Lot Essay
Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas, mâitre in 1766.
CIRCA 1780, STAMPED CANABAS JME
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE À LISEUSE
Circa 1780, stamped CANABAS JME
With rectangular rising hinged top with ratcheted adjustable reading surface raised on steel adjustable uprights above three drawers on fluted tapering legs with ormolu caps and casters joined by an undertier
29in. (74cm.) high, 21½in. (54.5cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep
Circa 1780, stamped CANABAS JME
With rectangular rising hinged top with ratcheted adjustable reading surface raised on steel adjustable uprights above three drawers on fluted tapering legs with ormolu caps and casters joined by an undertier
29in. (74cm.) high, 21½in. (54.5cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, 20 November 1982, lot 204