.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
Martin Carlin, maître in 1766.
There is a small group of pieces by Carlin, possibly produced early in his career, which display bold, large-scale panels of parquetry filled with floret lozenges, as on this eye-catching writing table. These include a celebrated commode, formerly in the collection of the Earls of Mansfield, and two other commodes (all illustrated in A. Pradère, French Furniture Makers, London, 1989, pp. 350-1). Other examples include a commode, probably originally supplied to the comte de Buffon and subsequently sold at Christie's London, 4 December 1980, lot 74, another, formerly in the collection of Robert Goelet, New York, sold Christie's New York, 26 April 1994, lot 304, and third in the collection of Djahanguir Riahi, sold Christie's London, 6 December 2012, lot 5.
There is a small group of pieces by Carlin, possibly produced early in his career, which display bold, large-scale panels of parquetry filled with floret lozenges, as on this eye-catching writing table. These include a celebrated commode, formerly in the collection of the Earls of Mansfield, and two other commodes (all illustrated in A. Pradère, French Furniture Makers, London, 1989, pp. 350-1). Other examples include a commode, probably originally supplied to the comte de Buffon and subsequently sold at Christie's London, 4 December 1980, lot 74, another, formerly in the collection of Robert Goelet, New York, sold Christie's New York, 26 April 1994, lot 304, and third in the collection of Djahanguir Riahi, sold Christie's London, 6 December 2012, lot 5.