Roll-Top Desk Depicting the Chateau of Saint Maur

Description This form of desk with its counter-weighted receding top became fashionable in 1760, when a similar desk was commissioned for Louis XV. This example is attributed to Teuné, a specialist in such desks who became a master "ébéniste" (cabinetmaker) in 1766. Portrayed in the marquetry of the top is a perspective of the Château de Saint Maur, a residence of the prince of Condé. The château, situated in what is now St. Maur-les-Fosses, was demolished during the French Revolution.

Conservation

Repaired to reattach ormolu mounts on feet.

Loose ormolu mount reattached to leg

Date	Description	Narrative
10/31/1983	Examination	examined for condition
10/12/2015	Examination	Repaired
6/21/2019	Treatment	repaired

Provenance Madame Bacri, Paris; Walters Art Museum, March 1974, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1974