A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND EBONY TABLE A LA TRONCHIN
BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The double-ratchetted adjustable rectangular top with spring mechanism and with removable book rest, above a frieze drawer enclosing a writing-slide and a compartment, with mille-rais plaques within ebony lines, with a writing-slide to each end, on square tapering legs terminating with later sabots, stamped twice 'J.H.RIESENER'
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND EBONY TABLE A LA TRONCHIN
BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The double-ratchetted adjustable rectangular top with spring mechanism and with removable book rest, above a frieze drawer enclosing a writing-slide and a compartment, with mille-rais plaques within ebony lines, with a writing-slide to each end, on square tapering legs terminating with later sabots, stamped twice 'J.H.RIESENER'
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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