Writing Table Carlin
Writing Table (bureau plat), Martin Carlin, plaques: Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé, French, Paris and Sèvres, c. 1778
Oak veneered with tulipwood, fourteen Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques, gilt bronze mounts, modern leather top.
This table was among the pieces of furniture that Daguerre sold in 1782 to Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul Petrovich of Russia, who later became the Czar and Czarina. They made an unofficial trip through Europe traveling as the comte and comtesse du Nord. The Duchess installed the table in her bedroom at the Palace of Pavlosk, near Saint Petersburg.
Writing Table Carlin
Writing Table (bureau plat), Martin Carlin, plaques: Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé, French, Paris and Sèvres, c. 1778
Oak veneered with tulipwood, fourteen Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques, gilt bronze mounts, modern leather top.
This table was among the pieces of furniture that Daguerre sold in 1782 to Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul Petrovich of Russia, who later became the Czar and Czarina. They made an unofficial trip through Europe traveling as the comte and comtesse du Nord. The Duchess installed the table in her bedroom at the Palace of Pavlosk, near Saint Petersburg.