Bean shaped reading table with a folding... - Lot 286 - Oger - Blanchet

Lot 286
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Bean shaped reading table with a folding... - Lot 286 - Oger - Blanchet
Bean shaped reading table with a folding shelf and two side compartments. Bellevue Castle mark. Stamped by Joseph Gegenbach, known as Joseph Canabas (1712-1797), received Master on April 1, 1766. Jurisdictional mark. Louis XVI period. Restorations, notably the spacer. Small accidents. H. 114 cm - H. 63 cm - D. 68,5 cm Joseph Canabas (1712-1797) is one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers of the second half of the 18th century and is considered as the great master of small mahogany furniture. Of German origin, he came to Paris probably in the late 1730s or early 1730s, and married in 1745. He worked for a long time as a privileged worker on rue de Charonne, becoming one of the subcontractors of Jean-François Oeben and Pierre Migeon. After his accession to the master's degree in April 1766, he set up his workshop on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and quickly developed his activity by building up a rich private clientele and by collaborating with some great merchants such as Bonnemain jeune and the Presle brothers. In 1769, at the time of his wife's death, the inventory after death mentions numerous screens, tables of all types and mahogany pedestals; while in 1797 the sale organized after the death of the cabinetmaker testifies to the prosperity of the workshop in spite of the revolutionary troubles; Thus, "secretaries, chests of drawers, pedestal tables, desks, sliding and sliding tables, cylinder night tables, consoles, men's and women's toilets, chiffonnières, office chairs and other objects, mostly in solid mahogany, were described, decorated with copper in the best taste. The table we offer is an original composition used by Canabas in some of his creations, such as a first model offered at auction at Sotheby's, Zurich, on November 24, 1992, lot 283; and a second one sold at the auction of the collections of Mrs. Nelia Barletta de Cates (Christie's, Paris, March 18, 2003). In addition, it bears the inventory mark of the Château de Bellevue, residence of Louis XVI's aunts. Built in 1750 for the Marquise de Pompadour, the château took its name from the superb panorama it offered on the edge of the Meudon plateau overlooking the Seine. In 1757, after several years of development, the marquise gave the castle to Louis XV who had it enlarged, refurbished and refurnished by some of the best artists and craftsmen of the time including Caffieri, Chardin and Fragonard. After the death of the sovereign, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette gave Bellevue to the daughters of the deceased king, Mesdames Adélaïde, Sophie and Victoire de France.
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