Lot 101
  • 101

A rare Louis XVI mahogany pedestal writing table and cartonnier circa 1780, attributed to Canabas

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Joseph Gengenbach, called Canabas, maĆ®tre in 1766.
  • height 44 1/2 in.; width 57 in.; depth 27 in.
  • 113 cm; 145 cm; 68.5 cm
the L-shaped superstructure with a grey Ste. Anne marble top fitted with a pierced ormolu gallery above a frieze of five drawers above two rows of fall-front flaps each enclosing a pigeon hole, the black leather writing surface above three frieze drawers and two pedestals fitted with four drawers each; raised on a plinth base.