Corner-Cupboard (encoignure)

Jean Desforges (cabinetmaker)
French, active c. 1739
Corner-Cupboard (encoignure), probably 1745/1749
veneered on oak, stained black, with ebonized wood; japanned on each door with _vernis Martin_; gilded bronze mounts; black and gold Portor marble top
overall: 100.4 x 88.4 x 67 cm (39 1/2 x 34 13/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.417

From the Tour: Rococo Decorative Arts of the Mid-1700s
Object 3 of 7

1907

Mannheim, Jules. The Rodolphe Kann Collection, Objects d'Art. 2 vols. Paris, 1907: 2:no. 220, repro.

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