From an important private Parisian collection
A late Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood, kingwood and amaranth marquetry commode à la grecque, circa 1775, attributed to RVLC
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description
opening with five drawers on three rows, with geometric and floral marquetry, resting on curved feet, with a white marble top; (some bronzes a later addition)
Height 35 1/2 in., width 51 1/2 in., depth 22 in. ; Haut. 90 cm, larg. 131 cm, prof. 56 cm
Private collection, Paris
Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix or RVLC, cabinetmaker, received master in 1755.
Roger Vandercruse, known as RVLC, was one of the most prolific cabinetmakers of the late reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. Brother-in-law of Jean-François Oeben and Jean-Henri Riesener, he received royal commissions for the daughters of Louis XV, as well as for the comte de Provence and the comte d'Artois.
This type of commode, known as à la grecque, adopts the model created by his brother-in-law Jean-François Oeben in the late 1750s. It is the high quality of the marquetry that allows this commode to be associated with Roger Vandercruse, notably his use of quatrefoils within a trellis pattern, a motif found on a commode sold at Sotheby's, Paris, 16 April 2013, lot 135, and his use of basket-weave motifs, found on a stamped commode sold at Christie's, Paris, 7 November 2012, lot 273.
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