Combined Toilet and Writing Table (toilette à transformations)

c. 1764/1775

Jean-François Leleu

Associated Names
Jean-François Leleu

Cabinetmaker, French, 1729 - 1807

This is an ornate wooden table with multiple compartments and intricate gold detailing. The table is designed with a polished wood finish with decorative inlays and carvings indifferent shades of orange and reddish-brown wood. It is turned slightly to the left so that we get a view of the front and one of the sides. It features several drawers and compartments that are partially open, revealing felt-lined interiors. The central compartment has a lid that flips open, revealing a narrow compartment with a slanted bottom. The table has curved legs with decorative gold metal mounts at the joints and feet.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    veneered on oak with tulipwood, kingwood, pearwood, purplewood, sycamore, holly, boxwood, and ebony, some of the woods being originally stained green and other colors; drawers partially of mahogany; sparsely mounted with gilded bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 70.5 x 55.8 x 39.3 cm (27 3/4 x 21 15/16 x 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.422

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Francis Montefiore [1860-1935], Worth Park, Sussex. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York); inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania after purchase 9 December 1915 with funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 18, as Louis XV (signed: I. E.).

Wikidata ID

Q62266859

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