Description: Paris, circa 1770/75
Stamped F. RUBESTUCK, with a shaped white marble top above a drawer with inlay of a string of rosettes in connected circles, ormolu corner ornaments with laurel festoons, the exterior of the writing surface with marquetry basket of flowers and fillets, counter balance, the inside lined with gold-pressed green leather, fitted interior with three compartments above a small compartment flanked by three marquetry drawers on each side, the lower section with two doors, bouquets of flowers and an ormolu mounted apron, the sides with matching marquetry inlay, the veneer in tulipwood, rosewood, sycamore maple and various precious woods.
H. 133.9 x W. 78.8 x D. 38.6 cm
Provenance:
- Mr. & Mrs Maurice Frank Glanville, England
- Private collection, the Netherlands
Literature:
- P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier fran?ais du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 744 (biogr. information)
- J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des ma?tres ébénistes fran?ais au XVIIIe siècle, Vol. I, Paris, 1976, p