LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE
BY GERVAIS-MAXIMILIEN-EUGENE DURAND, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular hinged top centered by a gilt-tooled dark brown leather writing surface, lifting in two sections with a hinged document holder, the reverse of each with an adjustable silvered support, above two frieze drawers to the sides, on square tapering legs; the carcass stamped to the underside. G. Durand.

Height 30 in. (closed), Width 53 1/2 in., Depth 35 1/2 in.

Gervais-Maximilien-Eugene Durand, born in Paris 1874, celebrated Ébénistes under the trade name “Durand et Fils.” He exhibited in the Exposition Universelle of 1889 where he received a Silver Medal. His designs were in competition to those of Beurdeley and Dasson. He produced almost exclusively many of the copies of furnishings of the XVIII Century.

Provenance: A European lady

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