Standing on four slender cabriole legs a rectangular table top with a curvey outline and rounded corners, depicting a fine floral marquetry, the rim with gilt bronze banding. Underneath the table top a frieze drawer with shaped apron, opening by a hidden push button. All sides with excellently chased and gilt Louis XV style rocaille mounts, the feet with gilt bronze scroll and foliage sabots, the corners of the legs with richly ornamented floral gilt bronze mounts.
The small writing desk or salon table is inspired by a model made by Bernard II Van Risen Burgh (before 1706-1766, master 1730), and judging by the quality of the workmanship, it must have been made by an important furniture manufacturer of the late 19th century, such as Linke, Dasson or Sormani.
Bernard II Van Risen Burgh is the most famous of the B.V.R.B dynasty, cabinet-makers of Dutch origin. He worked for rich customers, including the Royal family through furniture dealers such as Hébert, Lazare Duvaux ou Simon Philippe Poirier. He created furniture in the “goût pittoresque”, the French Rococo style, which are characterized by a great sense of proportion and elegance of outline. His works are shown in many of the world’s most famous museums such as Versailles, the Louvre in Paris, the National Gallery in London or the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Compare: Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobilier Francais du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 2008, fig. 144a, biography: ibid., p. 139-155
