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It is known that Carlin supplied such a table to the <i>marchand-mercier</i> Dominique Daguerre, as a Sevres mounted table bearing his trade label, was purchased by the Grand-Duchess Marie Feodorovna, together with a quantitiy of other furniture from Daguerre's premises in Paris which she visited in 1784. The lacquer panels on this table are much earlier in date and and have been cut down and made to fit, using lacquer cut from a different object. As lacquer was highly prized, and at this time furniture in Japanese lacquer was very fashionable, this practice was common among ebenistes in Paris, who were making furniture to order for the <i>marchands-merciers</i>.","physicalDescription":"Writing table with curved ends raised on four tapering legs. The frieze is fitted with fourteen narrow panels of Japanese (urushi) lacquer, depicting rocks, trees, houses, a bridge and a figure. The frieze also fitted with three drawers, the centre front drawer fitted out for writing materials. The whole decorated with ormolu (gilt bronze) mounts of drapery festoons, pendants, bands and an open gallery on the top. 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Formerly in the collection of John Jones.\r\n\r\nA table of similar form but with marquetry in the style of the English late-18th century was produced by Maple & Co. in the late 1890s and illustrated by them in an undated catalogue (copy held at the Geffrye Museum, London, acc. no. 234/1998) entitled Illustrations of Useful Articles Suitable for Presents (this catalogue mentions the firms address at rue Boudreau, Paris, which dates it to post 1896).  As there was no Hepplewhite or Sheraton design of this form, it is tempting to think that the model was based on the V&amp;A example, seen after the bequest came to the Museum in 1882.  A copy of the image is held in departmental files. ","historicalContext":"As the entire surface of this table is richy decorated, in the 18th century it would  have been used as a writing table in the middle of a room. \n\nFrom the 1883 handbook to the Jones Collection, \n\"One half of the folding doors (between the larger front Drawing Room and the smaller back Drawing Room) was closed and the table (no.1049) was put against it. Upon this table were the bronze horses (no. 973) and some smaller objects.\"\n\nIn the illustration p.29 Fig.10 - Drawing Room at 95 Piccadilly, the table appears to be the one shown on the far left of the inner room.","briefDescription":"Writing table with curved ends fitted with narrow panels of Japanese lacquer.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Elizabeth Miller and Hilary Young, eds., <i>The Arts of Living. Europe 1600-1815</i>. V&A Publishing, 2015. 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Made from the sap of a tree found only in East Asia, Japanese lacquer was highly prized in Europe, but it was imported only through the Dutch East India Company.\r\n\r\nFrance (Paris)\r\nBy Martin Carlin\r\nOak veneered with ebony; Japanese lacquer (about 1650–1700); gilded copper alloy mounts\r\nBequeathed by John Jones\r\n","date":{"text":"09/12/2015","earliest":"2015-12-09","latest":"2015-12-09"}},{"text":"[Label text from 1971, by Peter Thornton]\r\nWriting Desk (bureau plat)\r\nFrench; about 1780-85\r\nStamped 'J. Carlin' [sic] and 'J.M.E.'\r\nJapanned and set with panels of Japanese 'nashi-ji' lacquer\r\nGilt-bronze mounts.  The tooled leather is a modern replacement\r\n\r\nWhile still a Grand-Duchess, the future Tzarina Marie Feodorovna visited the emporium of Dominique Daguerre in Paris in May 1784 and bought considerable quantities of furniture, including a table very similar to this but set with Sevres porcelain plaques instead of lacquer.  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