ATTRIBUTED TO ADRIEN DELORME, CIRCA 1750

This table, with its distinctive use of marquetry comprising of contrasting bands of bois satiné and plumwood, is related to a number of examples stamped by or attributed to Adrien Faizelot Delorme. Delorme is known to have produced such pieces with either strictly geometric inlays or with floral patterns. Examples of these works include a table illustrated A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, p. 181, fig. 165; a table and an armoire sold Christie’s, London, 10 June 2015, lots 60 and 9, respectively; a writing table with comparable floral marquetry sold Christie’s, Paris, 14 April 2015, lot 122 and illustrated P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1988, p. 245 fig. C; a commode in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lyon, see Dossier de l'Art n. 48, June, 1998, p. 14; a table from the collection of Madame de Polès, see G. Janneau, Le Mobilier Français: Le Meuble d'Ebénisterie, Paris, 1974, n. 77; another table from the van Zuylen van Nyevelt and Rothschild collections sold Christie's, Monaco, 20 June 1994, lot 210; a table à rognon from the Wildenstein collection sold Christie's, London, 14-15 December 2005, lot 334; a table with a folding top sold from the Segoura collection in these rooms on 19 October 2006, lot 215 ($156,000).
Delorme's reputation was founded on his sophisticated floral marquetry, with contemporary almanacs describing him as l'un des plus habiles et des plus renommés pour les ouvrages de marqueterie. Delorme belonged to a family of ébénistes, and was the son of François Delorme, and brother of Jean-Louis Delorme. He established himself in the rue du Temple, both as an ébéniste and a marchand, and worked there mainly in the Louis XV and Transitional style until he disposed of his stock in 1783.