A ROYAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BURR BIRCH, TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A LA BOURGOGNE, ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-PIERRE LATZ, CIRCA 1750

A ROYAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BURR BIRCH, TULIPWOOD, FRUITWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A LA BOURGOGNE
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-PIERRE LATZ, CIRCA 1750
The serpentine case with lush floral marquetry and a hinged out-folding top opening to a later tooled leather writing surface and two velvet-lined wells and a rising compartment fitted with a deep drawer over a drawer fitted with a book rest and flanked by two pairs of drawers, the sides each with a small drawer on cabriole legs, with inventory number 725P from the inventory made on 1 August 1811 of the 'Palais Impériale Parme' on the underside and further ink P2452, with exhibition label to the underside for Art Treasures, 1967
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Louis-Elisabeth, Duchess of Parma (also known as Madame Infante, 1727-1759) for the Palace of Parma.
Recorded in an 1811 inventory of the ‘Palais Impériale de Parme’, no. 725.
With Jacques Helft, 1946.
Acquired by Edulji and Bachoo Dinshaw, New York, 15 March 1946.
Acquired by French and Company, New York, 6 January 1951.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet sale, New York, 1970s.