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拍品專文
Joseph Gengenbach dit Canabas, maître in 1766.
This elegant reading table is conceived in the sober, unadorned taste of the late 18th Century known as the goût anglais, using simple functional forms undisturbed by gilt mounts and often based directly on English prototypes. Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas, was a significant contributor to this style and his name is synonymous with restrained designs finely executed in unadorned expanses of both solid and veneered mahogany. The goût anglais was promoted by Madame de Pompadour's brother, the Marquis de Marigny, who greatly admired English mahogany furniture. Not only was he buying restrained mahogany pieces through an agent in London, but he was also commissioning furniture in a similar vein from his favored ébénistes.
This elegant reading table is conceived in the sober, unadorned taste of the late 18th Century known as the goût anglais, using simple functional forms undisturbed by gilt mounts and often based directly on English prototypes. Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas, was a significant contributor to this style and his name is synonymous with restrained designs finely executed in unadorned expanses of both solid and veneered mahogany. The goût anglais was promoted by Madame de Pompadour's brother, the Marquis de Marigny, who greatly admired English mahogany furniture. Not only was he buying restrained mahogany pieces through an agent in London, but he was also commissioning furniture in a similar vein from his favored ébénistes.