View full screen - View 1 of Lot 814. A late Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood, kingwood, mahogany, amaranth, yew, whitebeam, holly and dyed maple marquetry toilet table transformed in a working table, circa 1770.

A late Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood, kingwood, mahogany, amaranth, yew, whitebeam, holly and dyed maple marquetry toilet table transformed in a working table, circa 1770

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Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Description

richly decorated with floral motifs and trophies of musical instruments, resting on cabriole legs terminating in lion paw feet, stamped with the crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam and the initials J.G. for the Guild of Saint Joseph


Haut. 77,5 cm, larg. 87,5 cm, prof. 49,5 cm ; Height. 30 1/2 in, width. 34 3/8 in, depth. 19 3/8 in 

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Collection from the estate of Cynthia Phipps;

Sotheby's New York, 23 November 2009, lot 83.

The presence on this piece of furniture of a rather original stamp composed of the letters J and G framing the crowned coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam informs us a lot about the origin of this dressing table.


In the 1760s, fashion in Holland was for furniture in French taste, either made on site or imported from local merchants.

To ensure the protection of local cabinetmakers, measures have been taken in Amsterdam and The Hague, due to the importance of imports of French furniture. In 1770, the guild of St. Joseph of Amsterdam asked the city council to ban this importation of furniture. In January 1771, the latter strengthened the ban on the import of foreign furniture. In order not to harm the interests of traders and their remaining stocks of French furniture, the last pieces were allowed for sale, provided that they bore this mark of the Guild of St. Joseph.