A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED THUYAWOOD SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

BY GODEFROY DESTER

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED THUYAWOOD SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
By Godefroy Dester
The moulded rectangular grey-veined white marble top, above a panelled fall-front enclosing a mahogany and satinwood interior originally fitted with adjustable shelves, flanked by detached fluted gadrooned columns, the panelled frieze drawer on fluted turned tapering supports joined by a concave-fronted undertier with a three-quarter pierced gallery, on mahogany toupie feet with brass caps, stamped to the right of the back 'G.DESTER JME', lacking one column
45 in. (115 cm.) high; 32 in. (81 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep

來源

Almost certainly acquired in the mid-19th Century and thence by descent.

拍品專文

Godefroy Dester, maître in 1774.

Established in the rue du Faubourg-Sainte-Antoine, Godefroy Dester's goût Grecque style was clearly inspired by the oeuvres of Adam Weisweiler and Guillaume Beneman. A closely related mahogany secretaire by Dester was sold by the Marquess of Hamilton in these Rooms, 8 April 1976, lot 49, whilst a further example was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 7 December 1978, lot 110.