A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

BY CHARLES TOPINO

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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
By Charles Topino
The circular top inlaid with a floral splay within a circle, with a pierced gallery, above a panelled frieze drawer with a green leather-lined writing-slide, an inkwell and two open compartments, on cabriole legs headed by a rosette and joined by a circular galleried platform, on scrolling sabots, stamped 'C.TOPINO' and 'JME', the mounts associated but probably late 18th Century
31½ in. (88 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) diam.
Charles Topino, maître in 1773
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Lot Essay

Charles Topino (d. 1803), of the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine specialised in light, delicate furniture often enriched with marquetry panels of flowers or 'naïf' still-lifes. His characteristic bronzes doré were cast by Viret, chased by Chamboin and Dubuisson and gilded by Bécard, Gerard and Vallet. His principal customers were marchands-merciers and fellow ébénistes including Dautriche, Denizot, Guillaume and Héricourt (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, vol. II, p. 880-882).

A closely related table, with identical gallery mounts and stamped by RVLC, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 1 July 1976, lot 69. A further similar example, by Topino, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 16 December 1966, lot 154. A pair of related tables by RVLC, with similar mount at the head of the legs and similar lower gallery mount, was previously at Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, and with Carlton Hobbs, by 1993.

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