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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH TABLE À ECRIRE
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH TABLE À ECRIRE

BY GUILLAUME BENEMAN

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, MAHOGANY AND AMARANTH TABLE À ECRIRE
By Guillaume Beneman
Crossbanded overall and inlaid with ebony and boxwood lines, the eared rectangular top framed by a pierced entrelac three-quarter gallery, above a panelled frieze with a draer to each side, the rounded angles mounted with mille-raie panels, on turned tapering legs with brass fluting, beaded collers and conforming toupie feet, the escutcheon possibly 18th Century but associated, stamped 'G BENEMAN' three times, one drawer inscribed .... '400 no 73400'
31¼ in. (99.3 cm.) high; 35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (64.4 cm.) deep
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Guillaume Beneman, maître in 1785.

This elegant table à ecrire, embellished with golden satinwood and dark amaranth veneers, typifies the oeuvre of Beneman of the late 1780s, when he had replaced Jean-Henri Riesener as principal supplier of furniture to the Crown, a transition which took place in 1785-86. In 1787, Beneman supplied two writing-tables and a console to the Dauphin, which were executed in 'bois jaune' or 'noyer de Guadeloupe' (A. Pradère,French Furniture Makers, Paris, 1989, p. 410).