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A Fine Swiss Walnut Table

A Fine Louis XVI Brass Bound Ebonized Bone Inlaid Mahogany & Ebony Tric Trac Table stamped Vassou

A Fine Louis XVI Brass Bound Part
Ebonized Ivory Inlaid Mahogany & Ebony
Tric Trac Table
Circa 1785, stamped VASSOU JME
Jean Baptiste Vassou, Maitre 1767

The rectangular leather inset removable top reversing to a baize surface and opening to a gaming surface, above opposing small drawers, raised on circular tapering fluted legs.

Height 29 in. Width 45 in. Depth 22 in.

Reference:
Le Mobilier Francais Du XVIII Siecle, pg 853-859
By Denise Ledoux-Lebard

Museums:
Paris, Art Decoratifs; Paris, Cognacq-Jay; Paris, Petit Palais

A Fine Louis XVI Brass Mounted Ebony & Acajou Mouchete Game Table/Table de Brelan by Godefroy Dester

Stamped Godefroy Dester

Godefroy Dester maitre 1774

Height 30 in. Width 43 in. Depth 21 ½ in.

Diameter when open 43 in.

This ebeniste was active until at least 1790. working in the rue du Faubourg-Saint – Antoine. His work, which is very distinctive, usually takes the form of light pieces of furniture, tables and bonhcurs-du-jour with marquetry in a loz­enge pattern, the centres decorated. The woods used, satinwood, and stained maplewood, create a harmonious blend of pale-gold and green. The shapes are simple and the decorative use of gilt- bronze mounts is restrained. Godefroy Dester also made a number of pieces in mahogany as well, close in style to the work of Weisweiler and Benneman. The mounts are very sober, the distinction resting largely in the beauty of the woods. The only recorded piece of elaborate furniture by Dester is a commode formerly in the Collection of the Earl of Plymouth. In this, highly ornate gilt-bronze mounts are combined with plaques of Paris porcelain. This commode formed one of a pair bought by the Comte d’Artois in 1785 from the marchand-miroitier Delaroue, established at 4 rue de Verrerie at the sign ‘A la Toilette Royale’. They adorned the bedroom of the prince at the Palais du Temple. Paris, and were designed for his toilette; for this purpose they were fitted with boxes lined in blue chamois to hold toilet utensils. It seems that Delaroue was seeking to emulate the porcelain-mounted pieces in which Daguerre specialized.

Commode stamped Dester, decorated with Haris porcelain plaques It he largest

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jean-Jacques Gautier: Le Garde Mcublc’ in: La Folie

d’Artois. 1988. p. 115
Bonheur-du-jour stamped Dester, с. 1780. (Archives Galeric Perrin. Paris)

Reference:
Le Mobilier Francais Du XVIII Siecle
By Denise Ledoux-Lebard

A Fine Italian Ebonized & Marquetry Inlaid Low Table

The rectangular top with marquetry inlaid throughout over a frieze with three dovetailed drawers all resting on columnar legs.

A Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Mounted Tulipwood Marquetry Console Desserte

The D-shaped gray marble top with three-quarter pierced gallery, above a frieze drawer inlaid with vines of flowers flanked by hinged doors, raised on circular legs joined by a conforming platform stretcher with similar inlay.

A Regence Style Oak Center Table With a Marble Insert

A Fine & Rare Louis XVI/Directoire Mahogany Dining Table
 By Claude Messier


Claude Messier Maitre 1792

Active in Paris at the end of the 18th Century
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A Fine French Gilt Bronze & Malachite-Top Gueridon By Henry Dasson

The circular Malachite top on incurved supports terminating in rams’ heads and joined by a circular under tier ending in hoof feet

A Louis XV Chestnut Leather Top Games Table

The square top with a tooled leather surface above four drawers raised on cabriole legs ending with sabots.

An Italian Baroque Walnut Table

The rectangular top above two carved frieze drawers, resting on carved legs joined by a scalloped stretcher.