Antique Louis XV Ormolu Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk Roger Vandercruse 1780 Sold Janina Liszkowska

Janina Liszkowska

an allegorical scene attributed to the Flemish/Italian artist Jan Van Der Straet (b

the third drawer with a pleated satin fabric embroidery 'basket' (fabric is fitted around a wooden carcass)

he later was in the circle of Arnold Bocklin and Hans von Marees

Antique Louis XV Ormolu Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk Roger Vandercruse 1780 Sold Janina LiszkowskaAntique French Louis XV transitional ormolu mounted tulipwood & marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, Roger Vandercruse (dit Lacroix) , circa 1770. The desk is finely inlaid on all sides, therefore the desk can 'float' in the middle of a room. The top having a pierced ormolu gallery, below are two drawers and two cupboard doors, with marquetry inlay of Chinese vessels to the drawers and wine glasses and decanters to the doors. The top sides of the desk are