Jacques Dubois, attributed: A Louis XV gilt bronze mounted Japanese laquer and vernis martin bureau de pente. C. 1750. H. 87 cm. W. 61 cm. D. 41 cm.
A Louis XV gilt bronze mounted Japanese laquer and vernis martin bureau de pente, slant-front lacquer panel decorated with mountain landscape with houses on a black ground, with gilt-tooled leather to the reverse, enclosing a red painted fitted interior, on cabriole legs, mounted overall with scrolling foliage, flowerheads and rocaille motif encadrements, chutes and sabots. C. 1750. H. 87 cm. W. 61 cm. D. 41 cm.
Similar piece of furniture by Jacques Dubois sold at Christie's, London, 13 November 2019: https://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=6235072 Provenance: A Danish private collection.
The cabinetmaker Jacques Dubois was a French eighteenth century master cabinetmaker, born in Pontoise. Dubois was cabinetmaker to the king, and he made beautiful work for Princess Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Parma, the Duke of Orleans and the nobility of the time. He specialized in veneers varnish, red or black lacquers reproducing the effects of the Far East, decorated with Chinese pagodas and ornaments of a very high level of quality.
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A Louis XV gilt bronze mounted Japanese laquer and vernis martin bureau de pente, slant-front lacquer panel decorated with mountain landscape with houses on a black ground, with gilt-tooled leather to the reverse, enclosing a red painted fitted interior, on cabriole legs, mounted overall with scrolling foliage, flowerheads and rocaille motif encadrements, chutes and sabots. C. 1750. H. 87 cm. W. 61 cm. D. 41 cm.
Similar piece of furniture by Jacques Dubois sold at Christie's, London, 13 November 2019: https://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=6235072 Provenance: A Danish private collection.
The cabinetmaker Jacques Dubois was a French eighteenth century master cabinetmaker, born in Pontoise. Dubois was cabinetmaker to the king, and he made beautiful work for Princess Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Parma, the Duke of Orleans and the nobility of the time. He specialized in veneers varnish, red or black lacquers reproducing the effects of the Far East, decorated with Chinese pagodas and ornaments of a very high level of quality.
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Condition report on request. Please contact: furniture@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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