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Cylinder-top Desk

Jean François Leleu · c. 1775 - c. 1785 · marqueterie; gild; boxwood; mahogany (wood); bronze (metal); ebony (wood); marble (rock); leather; wood (plant material); oak (wood)

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About this work

When the writing slide of this desk is drawn out, the cylinder automatically disappears into the superstructure, revealing the desk's interior. Leleu was a pupil of the famous Jean-François Oeben who specialized in ingenious mechanical furniture of this kind. The relatively sober decoration of this mahogany piece shows the influence of contemporary English taste at the time.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

furniture desk bureau table cylinderbureau

Credit lineCylinder-top Desk. c. 1775 - c. 1785. Jean François Leleu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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