York and Rhode Island; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 3 October 1970, lots 146-7.