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 17th century.
H. 101.5 cm. (40 in.); L. 144.5 cm. (57 in.); W. 48 cm. (19 in.).
Stamped: E. LEVASSEUR twice visible on the carcass under the marble top.
Marks and 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.
