A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Writing Table

Object Description

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bois Satiné Parquetry Inlaid Writing Table, By Emmanuel Zwiener, Paris.

The top of gilt-tooled tan leather surrounded by a stiff-leaf cast edge. The frieze drawer centred by a fine neo-classical Jasperware plaque flanked by ribbon-tied acanthus leaves. The table is raised on tapering square section legs headed by finely cast female masks and terminating in cap feet.

Stamped to the reverse of the gilt-bronze mounts ‘ZN’.

France, Circa 1880.

Object History

This fine petit bureau plat or writing table has exceptional gilt-bronze mounts. The table is designed in the Louis XVI style, taking inspiration form the work of the famous ébéniste de roi Jean- Henri Riesener.

The writing table is inspired by the celebrated bureau plat supplied by Jean-Henri Riesener in 1784 for the Cabinet Intérieur du Roi at Fontainebleau. Zwiener not only modifies the general form of Riesener’s design but in keeping with the prevalent style of the late 19th century incorporates fine neo-classical Jasperware plaques.

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