The top en arbalette, the later brèche d'Alep marble within a three-quarter gallery, the cupboard doors and shaped sides decorated with C-scroll cartouches and scrolling foliage, on cabriole legs terminating in pierced foliate sabots, the reverse quarter-veneered
31¹⁄₄ in. (79.5 cm.) high, 25¹⁄₄ in. (64.5 cm.) wide, 12¹⁄₂ in. (32 cm.) deep

Acquired from the Marquis de Réau, 26 June 1927.
The Wildenstein Collection; Christie's, London, 14 December 2005, lot 317.

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Adrien-Faizelot Delorme, maître in 1748.

Established in the rue du Temple, Delorme built a reputation on his sophisticated floral marquetry, contemporary Almanachs describing him as l'un des plus habiles et des plus renommés pour les ouvrages de marqueterie. Delorme belonged to a family of ébénistes, as the son of François Delorme and brother of Jean-Louis Delorme. He established himself as both an ébéniste and a marchand, and worked mainly in the Louis XV style until he disposed of his stock in 1783. This table displays another characteristic of his oeuvre, the use of richly contrasting veneers in a chevron-pattern. Instead of using a costly exotic timber, he makes ingenious use of a more readily available fruitwood, possibly plum or almond wood, to create striking contrasts between pale sapwood and darker heartwood. Similar use of veneer can be seen on the interior of a table by Delorme illustrated in A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, fig.165, p.181, as well as on the legs of a table sold from the Alexander Collection, Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 120.