Lot 34
34
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOIS SATINE WRITING-TABLE
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOIS SATINE WRITING-TABLE

IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND JASPERWARE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOIS SATINE WRITING-TABLE
IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with cube-parquetry field and moulded ormolu surround, the frieze with central drawer fronted by a jasperware plaque of musical putti flanked to each side by a short drawer with a neoclassical fruiting escutcheon, the back with false drawers and plaque, the sides also with jasperware plaques, on square tapering legs with trailing foliage mounts, leaf-cast sabots
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 44 in. (113 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The present writing table is inspired by the celebrated bureau plat delivered by Jean-Henri Riesener in 1784 for the Cabinet Intérieur du Roi at Fontainebleau. This table reinterprets Riesener's design in both its form and in its inclusion of jasperware porcelain plaques. First developed by Josiah Wedgwood circa 1775, the fashion for chimneypieces and furniture mounted with pale blue, lilac and green neoclassical plaques proved so popular, jasperware was quickly imitated by the French Royal porcelain factory at Sévres. As part of the Louis XVI revival, the taste for jasperware-enriched furniture continued to flourish in the 19th century.

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