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Furniture and Lamps — L'Art du Luxe: Masterpieces of French Furniture
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Lot 52 A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, BOIS SATINE AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
Jean-Pierre Latz (1691 - 1754)
Jean-Pierre Latz
1691 - 04.08.1754
France
Jean-Pierre Latz was one of the handful of truly outstanding cabinetmakers (ébénistes) working in Paris in the mid-18th century. Like several of his peers in the French capital, he was of German origin. His furniture is in a fully developed rococo style, employing boldly sculptural gilt-bronze mounts complementing marquetry motifs of flowers and leafy sprays, in figured tropical veneers like tulipwood, amarante, purpleheart and rosewood, often featuring the distinctive end-grain cuts.
Lot 58 A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY CYLINDER BUREAU
David Roentgen (1743 - 1807)
David Roentgen
11.08.1743 - 12.02.1807
Germany
David Roentgen was a famous German cabinetmaker of the eighteenth century, famed throughout Europe for his marquetry and his secret drawers and poes and mechanical fittings. His work embraces the late Rococo and the Neoclassical styles.