Scrivania

Gilles Joubert French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 525

Il 29 dicembre 1759, Gilles Joubert, un famoso ebanista parigino che lavorava spesso per la corte reale, fornì questa scrivania per lo studio di Luigi XV a Versailles. La decorazione del piano imita la lacca cinese rossa e oro, un tipo di impiallacciatura per mobili molto alla moda nella Francia del Settecento. Le guarniture in bronzo dorato parzialmente traforate esaltano le linee dalle curve delicate della scrivania, incorniciando e proteggendo al contempo la superficie laccata di rosso lucente. La scrivania rimase a Versailles fino al 1793-94, quando fu venduta nel periodo rivoluzionario insieme alle altre proprietà reali.

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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