Roll-Top Desk Depicting the Chateau of Saint Maur

ca. 1770

161 cm 123 cm 91.1 cm

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This form of desk with its counter-weighted receding top became fashionable in 1760, when a similar desk was commissioned for Louis XV. This example is attributed to Teuné, a specialist in such desks who became a master "ébéniste" (cabinetmaker) in 1766.Portrayed in the marqu...

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Bacri Antiquaire (formerly Bacri Frères), Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by the Walters Art Museum, 1974.
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