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Lot Essay
Joseph Gengenbach dit Canabas, maître in 1766. Canabas specialised in small pieces of furniture: a great inventor of furniture destined for the dining room, he was one of the first ébénistes in France to conceive pieces specifically designed to serve in the absence of domestic help.
The undertier of this elegant console-desserte surrounded with a mesh wire to prevent objects from falling illustrates its utilitarian function.
A closely related example, also stamped Canabas, in the collection of James Hauser is illustrated in "Des meubles 'Fonctionnels' Signés: J. Canabas," Connaissance des Arts no.74, April 1958 pp.62-67).
The undertier of this elegant console-desserte surrounded with a mesh wire to prevent objects from falling illustrates its utilitarian function.
A closely related example, also stamped Canabas, in the collection of James Hauser is illustrated in "Des meubles 'Fonctionnels' Signés: J. Canabas," Connaissance des Arts no.74, April 1958 pp.62-67).