A matched pair of Transitional gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood, satinwood and marquetry tables à écrire by Jean-Pierre Dusautoy circa 1760

the oval grey-veined white marble top within a pierced gilt-brass gallery, each with a single frieze drawer fitted with writing surface and inkwell; each stamped J.P.Dusautoy, JME

Ader Picard, Paris, 10 June 1966, lot 110;

Sotheby's New York, 4 May 1989, lot 342;

with Galerie Segoura, Paris, in 2000;

Christie's London, Le Pavillon de Chougny, 9-10 December 2004, lot 363 (£35,850). 

This fine matched pair of tables is in good conserved condition. There are marks and scratches consistent with age and use, and traces of old woodworm which appears to be no longer active. Both display some losses to the veneer, most notably to the undertier border. One with a crack to marble top and one leg and foot repaired.
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Jean-Pierre Dusautoy, maître in 1779.

Inspired by the oeuvre of Roger Vandercruse, dit Lacroix (RVLC), this model is characteristic of Dusautoy's work, who was also active for the marchand-ébéniste Nicolas Lannuier. 

A related table by Dusautoy was supplied to Marie-Antoinette and followed her in the Prison du Temple, from whence it passed to Madame Vincent; another is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Finally, a near pair, also with marble tops, sold Christie's London, The Collection of Ana Maria Espirito Santo Bustorff Silva, 29 April 2015, lot 88 (£31,250).