BY JANSEN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Under the direction of Stéphane Boudin in the late 1950s, Jansen,S.A. designed this late Louis XIV style table for Charles and Jayne Wrightsman for the dining room of their home in Palm Beach. It was largely inspired by Boudin's prewar design for the Duke and Dutchess of Windsor's dining table at 24 boulevard Suchet, which was later moved to the couple's residence in the Bois de Boulogne. Eighteenth century French decorative arts were becoming desirable during this period in the United States as top designers such as Jansen were bringing the Windsors' style across the Atlantic. Mrs. Wrightsman's interest in this period and her keen sense of style, which was encouraged by friends such as the Baroness René de Becker and Baron Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothchild, lead to an introduction to Boudin. They became dear friends and Boudin cultivated and helped refine Mrs. Wrightsman's knowledge over the several years in which Boudin worked on the Wrightsmans' house in Palm Beach as well as the apartment in New York. This dining table is illustrated in J. Abbott, Jansen, New York,2006, pp.171.