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Lot 92
A FRENCH TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE MECANIQUE (TABLE A COULISSE)
THE CARCASS LARGELY LOUIS XV CIRCA 1755, THE VENEERS AND MAJORITY OF THE MOUNTS PROBABLY REPLACED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Closed5 April 2022
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USD 22,680
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Specialist note
The present lot is modeled after the luxurious and multifunctional mechanical tables of the 18th century. One such maker of these tables was Jean-François Oeben's, whose marquetry furniture incorporating mechanical devices was highly successful and gained him much acclaim. Sometimes known as ‘table à deux fins’, often used as table à écrire and table de toilette, tables of the present model demonstrated makers such as Oeben’s ingenious talent for creating innovative mechanical marquetry furniture during the late 1750s. The most celebrated and complex known example of this type of table is the one delivered to Madame de Pompadour and now in the Metropolitan Museum (Linsky bequest, 1982.60.61).