GUERIDON "A FLEURS"

GUERIDON "A FLEURS",

Transition, attributable to P. ROUSSEL (Pierre Roussel, maître 1745), Paris ca. 1765.

Tulipwood, rosewood and partly tinted precious woods in veneer, finely inlaid with flowers, foliage, cartouches and decorative freeze. Top edged in brass. Front with 2 sans-traverse drawers, the top drawer with a leather-lined, hinged leaf, and with compartments for writing utensils. Gilt bronze mounts and sabots. Free-standing. Restorations to the marquetry.

44x29x71 cm.

Provenance:
- from a private collection, Suisse romande.

Comparable furniture with the marquetry characteristic of P. Roussel is depicted in: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 730-736.