Table à écrire

Gilles Joubert French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 525

C’est le 29 décembre 1759 que Gilles Joubert, prospère ébéniste parisien et bénéficiaire de nombreuses commandes royales, livra cette table à écrire destinée au cabinet de travail de Louis XV à Versailles. Le décor de la surface imite les laques chinoises rouge et or très en vogue en France au milieu du XVIIIe siècle pour la finition des meubles. Les ferrures de bronze doré, partiellement ajourées, protègent et mettent en valeur le lustre pourpre de la laque et accentuent les courbes gracieuses de la table. Celle-ci resta à Versailles jusqu’à la vente des biens royaux à la Révolution, 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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