Slope desk in walnut resting on 4 curved legs with clogs carved with windings 5 drawers on the front, a flap revealing 9 tiered drawers on three more secret rows, 18th century provincial work

Etienne Philippe DURAND 1813-1894 cabinetmaker, Louis XVI style flat desk in mahogany and speckled mahogany, 3 drawers in belt, stamped

Small desk in violet wood with Parisian varnish panels imitating the lacquer of Japan with scenic scenery, the hectic tray with trellises and leather uppers resting on a belt opening two drawers released by a push button, to campane and gilded bronze mascaron, arched feet surmounted by falls with satyr masks and ended by claws of gilded bronze. Louis XV style, second half of the nineteenth

Box desk with cylinder and cartonnier in lacquer from Japan circa 1880

Important Empire period office in mahogany and mahogany veneer, blackened wood and ornamentation of gilded bronze, locks with trefoil.
Provenance: Marquis de Vesins, Castle of Malicorne

Table d'architecte à la Tronchin d'époque Louis XVI en acajou et placage d'acajou, un tiroir en ceinture et deux tirettes, piéds fuselés
La table à la tronchin est une table XVIIIème, apparue sous le règne de Louis XVI. Elle tire son nom d'un médecin genevois Théodore Tronchin (1709-1781) qui publie à l’époque des travaux sur les maladies osseuses liées à la mauvaise position que l’on adopte à sa table de travail et sur les avantages qu’il y aurait à créer une table à pupitre inclinable qui permettrait de garder le dos bien droit et d’éviter ainsi toute déformation ou douleur, que l’on travaille assis ou debout. L'innovation de cette table XVIIIème vient d'un mécanisme dissimulé dans l'épaisseur de la ceinture et qui permet d'éléver le plateau à la hauteur désirée.

Ainsi, le plateau de cette table qui pouvait être plein ou muni d'un pupitre gainé de cuir, est inclinable à l'angle voulu grâce à un pupitre à crans, et rehaussable grâce à un jeux de deux ou quatre crémaillères dissimulés à l’intérieur des pieds .





















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Louis XVI period Tronchin architect's table in mahogany and mahogany veneer, a belt drawer and two pulls, tapered legs
The tronchin table is an 18th century table, which appeared during the reign of Louis XVI. It takes its name from a Genevan doctor Théodore Tronchin (1709-1781) who published at the time works on bone diseases linked to the bad position that one adopts at his work table and on the advantages it there would be to create a table with tilting desk which would keep the back straight and thus avoid any deformation or pain, whether working sitting or standing. The innovation of this 18th century table comes from a mechanism hidden in the thickness of the belt and which allows the tray to be raised to the desired height.

Thus, the table top which could be full or fitted with a leather-wrapped desk, can be tilted to the desired angle thanks to a notched desk, and can be raised thanks to a set of two or four racks concealed in the inside of the feet.

Charles BERNEL 1869-Paris? Flat desk in the eventful shape of amaranth veneer, marquetry in lattices, 5 drawers in a belt model by Oeben circa 1880
Charles Bernel was active from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Maison Charles Bernel, established in the Passage Saint-Pierre Amelot in Paris, supplied the royal courts of England - Queen Mary (Queen's Audience Room, Buckingham Palace) - and of Denmark (for King Alexander X and Queen Alexandrine). Like many of his colleagues, Bernel was interested in creations from the past and apparently formed a collection of ornamental prints.

Mahogany dressing table and mahogany veneer, adorned with chiseled and gilded bronzes, 4 drawers, oval mirror between 2 obelisks, Russian work of the early nineteenth

Regency style flat desk in blackened wood veneer, brass net, gilded bronze, 3 drawers in belt Maison NORMAND 16 rue de Sèvres XIX

Small desk flat black lacquered wood and fillets of Regence era brass, two drawers belt, double-sided.

flat desk in mahogany and mahogany veneer moiré opening with 2 drawers belt, gray and yellow marble top breccia, Louis XVI style circa 1880

Flat important writing desk box, double-sided, wood veneer inlaid herringbone reserves; two boxes on one side with 3 drawers and a central frieze drawer, the other two leaves in boxes, wrapped it in red leather lined a mold gilt bronze Louis XV style Napoleon III