Table regulator with equation of time and remontoire, Paris, Louis XVI period, dated 1778
Joseph Coteau (1740-1801; maître in 1778) and Robert Robin (1741-1799)
Bronze, cast, chased and fire-gilt; glass; enamel; brass; steel
H. 52 cm (20.47 in.), w. 35.5 cm (13.98 in.), d. 21 cm (8.27 in.)
For comparison:
New York, The Frick Collection, inv. no. 1999.5.151
REF No. 653
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David Roentgen (Herrenhag i.d. Wetterau 11.8.1743 - Wiesbaden 12.2.1807) Table de toilette or “coiffeuse” -
Nicolas Petit (Chaource 1732 - 1791 Paris) A pair of commodes (known as commodes galbées) -
André Louis Gilbert (Paris 1746-1809 Paris; Meister 1774) und Antoine Gosselin (Sarton 1731-1794 Pa Commode, so-called commode à la grecque -
Léonard Boudin (1735–1807 Paris, maître in 1761) A drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant) -
François Mondon (1694 - 1770) A parquetry commode -
A rare and early black lacquer commode, Paris, Louis XIV period, c. 1710, incorporating a ten-drawer lacquer cabinet, Japan, c. 1700