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215 - Watercolourist's table in mahogany and mahogany veneer. Rect…
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Estimate €1,500 - €3,000
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Watercolourist's table in mahogany and mahogany veneer. Rectangular in shape, it opens with two side drawers, a leather-covered pull-out decorated with gilded vignettes and a drawer at the waist. Attributed to Canabas. Louis XVI period. H:71 - W:50 - D:35 cm Joseph Canabas (1712-1797) was one of the most important Parisian cabinet-makers of the second half of the 18th century and is considered to be the great master of small mahogany furniture. Of German origin, he moved to Paris probably at the end of the 1730s or at the beginning of the following decade, and married in 1745. For a long time he worked as a tradesman in the rue de Charonne, becoming a subcontractor to Jean-Franois Oeben and Pierre Migeon. After becoming a master in April 1766, he set up his workshop in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and rapidly expanded his business by building up a rich private clientele and working with a number of major merchants such as Bonnemain jeune and the Presle brothers. In 1769, at the time of his wife's death, the inventory after her death mentions numerous mahogany crans, tables of all types and guridons; while in 1797 the sale organised after the death of the innkeeper testifies to the prosperity of the workshop despite the troubles of the Revolution;Thus were listed 'secretaires, commodes, guridons, desks, sliding and gliding tables, cylinder night tables, consoles, men's and women's toilets, chiffonnires, office armchairs and other objects, mostly in solid mahogany, decorated with copper in the best Ż style. This table is representative of the culmination of his style, characterised by simplicity of composition and the use of mahogany leaves, which Canabas selected with great care. This same spirit can be found on a number of other tables and desks by the cabinet-maker, including a model formerly in the collection of Dr CR Dreesmann (sold at Christie's, London, 10 April 2002); and a second illustrated in J. Nicolay, L'art et la manire des matres bnistes franais au XVIIIe sicle, Paris, 1982; and a final example reproduced in P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier franais du XVIIIe sicle, Les ditions de l'Amateur, Paris, p. 145.
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About the sale Antique Paintings, Furniture and Works of Art from the 17th to the 19th century
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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