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Paris, early 19th century, Restauration period, circa 1820.
Pierre-Étienne Levasseur (after 1749 - after 1823) & his son Pierre-François-Henri Levasseur, known as ‘Levasseur Jeune’ (active until 1841)

Oak frame; ebony veneer; “première partie” copper and tortoiseshell marquetry; brass fillets; metal; Portor marble.

Pietra dura panel adorned with parrot perched on a shrub: Florence, late 17^th century.

H. 101.5 cm. (40 in.); W. 144.5 cm. (57 in.); D. 48 cm. (19 in.).

STAMPED: E. LEVASSEUR twice visible on the carcass under the marble top.

MARKS & INSCRIPTIONS: Morant & sons/91, New Bond Street [London], inscription printed in black and capital letters on a rectangular beige label stuck under the central panel in pietra dura and its bronze framework.

PROVENANCE: private collection.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Alexandre Pradère, “Boulle, du Louis XIV sous Louis XVI”, L’Objet d’art, n° 0, June 1987, p. 56-67; M. Aldrich, “A Setting for Boulle Furniture: The Duke of Wellington’s Gallery at Stratfield Saye”, Apollo, June 1998, p. 20-22.

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