Salon table inlaid with amaranth crosses against a plum and - Lot 153

Salon table inlaid with amaranth crosses against a plum and cherry wood background, attributed to Delorme in the Louis XV period. Rectangular in shape, the top reveals a similarly inlaid interior: on the right, a mobile pigeonhole containing a writing set, and on the left, a mobile top covered in red morocco, the latter revealing a pigeonhole. It stands on curved legs terminating in a chased bronze sabot. Restoration. H. 73 W. 73 D. 45 cm For similar examples, see the Polès sale, Paris, 1936 (reproduced in J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1982, p. 142, fig. B); former Guy de Rothschild collection (sale by Sotheby's, London, November 24 1972, lot 26).