F. Durand & Fils table à écrire Paris, circa 1920

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Description

F. Durand & Fils
height 30 1/8 in.; 25 1/2 in.; depth 19 1/4 in.
76.5 cm; 64.8 cm; 48.9 cm

amarante, bois de violette and sycomore trellis-parquetry with ébène and buis stringings, one frieze drawer opening to a hinged compartment lined with a gilt-tooled green leather writing surface and a mirror to its reverse, the drawer fitted with an inkwell and sand pot, the carcass stamped twice F.DURAND.FILS to the underside.

Literature

D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX Siècle, pp. 181-186

D. Alcouffe et al., Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Vol. I, p. 272-273, for a variant 18th century model by Riesener.

Catalogue Note

Please see the note to the following lot.