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Jean-Pierre Dusautoy, maître in 1779.
These tables à écrire were executed by Jean-Pierre Dusautoy of the rue de Charonne. Inspired by the oeuvre of his contemporary, Roger Vandercruse, dit Lacroix, Dusautoy is recorded as having worked for the tapissier Bonnemain, as well as for the marchand-ébéniste Nicolas Lannuier. He seems to have specialised in the production of small tables ambulantes and of this group, only two with white marble top and this distinctive kidney-form stretcher have passed through auction. It is possible that the present matched pair may, therefore be the same as those sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 4 May 1989, lot 342 and at Ader Picard, Paris, 10 June 1966, lot 110.
Further related tables by Dusautoy include that supplied to Marie-Antoinette and recorded in the Prison du Temple, from whence it passed to Madame Vincent (sold in Paris, Ader Picard Tajan, 15 April 1989, lot 155 FF 480,000); another in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; another in the Wrightsman Collection is discussed by F.J.B.Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol I, Fribourg, 1966, no.138, pp 276-277; and another is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.292. Further examples were sold anonymously, Christie's London, 14 June 1990, lot 105 and 13 June 1991, lot 83, as well as at Sotheby's Zurich, 10 December, 1997, lot 806 (103,100 SFR.).
These tables à écrire were executed by Jean-Pierre Dusautoy of the rue de Charonne. Inspired by the oeuvre of his contemporary, Roger Vandercruse, dit Lacroix, Dusautoy is recorded as having worked for the tapissier Bonnemain, as well as for the marchand-ébéniste Nicolas Lannuier. He seems to have specialised in the production of small tables ambulantes and of this group, only two with white marble top and this distinctive kidney-form stretcher have passed through auction. It is possible that the present matched pair may, therefore be the same as those sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 4 May 1989, lot 342 and at Ader Picard, Paris, 10 June 1966, lot 110.
Further related tables by Dusautoy include that supplied to Marie-Antoinette and recorded in the Prison du Temple, from whence it passed to Madame Vincent (sold in Paris, Ader Picard Tajan, 15 April 1989, lot 155 FF 480,000); another in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; another in the Wrightsman Collection is discussed by F.J.B.Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol I, Fribourg, 1966, no.138, pp 276-277; and another is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.292. Further examples were sold anonymously, Christie's London, 14 June 1990, lot 105 and 13 June 1991, lot 83, as well as at Sotheby's Zurich, 10 December, 1997, lot 806 (103,100 SFR.).