Rosewood veneer
on oak, with palisander, plane, engraved boxwood, and green-tinged
satinwood inlay; a leather-covered writing surface, and fire-gilt
bronze fittings and border-band
196 x 162 x 86 cm
Inv. no.: 24489
(Room 14, No. 9)
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WRITING CABINET (BUREAU A CYLINDRE)
F. G. Teuné, Paris, c. 1770
The first examples of French Rococo furniture
art were works created for Louis XV's apartments at Versailles.
These pieces included the king's writing cabinet, which was the
first such work to have a cylinder top (the so-called "bureau
a cylinder"). F. G. Teuné, a reputable cabinetmaker during
the age of Louis XV, made the example held by the Museum of Applied
Arts in Budapest.
The external surface of the cylinder top is filled
out with a chequered pattern, and is embellished with a war emblem
in a cartouche. The
master's mark is to be found in the lower right-hand drawer.
From 1743 it was obligatory in Paris for furniture to be marked:
the
JME mark of the committee of the cabinetmakers' guild and the
stamped-on surname of the craftsman (generally with an initial)
were put on. << previous
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