BY JEAN CAUMONT, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
BY JEAN CAUMONT, CIRCA 1775
The leather-lined top over three frieze drawers, one drawer further fitted, on paneled square tapering legs ending in ormolu caps, stamped J. CAUMONT and JME twice
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 52¼ in. (132.5 cm.) wide, 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Charles Balay, Paris, in 2000.

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Lot Essay

Jean Caumont, maître in 1774.

The elegant, architectural form of this bureau plat exemplifies the pared down neo-classical taste popular in the 1760s and 1770s. Often referred to as le goût grec, this style was introduced in the 1750s by the influential architect Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain.

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