Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

6j. Writing and Toilet Table

Paris, circa 1754

By Jean-Francois Oeben

Oak veneered with kingwood, tulipwood,

amaranth, boxwood, sycamore, pear, satin-

wood, lemon, padouk, and stained horn­

beam; leather; silk fabric lining; gilt-bronze

mounts

Stamped J. Ε OEBEN twice underneath

table and inscribed in ink No. 4. Label

underneath table printed Mrs John D.

Rockefeller, Jr.; label inside drawer inked

C. 64781J. D. RJNR/10 West Fifty fourth

Street, New York.

Height: 2 ft. 4 in. (71.1 cm); Width:

2 ft. 7/2 in. (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4% in.

(42.8 cm)

Accession number 71.DA. 103

PROVENANCE

John George Murray (1871-1917), Marquess

of Tullibardine, 8th Duke of Atholl, Scot­

land; Mary Gavin (Hon. Mrs. Robert

Baillie-Hamilton), by inheritance; Lady

Harvey, London, by inheritance; [Lewis

and Simmons, Paris]; Judge Elbert H. Gary,

New York (sold, American Art Association,

April 21,1928, lot 272, when the above

provenance was given); [Duveen Brothers,

New York]; [Raymond Kraemer, Paris];

Martha Baird (Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.)

(sold, Parke-Bernet, New York, October 23,

1971, lot 712); [The Antique Porcelain Co.,

New York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wilson, Selections, no. 27, pp. 54-55, illus.;

Handbook 1986, p. 166, illus.; Pradére, Les

Ebénistes, illus. p. 255, fig. 264; Kjellberg,

Dictionnaire, p. 619; Handbook 1991, p. 182,

illus.

68. Writing Table
    Paris, circa 1755
    By Bernard II van Risenburgh
    Oak and pine veneered with tulipwood,
    kingwood, amaranth, and laburnum;
    modern leather panel; gilt-bronze mounts
    Stamped B. V.R.B, and J ME twice under the
    front rail. A label pasted underneath printed
    Londesborough under a coronet. Another
    label printed J .J .ALLEN, Ltd., Furniture
    Depositories, LONDON and stenciled
    Countess Londesborough.

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