SECRETAIRE "A ABATTANT"

Louis XV, signed MIGEON (Pierre Migeon II, maître 1738), Guild stamp, Paris ca. 1760/65.

Tulipwood in veneer, inlaid with cartouches. Hinged writing surface, the inside with gold-stamped red leather, over a compartment with double-doors. Fitted interior with 2 central compartments with 3 drawers on each side, and 3 large compartments arranged in 2 rows on top. Gilt bronze mounts and sabots. Shaped "Brèche d'Alep" marble top.

95x43x(open 104)x128 cm.

Provenance:- from a private collection, Suisse romande.Similar furniture by P. Migeon with the same opulent marquetry are depicted in: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 570f. A further, similar secretaire is depicted in: J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français, Paris 1976; p. 325 (Fig. I).