An antique-style wooden console table with gold-toned legs and drawer pulls, styled in a bright living room with a potted olive tree, a beige sofa, and a framed abstract print on the wall.

French Louis XV Revival Kingwood Marquetry Ladies' Writing Table (historically termed Table à Écrire or Kidney-Shaped Bureau de Dame).

$3,500.00
$3,500.00 $4,800.00
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An antique-style wooden console table with gold-toned legs and drawer pulls, styled in a bright living room with a potted olive tree, a beige sofa, and a framed abstract print on the wall.
  • An antique-style wooden console table with gold-toned legs and drawer pulls, styled in a bright living room with a potted olive tree, a beige sofa, and a framed abstract print on the wall.
  • An antique-style wooden writing desk with brass hardware, styled in a bright, modern living room next to a potted olive tree.
  • An elegant carved wooden console table with gold-toned accents and cabriole legs, styled in a warm, neutral-toned room with a potted olive, framed abstract art, and a beige armchair.
  • An antique-style wooden console table with gold-toned legs and drawer pulls, styled in a bright living room with a potted olive tree, a beige sofa, and a framed abstract print on the wall.
  • An antique-style wooden writing desk with brass hardware, styled in a bright, modern living room next to a potted olive tree.
  • An elegant carved wooden console table with gold-toned accents and cabriole legs, styled in a warm, neutral-toned room with a potted olive, framed abstract art, and a beige armchair.
French Louis XV Revival Kingwood Marquetry Ladies' Writing Table (historically termed Table à Écrire or Kidney-Shaped Bureau de Dame).

French Louis XV Revival Kingwood Marquetry Ladies' Writing Table (historically termed Table à Écrire or Kidney-Shaped Bureau de Dame).

$3,500.00
$3,500.00 $4,800.00

1. Historical Style & Period

  • Item Name / Nomenclature: French Louis XV Revival Kingwood Marquetry Ladies' Writing Table (historically termed Table à Écrire or Kidney-Shaped Bureau de Dame).

  • Era: Late 19th Century / Third Republic Era (circa 1880s).

  • Style: Louis XV Rococo Revival. Characterized by kidney/serpentine contours, intricate floral marquetry, herringbone parquetry veneers, and ornate gilded bronze mounts (ormolu).

  • Function: Ladies' Writing Table / Table à Écrire. Designed for private boudoirs, dressing rooms, or drawing rooms, providing a compact surface for writing letters and storing personal correspondence, stationery, and small trinkets in the central drawer.

2. Key Architectural & Decorative Features

  • Kidney & Serpentine Shaped Silhouette: Features a concave front contour with flowing, curved sides designed to sit comfortably before the writer.

  • Inlaid Floral Marquetry & Parquetry: Crafted using fine kingwood veneers with a herringbone pattern on the frieze and delicate floral bouquet marquetry inlaid into the top using contrasting fruitwoods.

  • Gilt-Bronze Pierced Gallery & Edging: The shaped table top is bordered by a raised, openwork pierced brass gallery rim that protects decorative items placed on top.

  • Ormolu Mounts (Bronze Doré): Flanked at the shoulders by high-relief gilt-bronze classical masks (female or faun busts) extending into trailing acanthus chute mounts down the knees.

  • Gentle Cabriole Legs with Sabots: Supported by four tall, slender splayed cabriole legs tapering down to gilt-bronze shoe mounts (sabots) protecting the lower tips.

  • Contoured Frieze Drawer: Fitted with a central frieze drawer echoing the curve of the top, trimmed with scrolled brass bail handles and a matching keyhole escutcheon.

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