CIRCA 1775, STAMPED ..ORDIE, THE CHECKERBOARD INLAY LATER, MOUNTS REPLACED, BACK OF SUPERSTRUCTURE REPLACED

The stamp is likely that of Guillaume Cordie, maître in 1766, was established in the rue de Charonne and appears to have specialised in the production of bonheurs-du-jour of Transitional form. Two closely related examples, also stamped by Cordi, are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 185-186.