BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, DELIVERED ON 23 NOVEMBER 1784 TO THE GARDE-MEUBLE DE LA REINE AT THE CHATEAU DES TUILERIES

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A LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY TABLE A EN-CAS
BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, DELIVERED ON 23 NOVEMBER 1784 TO THE GARDE-MEUBLE DE LA REINE AT THE CHATEAU DES TUILERIES
The white rectangular top above an open compartment with carrying handles to the sides, on turned legs with brass caps and castors, with remains of label to the underside inscribed 'Garde-Meuble de la Reine aux Thuileries, with stencilled black inventory number 'N:3414'' and with marque au feu 'GG' beneath a crown for the château des Tuileries, with remains of two further paper labels indistinctly inscribed, with wooden castors
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep

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Delivered on 23 November 1784 by Jean-Henri Riesener for the service of Marie-Antoinette at the château des Tuileries, for the sum of 96 livres, when described as:
'Une table de nuit de mème en bois d'acajou, à deux tablettes de marbre blanc veiné, ornée de portans et sabots à roulettes de Cuivre pour le (...)' (Archives Nationales O1/3321).

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The interlaced 'GG' below a coronet is the brand used for the château des Tuileries. The château was originally built for Catherine de Medici by Philibert Delorme between 1564 and 1580. It was largely abandoned until Marie Antoinette re-furnished it after 1784 because she found its central location more convenient than Versailles when attending festivities in Paris.
The present table à-en-cas is chatacteristic of Riesener's simpler production for day-to-day use at Court. Related petites tables by or confidently attributed to the ébéniste include a virtually identical example stamped by Riesener, sold Christie's, Paris, 17 April 2012, lot 288 (£25,000 with premium) and a further related table delivered to Marie-Antoinette for the Pavillion Royal at Marly (later moved to Versailles), sold Fraysse & Associés, Paris, 7 December 2011, lot 177 (EUR60,000 with premium).