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The other (Museum number 1058-1882) has a slightly more elaborate porcelain plaque, painted with a central basket of flowers.  Both were purchased in the nineteenth century by the London collector John Jones, who bequeathed them to the Museum as part of his large collection of French decorative arts. From the 1760s onwards, the French cabinet-maker Martin Carlin, whose stamp appears on this piece, made a speciality of producing small-scale luxury furniture set with painted porcelain plaques.  A hundred years later, such pieces were keenly sought by collectors, and John Jones followed the fashion in buying several small pieces set with porcelain or Japanese lacquer.","physicalDescription":"A double-tiered circular work table, raised on a tripod support, the top tier set with a Sèvres porcelain plaque decorated with sprigs of flowers, the lower tier set with marquetry of scrolls.  The table is veneered with tulipwood and other woods on a carcase of oak, the drawers lined with velvet and watered silk and edged with braid; drawer fittings of gilt-bronze and castors of lignum vitae.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Carlin, Martin","id":"A6616"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Boulanger, Jean-Pierre","id":"A29179"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x28695"},"note":"Sevres plaque probably painted by Jean-Pierre Boulanger"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oak","id":"AAT12264"},{"text":"tulipwood","id":"AAT12469"},{"text":"sycamore","id":"AAT12357"},{"text":"boxwood","id":"AAT12002"},{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10665"},{"text":"gilt brass","id":"x38746"},{"text":"velvet","id":"AAT133711"},{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"},{"text":"lignum vitae","id":"AAT12193"},{"text":"purplewood","id":"AAT12419"},{"text":"holly","id":"AAT12156"}],"techniques":[{"text":"cabinet-making","id":"AAT53607"},{"text":"veneering","id":"AAT53878"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Veneered with tulipwood, purplewood, holly and stained wood on carcase of oak; set with porcelain plaque and gilt-brass mounts;  velvet and watered silk drawer lining, edged with braid; gilt brass mounts, castors of lignum vitae","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"},{"text":"Needlework accessories","id":"THES49006"}],"styles":[{"text":"Neo-classicism","id":"x38958"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AL5129","2006AL5127","2009CR2591","2006AK6654","2006AK6653","2006AP0044","2006AP0043","2006AL5125","2006AL5124","2017JX3770","2018KY5567"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"135","id":"THES49878"},"free":"","case":"BY1","shelf":"EXP","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Work table (<i>table à ouvrage)","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1776","earliest":"1776-01-01","latest":"1776-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by John Jones","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"37.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"porcelain plaque","note":""},{"dimension":"Thickness","value":"1.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"porcelain plaque","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"76","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"67.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions of plaque taken from Carolyn Sargentson's notes","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'M.CARLIN JME'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Stamped on the underside of the top tier. 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