A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH BUREAU PLAT

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED 'M. CRESSON' AND 'JME' AND 'FL', POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY REGENCE AND UPDATED

细节

A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH BUREAU PLAT
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED 'M. CRESSON' AND 'JME' AND 'FL', POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY REGENCE AND UPDATED
The rounded rectangular top with molded edge and inset brown leather-lined writing-surface, above three shaped drawers to one side and three simulated drawers to the reverse, the hipped legs headed by a foliate and Greek-key mount and terminating in foliate paw feet, signed to the underside of the left side 'M. CRESSON' and 'JME' as well as 'FL', the long sides re-supported, the ormolu border to top probably replaced, the drawers possibly relined and drawer fronts reshaped
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high, 70 in. (178 cm.) wide, 34½ in. (88 cm.) deep

拍品专文

The stamp F.L. is that of François Lieutaud (d. 1748). Born in 1665 to a family of sculptors, Lieutaud was elected maître in Marseille and in 1710 he moved to join his son in the Cloister of St. Jean Lateran. It is possible that this bureau plat was made by Lieutaud during the Régence period and updated with goût grec mounts during the late Louis XV period.

The use of the M. CRESSON stamp remains mysterious, and must be either a previously unrecorded ébéniste or the menuisier Michel Cresson (maître in 1740) acting in the capacity of restorer or retailer.