Paris, around 1760
stamped R.V.L.C.
The small salon table has a curved top on four elegant legs, under which a drawer is hidden and an additional veneered and inlaid tray as a cruciform base. The table is veneered on all sides in Satiné and amaranth and decorated with a costly diamond-shaped marquetry in the style of a fabric pattern of its time.
Roger van der Cruse was born in Faubourg Saint-Antoine in 1728 and died in Paris in 1799. He was a Parisian cabinetmaker whose extremely refined furniture included the Rococo and early Neoclassical styles. According to F. de Salverte, he was one of the great cabinetmakers of his generation.
Height: 72cm, width: 36 cm, depth: 28.5 cm