Paris around 1780
Attributed to Godefroy Dester (master from 1774-1805)
Godefroy Dester, probably of German origin, produced a series of stamped and unstamped desks of exactly this form and a number of cylindrical bureaux, whose the lower part follows the same model. The elegant, restrained form of the furniture, the very high-quality mahogany veneer and the gilt fittings on all sides are characteristic of the English-influenced Parisian furniture production of the late "Former Regime".
Literature: Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1998, cf. p. 260, fig. C.
Height : 77 cm, width : 164 cm, depth : 75 cm, drawers on both sides 40 x 60 cm