Lot Essay
The brand 'I.D.F.' may be that of Jacques Denizot (circa 1784-1760), maître circa 1722 (see Comte de Salverte, Les Ebénistes du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1953, fourth ed., pp. 90.1).
Details
A KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU-PLAT AND CARTONNIER, the cartonnier Louis XV by Jean-David Fortanier, mounted with gilt-bronze, the cartonnier with quarter-veneered spreading rectangular top above a shaped spreading body with six gilt-embossed leather drawers with marbleised paper lining, the bureau plat with moulded brass-bound rounded rectangular top with two inset gilt-embossed tan leather writing-surfaces, above a shaped apron with three frieze drawers and three simulated drawers to the reverse, on C-scroll cabochon, floral trellis and scrolled acanthus headed cabriole legs and foliate cast floral trellis scroll sabots, the cartonnier stamped three times IDF
The bureau-plat: 64½in. (164cm.) wide; 30in. (76.5cm.) high; 35½in. (90cm.) deep
The cartonnier: 31½in. (80cm.) wide; 27½in. (70cm.) high; 10in. (25.5cm.) deep (2)
The bureau-plat: 64½in. (164cm.) wide; 30in. (76.5cm.) high; 35½in. (90cm.) deep
The cartonnier: 31½in. (80cm.) wide; 27½in. (70cm.) high; 10in. (25.5cm.) deep (2)