A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
The eared concave-fronted rectangular top inlaid with a rustic river landscape within an interlaced Greek-key fret border, above three drawers inlaid sans traverse with a bouquet of flowers within a further Greek-key fret border, the top drawer enclosing a blue watered silk-lined writing-slide flanked by compartments, on chamferred square tapering legs joined by a rectangular stretcher inlaid with a further posy of flowers, on tapering feet with block sabots, restorations
15 in. (38 cm.) wide; 28¼ in. (72 cm.) high; 11½ in. (29.5 cm.) deep

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This table à écrire is related to the oeuvre of Nicolas Pierre Severin. Appointed maître in 1757, Severin worked from the rue Dauphine and, like Levasseur, Montigny and Georges Jacob, was employed by the Garde-Meuble on the repair of Louis XIV Boulle furniture. He specialised in pictorially-veneered furniture, although these architectural capriccii were probably supplied by a specialist marqueteur. A table en chiffonière with related scenes is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIII Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.19 and 821).