A large amaranth inlaid burrwood and marquetry library table attributed to Louis-François-Laurent Puteaux Charles X, circa 1830

with two drawers

The colour is less orange with more contrast of colour between the burrwood and amaranth and much more attractive and natural looking than in the catalogue photograph. Very elegant and of attractive large size. A rare model in overall very good condition which can be placed immediately.The top with two old separations that have been glued and filled in places. There are other old age cracks and some surface marks to the polish. Very minor scuffs and chips to paw feet. Small section of ebony stringing lacking to the frieze on the reverse. This table is a centrepiece. Each drawer has a release catch for the drawers to the underside.
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Comparative Literature:
Anne Forray-Carlier, Le Mobilier du Musée Carnavalet, Dijon, 2000, pp. 258-265
D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 533-534.

This table is rare for its size and quality of craftsmanship in terms of  the inlay, veneer and design.  It is very closely related to pieces by Louis-Francois-Laurent Puteaux, circa 1830, in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris and illustrated by Forray-Carlier, op. cit., nos. 98, pp. 258-261 and no. 99, pp. 262-265. 

Louis-François-Laurent Puteaux (1760-1864):
There are few details known about this maker other than that he was born in Yonne at Chéroy and is recorded in Paris in 1812 for the first time, where he tried to bring his work to the attention of the Garde Meuble but without success. It was not until the Restauration with his exhibiting at the International Exhibitions, which he participated in regularly, that he provided several pieces of furniture for the Crown. From 1830, he stopped making furniture and dedicated himself to more of an industrial type of furniture making and property development. He died in 1864 and left behind a few pieces testimony to a brief artistic career which satisfied the necessities of the time; the use of indigenous woods as a result of the continental blockade of goods and the execution of elegant forms appropriate to the use of the furniture. Puteaux was often recognised by the jury at the Exhibitions:in 1819, and in 1823 he received a bronze medal recognising the very high quality of his marquetry