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Rolltop Desk (Bureau à cylindre) 31.2 On display FURNITURE, FRENCH Case Furniture Mauter, Conrad FRANCE: Paris Ca. 1780 Mahogany, gilt bronze, leather H. 48 1/4 in., W. 59 in., D. 28 3/4 in. |
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Conrad Mauter was one of the many cabinetmakers of German descent working in Paris in the eighteenth century. Appointed cabinetmaker in 1782 to the comte d’Artois, brother to Louis XVI, Mauter continued to work through the French Revolution and First Empire. Among his repertoire of simple mahogany pieces with austere lines this desk, with its richly figured mahogany veneer and its lavish decoration of gilt bronze mounts, stands out as an ambitious project. Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973 |
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