cylinder desk

Transitional cylinder secretary, stamped SCHLICHTIG

Mathieu Vathrosewood, Desk, cylinder desk, Veneering - Marquetry, furniture restoration, satin, Transitional style, Transition, French polish, 18th century
Ebénisterie Mathieu Vath

Restoration of a Transition period cylinder desk, stamped Jean-Georges Schlichtig. The legs and stretchers are oak. However, the panels and drop-front are softwood. It is rosewood veneered, with marquetry of bottomless cubes in rosewood and tobacco-stained sycamore. Furthermore, the Greek key stringing combines hornbeam and holly. The back and interior drawers are veneered in satinwood. Finally, this model is common in the work of this cabinetmaker, who produced several variations with bottomless cubes. The […]

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Directoire cylinder desk

Mathieu Vathmahogany, cylinder desk, directory, stamp, Veneering - Marquetry, furniture restoration
Ebénisterie Mathieu Vath

Restoration of a late 18th-century Directoire roll-top desk, veneered in mahogany burl on all four sides. It bears the mark CD or GD, which is unknown to me. Any information regarding it would be greatly appreciated! The piece is entirely constructed of oak, without a single piece of poplar, not even for the drawer pulls or panels. In the upper section, a cylinder reveals four small drawers surmounted by a niche. It also reveals a sliding writing surface and two side pull-outs, all lined with gilt leather tooled in small pieces. The […]

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Transition cylinder desk

Mathieu Vathamaranth, rosewood, cylinder desk, Vacuum bonding, conservation, Marquetry, Veneering - Marquetry, furniture restoration, satin, secretary, Transition, 18th century

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of restoring this magnificent Transition period (1780) roll-top desk. Its frame is made of oak and fir. Most notably, it is veneered with rosewood, arranged in a butterfly pattern on the fall front. Around this, a delicate border of boxwood and green-stained hornbeam stringing is edged with a narrow band of amaranth. The back is veneered in satinwood. Finally, the central marquetry, on a tobacco-stained sycamore background, depicts musical instruments. Two doves are flying above, a musical score within […]

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N. PETIT Roll-Top Desk

Mathieu Vathmahogany, Solid Wood, Bronzes, Desk, cylinder desk, Nicolas Petit, furniture restoration
Ebénisterie Mathieu VATH

DIMENSIONS: H.71 W.104 D.52 This roll-top desk perfectly matches those produced by Nicolas Petit's workshop between 1770 and 1791, the year of his death. Indeed, with a few exceptions, Nicolas Petit primarily crafted this type of furniture in molded mahogany, on fluted legs and with white marble tops. Their understated elegance reflected the taste of the period. It features two drawers in the frieze, two pull-out side shelves, and a central shelf that locks when the drop-top is closed. Furthermore, the interior contains two drawers, the one on the right […]

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