61BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alfred de Champeaux, Portefeuille des arts
décoratifs y eme année (Paris, 1884-1885),
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illus.- Writing and Card Table
Paris, circa 1725
Oak and pine veneered with satiné rouge
and kingwood; walnut drawers; gilt-bronze
mounts; modern silk velvet
Closed Height: 2 ft. 6Y 4 in. (76.8 cm);
Width: 3 ft. 3% in. (101.3 cm); Depth:
ι ft. 8%. in. (51.4 cm); Opened Height:
2 ft. 5/8 in. (74 cm); Width: 3 ft. 3% in.
(101.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 4 in. (101.6 cm)
Accession number 75.DA. 2
PROVENANCE
Jane, Countess of Westmorland (wife of the
10th Earl, married 1800, died 1857), Cotter-
stock Hall, Northamptonshire, from the
late eighteenth century; Lieutenant Colonel
Hon. Henry Fane (son of Jane, Countess
of Westmorland; died 1857), Cotterstock
Hall; Henry Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville
(cousin of Hon. Henry Fane, died 1904),
Cotterstock Hall; Dundas family, Melville
Castle, Scotland, until 1967; [Alexander and
Berendt, Ltd., London]; [French and Co.,
New York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.62FRENCH TABLES 49