An Empire mahogany architects table

BY JEAN-JOSEPH OR CLAUDE CHAPUIS, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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An Empire mahogany architects table
BY JEAN-JOSEPH OR CLAUDE CHAPUIS, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The double ratcheted hinged rectangular top with green felt lining above a slide to each side and frieze drawer, enclosing an open compartment and further slide, on square tapering legs and castors, stamped twice CHAPUIS
77 cm. high x 99 cm. wide x 70.5 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

This architects table, which is stamped CHAPUIS, was either executed by the Parisian eboniste Claude Chapuis, who was active from 1797 until at least 1818, or by his celebrated Brussels counterpart Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864). Both employed a stamp without their initials, which complicates attribution. Jean-Joseph was undoubtedly the most successful of the two and supplied a wide variety of pieces to the Château de Laeken from 1806 onwards (D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Sicle 1795-1889, Paris, 1989, pp. 118-121).

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