Cylinder desk in tulipwood and violet marquetry, decorated w - Lot 197

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Cylinder desk in tulipwood and violet marquetry, decorated w - Lot 197
Cylinder desk in tulipwood and violet marquetry, decorated with bottomless cubes and Greek-style fillets. The cylinder reveals four drawers in two rows and a central pigeonhole, with three simulated drawers sliding with the top. The curved belt opens to three drawers. Slightly arched legs. Transition period. Attributable to Simon Oeben, master in 1769. Ornamented with gilded bronzes such as draw knobs, escutcheons, falls and sabots. H. 100 cm - W. 96 cm - D. 55 cm Our desk perfectly illustrates the talent and creativity of Jean-François Oeben, who developed this type of bottomless cube marquetry motif around 1760. According to Pierre Kjellberg, he made a number of pieces of furniture without stamping them, obtaining his master's degree only two years before his death, and protected by his status as the King's cabinetmaker. His reputation had long been established, and after commissions from the Marquise de Pompadour and the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, he was favored by the Duc d'Aumont and the Duc de Choiseul (whose Musée des Beaux Arts in Tours preserves his bureau cartonnier from the Château de Chanteloup, with the same type of cube marquetry). Appointed the King's cabinetmaker in 1754, Oeben is considered to be the inventor of the cylinder desk, having designed the most famous of them all, that of King Louis XV's interior cabinet, still preserved at the Château de Versailles (inv. Vmb 14454;V3750). The model was probably a success, and Oeben's workshop produced several of them.
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