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Lot Essay
Germain Landrin, maître in 1738.
This table displays a cube parquetry pattern characteristic of Germain Landrin (d.1785), who mainly produced small-scaled pieces which he often sold through marchands ébénistes such as Migeon and Oeben. A virtually identical table formerly in the collection of Countess Burton was sold anonymously at Christie's, London, 1 December 2005, lot 18. A pair of closely related kidney-shaped tables de salon, stamped Landrin, was sold from the collection of Lady Sassoon, Christie's, London, 24 November 1955, lot 67 (illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 470).
This table displays a cube parquetry pattern characteristic of Germain Landrin (d.1785), who mainly produced small-scaled pieces which he often sold through marchands ébénistes such as Migeon and Oeben. A virtually identical table formerly in the collection of Countess Burton was sold anonymously at Christie's, London, 1 December 2005, lot 18. A pair of closely related kidney-shaped tables de salon, stamped Landrin, was sold from the collection of Lady Sassoon, Christie's, London, 24 November 1955, lot 67 (illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 470).