CIRCA 1785, IN THE MANNER OF LOUIS MOREAU

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A LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY TABLE A LA TRONCHIN
CIRCA 1785, IN THE MANNER OF LOUIS MOREAU
The moulded rectangular swivelling ratchetted top with green leather-lined and gilt-embossed writing-surface and removable reading stop, hinged on a bracket support, the moulded frieze incorporating four mahogany panelled slides and ormolu and mahogany scroll handles top each end, the frieze incorporating a panelled drawer with further green leather-lined writing-slide, on square tapering fluted legs with block and bun ormolu sabots, with handwritten label numbered '383'
31¾ in. (81 cm.) high; 33½ in. (85 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep;

Provenance

Acquired on the 9 March 1906.

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Lot Essay

Louis Moreau, maître in 1764, was working as a cabinet-maker but also as a marchand-ébéniste in a shop named A la descente des Tuileries. He is particularly renowned for pieces with plain mahogany veneers and restrained ormolu mounts in the goût anglais.
He supplied pieces to the Court through the administration of the Menus Plaisirs including a guéridon 'en acajou moiré de la plus belle qualité' (G. Janneau, Les ateliers parisiens d'ébénistes et de menuisiers aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, Paris, 1975, p. 188).

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