A rosewood writing table
A rosewood writing table
Rosewood, satinwood, beech and stained wood veneers on oak corpus, ormolu and gilt brass mountings, green leather. Side table of oval section on four tapering serpentine supports. Leather covered writing surface surrounded by a pierced gallery, below it a second sliding surface. One drawer to the side. Kidney-shaped lower panel with floral marquetry. Stamped JME and indistinctly "F.P.DUSAUTOY". Restored shrinkage cracks and losses to the supports. H 74, W 55.5, D 40 cm.
Paris, third quarter 18th C.
Literature
This cabinetmaker listed in Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 2008, p. 335 f.
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A rosewood writing table
Rosewood, satinwood, beech and stained wood veneers on oak corpus, ormolu and gilt brass mountings, green leather. Side table of oval section on four tapering serpentine supports. Leather covered writing surface surrounded by a pierced gallery, below it a second sliding surface. One drawer to the side. Kidney-shaped lower panel with floral marquetry. Stamped JME and indistinctly "F.P.DUSAUTOY". Restored shrinkage cracks and losses to the supports. H 74, W 55.5, D 40 cm.
Paris, third quarter 18th C.
Literature
This cabinetmaker listed in Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 2008, p. 335 f.