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Lot Essay
Germain Landrin, maître in 1738.
This table displays a cube parquetry pattern characteristic of Germain Landrin though developed by his contemporary Jean-François Oeben. The same parquetry appears on a secrétaire à encoignures by Landrin, sold Christie's, Monaco, 10 December 2000, lot 608.
The latter mainly produced small-scaled pieces which he often sold through marchands ébénistes such as Migeon and Oeben.
A pair of closely related kidney-shaped tables de salon, stamped Landrin, was sold from the collection of Lady Sassoon, Christie's, London, 24 November 1955, lot 67 (illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, 1989, p. 470). Another table, also stamped by him but without the tambour-shutter was sold by the Trustees of Lord Hillingdon, Christie's, London, 29 June 1972, lot 67.
This table displays a cube parquetry pattern characteristic of Germain Landrin though developed by his contemporary Jean-François Oeben. The same parquetry appears on a secrétaire à encoignures by Landrin, sold Christie's, Monaco, 10 December 2000, lot 608.
The latter mainly produced small-scaled pieces which he often sold through marchands ébénistes such as Migeon and Oeben.
A pair of closely related kidney-shaped tables de salon, stamped Landrin, was sold from the collection of Lady Sassoon, Christie's, London, 24 November 1955, lot 67 (illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, 1989, p. 470). Another table, also stamped by him but without the tambour-shutter was sold by the Trustees of Lord Hillingdon, Christie's, London, 29 June 1972, lot 67.