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拍品專文
With its unusual architectural form and fine mechanical construction, this spectacular desk was without doubt executed by the most sophisticated German cabinetmaker David Roentgen (1743-1807).
Comparison of this bureau à gradin with the lower section of documented cylinder desks made by Roentgen, such as the one in Versailles (probably purchased by Louis XVI in 1781) or that acquired by George IV and now at Buckingham Palace, would allow a dating of this desk to circa 1785-86. The elaborate concealed and hinged drawer structure is also a characteristic found on a number of Roentgen pieces (J.M. Greber, Abraham und David Roentgen, Möbel für Europa, vol. II, 1980, figs. 374, 400, 434, 538, 544, 665). A cylinder bureau with the same distinctive base was sold anonymously at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 7 January 1955, lot 318 and related stepped spring-loaded drawers are seen on the superstructure of a cylinder bureau by Roentgen illustrated in J.M Greber, op. cit, pls. 683-84.
Comparison of this bureau à gradin with the lower section of documented cylinder desks made by Roentgen, such as the one in Versailles (probably purchased by Louis XVI in 1781) or that acquired by George IV and now at Buckingham Palace, would allow a dating of this desk to circa 1785-86. The elaborate concealed and hinged drawer structure is also a characteristic found on a number of Roentgen pieces (J.M. Greber, Abraham und David Roentgen, Möbel für Europa, vol. II, 1980, figs. 374, 400, 434, 538, 544, 665). A cylinder bureau with the same distinctive base was sold anonymously at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 7 January 1955, lot 318 and related stepped spring-loaded drawers are seen on the superstructure of a cylinder bureau by Roentgen illustrated in J.M Greber, op. cit, pls. 683-84.