A transitional style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany, kingwood and fruitwood flower-head marquetry and parquetry table à écrire France, late 19th century, after the model by Jean-François Oeben

surmounted by a gilt tooled brown leather writing surface and fitted with a frieze drawer

Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, 2002, p. 657

In poor condition with the usual minor hairline scratches and minute nicks to veneers and carcass consistent with age and use. Tarnishing to gilt-bronze in places also consistent with age and atmospheric conditions through the years. Bronze molded boarder with traces of lacquer. Extensive pitting and loss of gilding. No key present.
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This small table, in full-fledged Transitional style, is based on the work by Jean-Francois Oeben (1721-1763). A mechanical table of a similar form is in the Linsky Bequest at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and another at the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon.