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Lot Essay
Jacques Dubois, maître in 1742
Although unusual, the distinctive satyr-mask angle-mounts were not a model used exclusively by Dubois, as they feature both on a Chinese lacquer-mounted secrétaire à abattant by René Dubois (maître in 1755) illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.279, fig. C, as well as on a group of tables by Philippe-Claude Montigny, such as that from the collection of the Marquess of Bath, sold from the Alexander Collection, Christie's New York, 30 April 1999, lot 48. This is easily explained however, by the fact that these two ébénistes are known to have collaborated, particularly on the series of bureau plats à la Grec which are often stamped by both Dubois and Montigny. In all likelihood these were sold by Dubois, acting as a marchand from his shop in the rue Charenton and actually executed by Montigny.
Although unusual, the distinctive satyr-mask angle-mounts were not a model used exclusively by Dubois, as they feature both on a Chinese lacquer-mounted secrétaire à abattant by René Dubois (maître in 1755) illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.279, fig. C, as well as on a group of tables by Philippe-Claude Montigny, such as that from the collection of the Marquess of Bath, sold from the Alexander Collection, Christie's New York, 30 April 1999, lot 48. This is easily explained however, by the fact that these two ébénistes are known to have collaborated, particularly on the series of bureau plats à la Grec which are often stamped by both Dubois and Montigny. In all likelihood these were sold by Dubois, acting as a marchand from his shop in the rue Charenton and actually executed by Montigny.