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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLE CIRCA 1770, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE ROUSSEL The circular top with pierced gallery and inlaid with a village scene, above a sliding door inlaid with two bureaux, flowering vases and a potted tree, enclosing four drawers, the sides similarly inlaid, on three cabriole legs joined by a undertier depicting a martial trophy, with pierced Greek key gallery, the upper gallery replaced 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 14 ? in. (37 cm.) diameter
This elegant and unusual occasional table is attributed to Pierre Roussel (ma?tre in 1745), who concentrated mainly on pieces decorated with fine marquetry for which he became particularly well known. The Almanach de vray mérite of 1769 quotes him as one of the foremost ébénistes of Paris. One of Roussel's biggest patrons was the Prince de Condé for whom he supplied with 10,000 livres’ worth of furniture for the Palais Bourbon and the Chateau de Chantilly (A. Pradère, Les ébénistes Fran?ais de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris, 1989, p.319.). A closely related table stamped by Roussel from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection with a simlar marquetry top depicting a village with a river was sold Christie's, London, 14 December 2000, lot 323. Another example, again with a similar marquetry village scene to the top was also sold Christie's, London, 13 November 2018, lot 236.