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Lot Essay
Charles Cressent (1685-1768), marchand-ébéniste et sculpteur.
This bureau plat was executed by Charles Cressent, ébéniste du Régent around 1730, an attribution that can be justified on several counts. Constructionally, both the pine carcase and walnut drawer-linings are entirely consistent with the ébéniste's oeuvre at this date, and the use of amaranth and crossbanded bois satiné is characteristic of his production.
Although the lines of the legs, shape of the carcase and general proportions are extremely modern for their time, which would normally point to a date of circa 1735, the design of the ormolu mounts still recalls the influence of the Louis XIV period.
In effect, the chutes, the escutcheons and the dog-paw sabots can be found on a number of pieces of furniture which several scholars have attributed to the little-known oeuvre of Poitou, first husband of the wife of either Charles Cressent or André-Charles Boulle. The use of the mounts on this bureau, which is indisputably by Cressent, perhaps sheds some light on the early career of this great ébéniste.
This bureau plat was executed by Charles Cressent, ébéniste du Régent around 1730, an attribution that can be justified on several counts. Constructionally, both the pine carcase and walnut drawer-linings are entirely consistent with the ébéniste's oeuvre at this date, and the use of amaranth and crossbanded bois satiné is characteristic of his production.
Although the lines of the legs, shape of the carcase and general proportions are extremely modern for their time, which would normally point to a date of circa 1735, the design of the ormolu mounts still recalls the influence of the Louis XIV period.
In effect, the chutes, the escutcheons and the dog-paw sabots can be found on a number of pieces of furniture which several scholars have attributed to the little-known oeuvre of Poitou, first husband of the wife of either Charles Cressent or André-Charles Boulle. The use of the mounts on this bureau, which is indisputably by Cressent, perhaps sheds some light on the early career of this great ébéniste.