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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A baroque marble fountain -
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) -
Jacques Dubois (1694-1763) Black lacquer writing desk ("bureau en pente") -
Jacques Van Oostenryk, called Dautriche ( - 1778) A commode (commode à la grecque) -
Pierre Denizot (1715 - 1782) A bonheur du jour