Beschreibung:

A Louis XVI secrétaire à abattant stamped by Gaspard Schneider, circa 1775
blued steel, Sèvres porcelain with blue Sèvres marks and painter's mark for Vincent Taillandier, gilt-bronze, tulipwood with a marble top; the front with two drawer a fall front door, the interior with a shelf and two small drawers, the front and the lateral sides centered with a Sèvres porcelain plaque representing a bunch of flowers with a 'fond Taillandier' blue border, surrounded with blue steel panels decorated with gilt-bronze treillis, the lower part with octagonal supports joined by a withe marble stretcher ; the foliage friezes mounts of the front and the lateral sides replaced circa 1820, the blued steel apparently original, a Rothschild inventory number "R 153" on the reverse, a paper label 'Ier etage / Salon des Rubens' on the underside, one plaque with a paper price label from Sèvres Manufactureheight 46¼in.; width 20½in.; depth 13 in.; 117 cm; 52 cm; 33,5 cm.
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Secrétaire à abattant en placage de bois de rose, acier bleu, bronze doré et porcelaine de Sèvres d'époque Louis XVI, vers 1775, estampille de Gaspard Schneider
avec les marques de Sèvres et la marque du peintre Vincent Taillandierheight 46¼in.; width 20½in.; depth 13 in.; 117 cm; 52 cm; 33,5 cm.
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