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A ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE-A-ECRIRE
BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER DELIVERED TO THE PETIT TRIANON 6 AUGUST 1777 FOR USE BY LOUIS XVI AND SUBSEQUENT USE BY MARIE-ANTOINETTE
A ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE-A-ECRIRE BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER DELIVERED TO THE PETIT TRIANON 6 AUGUST 1777 FOR USE BY LOUIS XVI AND SUBSEQUENT USE BY MARIE-ANTOINETTE The rectangular grey mottled white marble top with three-quarter pierced gallery above a panelled frieze fitted to the front with a leather-lined writing slide and an ink well drawer, to the left a further drawer, above square tapering panelled legs joined by a rectangular platform with a pierced gallery and terminating in brass caps with horn casters, branded with the circular mark of the Garde-Meuble de la Reine , stencilled to the underside with a crowned 'C.T', inscribed 'du No 17 I.' and partially obliterated inscription 'N o 2?09', the undertier and small inkwell drawer possibly added (see below) 31 in. (78.5 cm.) high; 25½ in. (65 cm.) wide; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep