SIGNED 'POINDRELLE', MID-19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS-INLAID PEWTER AND EBONY WRITING-TABLE**
SIGNED 'POINDRELLE', MID-19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with foliate scrolls, the rectangular top with inset burgundy-colored leather writing-surface framed by concentric bands and the molded edge with foliate band, above one long drawer centered by a armorial device, on square tapering legs headed by a waisted capital and joined by a waved H-shaped stretcher and terminating in toupie feet
30½ in. (78 cm.) high, 42 in. (107 cm.) wide, 25 in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance

with Christopher Hodsoll Ltd, London.

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Lot Essay

Poindrelle may either refer to the chef-ébéniste who was active from 1804, initially as a help to the garde-meuble, until certainly 1837 when he made restorations to furniture at Fontainebleau. It is, however, more probable that it refers to his son, who is first recorded in 1828 in Paris. He supplied medal cabinets to Fontainebleau and became sous chef-ébéniste under the Second Empire. He was active until after 1860 when he supplied consoles of Louis XVI style to Fontainebleau.

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