Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant), René Dubois (1737–1799, master 1755), ca. 1770–75, French, Paris, Painted and varnished oak, veneered with European lacquer, mahogany, purplewood, gilt-bronze mounts, 60 x 26 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (152.4 x 67.9 x 34cm), Woodwork-Furniture, René Dubois (1737–1799, master 1755), The form of this secretary, with its pierced pagoda-shaped top, is exceptional in French furniture. Although furniture in the Chinese taste was designed and executed in England during the second half of the eighteenth century, French chinoiserie was almost always limited to the surface decoration
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Drop-front secretaire, secrètaire à abattant, René Dubois, 1737–1799, master 1755, ca, 1770–75, French, Paris, Painted, varnished oak, veneered, European lacquer, mahogany, purplewood, gilt-bronze mounts, 60 x 26 3/4 13 3/8, 152.4 67.9 34cm, Woodwork-Furniture, master, 1755, form, secretary, pierced pagoda-shaped, top, exceptional, French furniture, furniture, Chinese taste, designed, executed, England, second half, eighteenth century, chinoiserie, almost, limited, surface decoration
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