After Jean-Henri RIESENER - Lot 251

After Jean-Henri RIESENER Veneered dressing table with trellis decoration in mahogany-framed reserves, standing on four sheathed legs. The tripartite top features a central flap, darkened on its reverse by a mirror, and two lateral cellars with shutters. The belt opens with two drawers and a sliding writing tablet. Rich chased bronze fittings, such as moldings, frames, capitals, sabots, keyways, pull ring... No apparent cabinetmaker's mark. Louis XVI style, early 20th century. 74.6 x 85.6 x 53.4 cm. Wear and scratches, notably on the top, a few cracks (some on the front), small lifts and chips; one drawer ring to be refixed. Based on the dressing table delivered in 1784 by Jean-Henri RIESENER to the Tuileries Palace for the use of Queen Marie-Antoinette, now in the Louvre.