Keywords: François-Gaspard Teuné - Roll-Top Desk Depicting the Chateau of Saint Maur - Walters 6588.jpg 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 Ch teau de Saint Maur a residence of the prince of Condé The ch teau situated in what is now St Maur-les-Fosses was demolished during the French Revolution ca 1770 oak carcass body various woods marquetry ivory inlay bronze-gilt mounts cm 43 82 w accession number 65 88 40793 Madame Bacri Paris Walters Art Museum March 1974 by purchase Museum purchase 1974 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Cylinder desks 1770 about Marquetry Château de Saint-Maur François-Gaspard Teuné Furniture in the Walters Art Museum |