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New York Rococo Revival table attr. Leon Marcotte browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Furnishings: Pre 1900: item # 713934 Please refer to our stock # 7446 when inquiring.
Gordon S. Converse and Co. 758 Mancill Rd Wayne, PA 19087 610.722.9004 Guest Book $1,800.00 |
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| A splendidly carved ormolu decorated Rococo revival table with the original black marble or slate top. 30" X 44" X 31". Attributed to Leon Marcotte. Great sense of proportion and graceful carving throughout. Born in 1825 in France Leon Marcotte along with Auguste Ringlet-Laprince (heir to a dynasty of French Ebenistes) succeeded in New York because of their Parisian connections, their superb sense of style and their sales skills. His best work incorporates the pure Louis XVI style, although he was also very successful in the revivalist styles. Marcotte attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts and trained as an architect with Henri Labrouste. While working for Labrouste, he probably met Danish-born architect Detlef Lienau. Both came to New York in 1848, and later became business partners. Marcotte had an architectural background and training were an important foundation for the part of his business that encompassed interior architectural work and decoration. His furniture designs also have an architectural quality marked by particularly fine proportions. During the 1850s, Ringuet-Leprince & L. Marcotte relocated several times both in Paris and New York. The variety of professional titles, services, and products listed in the directories is broad: architect, cabinetmaker, decorator, furniture dealer, rug dealer, supplier and maker of bronzes, exporter, commissioned merchant in deluxe furnishings as well as in papers (presumably wallpapers), silk, woolen and lace materials for curtains and chair coverings, gas fixtures, chandeliers, art furniture, looking glass plates, and tapestries. In New York, Marcotte was in partnership with Detlef Lienau from 1851 to 1854. Lienau subsequently designed Marcotte’s factory and store and worked with him on the Lockwood Mathews mansion in Norwalk, Connecticut. RL* | ||||||||||
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