American Art Association, Anderson Galleries; Salomon, William [Oth.]: Important eighteenth century French art (New York: American Art Association, 1928)

THE SALOMON COLLECTION

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810. Harewood Marqueterie Work Table, Mounted
in Cuivre Dore Louis XVI Period
Lobed oval, hinged top, inlaid with landscape and stream on which
two swans are swimming; interior of top enriched with silhouetted
profile bust within a wreath of flowers; interior compartment for work
^materials. A drawer is fitted at right side below the compartment.
Supported on molded cabriole legs having incurved oblong stretcher,
and mounted in cuivre dore with leaf-scrolled strap to back of top,
floral drop handle covering the keyhole, floral knee appliques and
leaf feet.
Height, 28% inches; width, 17 inches
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811. Important Inlaid Tulipwood and Elmroot Table,
Mounted in Cuivre Dore
By Hache of Grenoble; Louis XVI Period
Circular, with tripaneled body, enriched with oval medallions of ex-
ceptionally fine elmroot. Front arranged with writing slide at crown
and sliding tambour disclosing three finely inlaid interior drawers.
Right panel fitted at top with small hinged drawer swinging out and
having inkwell compartments. On slender cabriole legs; round shelf
stretcher adorned with stellate inlay. Mounted in cuivre dore with
pierced gallery, bowknotted escutcheon, molding to shelf stretcher
and leaf-cartouched castored toes.
Height, 28% inches; diameter, 15% inches
Note: This charming little table has the maker’s original advertisement
pasted at the bottom of lower drawer. Hache fils of Grenoble were ebenistes
to the Due d’Orleans in 1777, and the most famous of the cabinet-makers of
Dauphine.

[See illustration on opposite page]