Jacques DUBOIS (1694-1763) After - Lot 12

Jacques DUBOIS (1694-1763) After Sloping desk with a European varnish box decorated with imitation Japanese lacquer, decorated with mountainous landscapes, pagodas and cranes. The flap covered on the reverse side with red leather reveals a curved locker opening with four drawers with rosewood inlays and two lockers. The whole is inlaid with rosewood and rosewood veneer, in frieze. The lower body opens with two side panels and a central flap. They conceal a safe on the right side, two drawers on the left side, and two drawers in the central part. Important chased and gilded bronze decoration with rocaille, and molded frames such as staples, falls with foliage, feet descent, embedded sabots, entries of locks. Paris, second half of the 19th century. Dimensions : 104 x 111 x 51 cm. This important piece of furniture is a copy of the sloping desk with coffers (1) made by Jacques DUBOIS (1693 -1763). The typical sloping desk of DUBOIS, one of his favorite pieces of furniture, is decorated with Far Eastern lacquer or European varnish. The bronzes include the usual scrolls, rocaille and foliage, as well as the corner falls extended on the edge of the legs by a flowery rod. The flap, sometimes the belt and the sides are frequently framed with molded or scrolled rods of foliage and flowers. Some of these models, of very small dimensions, are among the most refined works of the 18th century. 1. Sloping secretary with box stamped DUBOIS : Pierre KJELLBERG. French furniture of the 18th century, 1998. P, 268 figure c. Expert : Stephane Pepe