Lot 371
371
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (lots 371-374)
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE À ÉCRIRE

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE À ÉCRIRE
LATE 18TH CENTURY

WITH RECTANGULAR CROSSBANDED TOP ABOVE A PANELLED FRIEZE DRAWER FITTED WITH BEADED AND REEDED ENCADREMENTS AND OPENING TO A GILT-TOOLED GREEN LEATHER SLIDING WRITING PANEL REVEALING AN OPEN COMPARTMENT, THE SIDES SIMILARLY PANELLED AND FITTED WITH A SLIDE, THE BACK WITH AN OPPOSING SHAM DRAWER, ON TAPERING FLUTED LEGS JOINED BY A THREE-QUARTER PIERCED GALLERIED INCURVED UNDERTIER, ENDING IN TOUPIE SABOTS AND CASTORS-30½IN. (77.5CM.) HIGH, 34¼IN. (87CM.) WIDE, 21¾IN. (55.5CM.) DEEP

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SEVERAL FEATURES OF THIS LOT, NOTABLY THE BREAKRONT FRIEZE, RELATE IT TO A GROUP OF WRITING-TABLES BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, INCLUDING A TABLE FROM THE PIèCE DES BAINS OF MADAME ELIZABETH AT VERSAILLES, DELIVERED IN 1778, (ILLUSTRATED P. VERLET, FRENCH ROYAL FURNITURE, 1963, NO. 16), A TABLE FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF RENé FRIBOURG, SOLD SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 28 JUNE 1963, LOT 224, AND ANOTHER SOLD SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, 21 MAY 1988, LOT 169.

TWO CLOSELY RELATED TABLES BY ADAM WEISWEILER WITH SIMILAR FEATURES INCLUDING THE BRASS CHUTES AT THE LEGS AND THE SHAPED UNDERTIER WERE IN THE KECK COLLECTION, SOLD SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, 5-6 DECEMBER 1991, LOTS 39 AND 40.