A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

BY CHARLES TOPINO, CIRCA 1770

Details
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
BY CHARLES TOPINO, CIRCA 1770
With a brocatelle d'Espagne marble top and stretcher, the frieze drawer fitted with a leather-lined writing slide and compartments, stamped C. TOPINo and JME
28 ¼ in. (71.5 cm.) high, 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Etienne Levy, Paris, in 1975.
Literature
M. Burkhardt, Mobilier Louis XVI, Paris, 1976, illus. p.14.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Charles Topino, maître in 1773.

Established in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Topino specialized in the production of light furniture enriched with marquetry, either in the form of flowers or 'naïf' still-lives inspired by the borders of Chinese screens. As his daybook for the years 1771-79 clearly reveals, Topino had very few private clients and was most often employed as specialist marqueteur by marchands ébénistes such as Héricourt, Dautriche, Migeon, Denizot, Delorme, Tuart, Boudin and Moreau.

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