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Louis XV Fruitwood and Marquetry Writing Table, 'Mid-18th Century'
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A Louis XV ormolu-mounted bois satine and fruitwood marquetry writing table. Adjustable writing slide with black leather panel, gilt-tooled with central motif; full length drawer with gilt-lock; hidden retractable silk-screen.
With mark 1760
Ex-Christie's The European Connoisseur (December 5 2013)
Letter writing was a much-practiced activity in eighteenth-century Europe. Horace Walpole, a prolific correspondent himself, reported on September 12, 1775, to his friend Anne Liddell, “There have been known here [in Paris] persons who wrote to one another four times a day; and I was told of one couple, who being always together, and the lover being fond of writing, he placed a screen between them, and then wrote to Madame on t’other side, and flung them over.” In order to accommodate this incessant writing, a variety of tables à écrire, large and small, were created. Often fitted with a leather or silk-covered writing surface, and with one or more drawers, as in this fine example, for the storage of quills and other paraphernalia, these pieces were generally placed in the private rooms of the house.
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm)
- Style:French Provincial (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1750
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- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU6512228587952
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