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WORK AND WRITING TABLE (TABLE EN CHIFFONIÈRE)

Creator(s): B.V.R.B ((Possibly))

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The table has a rectangular top, a shaped apron which contains one side drawer, and a lower shelf. It stands on slight long curved legs. The top with slightly projecting corners is covered with a marquetry panel representing two branching sprays of roses within a curving frame with scrolled corners containing fretwork. The sides of the table and the lower shelf are covered with an overall pattern of fretwork of diamonds each enclosing a single blossom with two leaves, all in marquetry. The legs taper down to leafy sabots, and the knees have long gilt bronze mounts incorporating a scale motif and a spray of roses. Plain brass moundings edge the top, lower shelf and three faces of the legs. There is one drawer at the narrow end of the table.

Object name:
WORK AND WRITING TABLE (TABLE EN CHIFFONIÈRE)
Made from:
Wood marquetry -- ormolu
Made in:
Paris, France
Date made:
ca. 1760
Size:
68.6 × 38.7 × 27.3 cm (27 × 15 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
31.29
Class:
FURNITURE
Signature marks:
STAMP stamped underneath the top near the opening of the drawer: B V R B
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973