Mesa escritorio

Gilles Joubert French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 525

El 29 de diciembre de 1759, Gilles Joubert, afamado ebanista parisino que había recibido numerosos encargos reales, entregó esta mesa escritorio destinada al estudio de Luis XV en Versalles. La decoración de la superficie imita la laca china roja y dorada que, a mediados del siglo XVIII, estaba en boga en Francia como chapa para muebles. Las molduras de bronce dorado parcialmente caladas no sólo acentúan la gracia de las líneas curvadas de la mesa sino que protegen y enmarcan la lustrosa superficie laqueada carmesí. La pieza permaneció en Versalles hasta las ventas revolucionarias del patrimonio real en 1793–1794.

Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris

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Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris
Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert (French, ca. 1689–1775), Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris

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