Rare pedestal table in mahogany and mahogany veneer;... Lot 40

Rare pedestal table in mahogany and mahogany veneer; the turquoise-blue marble tops encircled by openwork galleries with drapery and trimmings supported by fluted column shafts darkened in brass resting on octagonal molded rings and on a tripod base with azure and scrolls and umbilicals. Stamped by Martin Carlin. Louis XVI period (restoration; teapot holder later). Martin CARLIN, cabinetmaker received master on July 30, 1766. H. 110 cm - D. 81 cm Provenance : Collection of Monsieur and Madame A., in their Hôtel particulier near the Champs-Élysées; By descent to the current owner. Martin Carlin (circa 1730-1785) was one of the most important Parisian furniture craftsmen of the last third of the 18th century. Born in Germany, he moved to Paris in 1759 and married one of the sisters of Jean-François Oeben, Louis XV's celebrated cabinetmaker-mechanic. After becoming a master, he set up his workshop in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and immediately enjoyed considerable success. This reputation was closely linked to Carlin's privileged commercial ties with Simon-Philippe Poirier, the leading dealer in luxury objects and furniture of the time. In particular, it was through Poirier that Carlin produced his most luxurious furniture, decorated with Sèvres porcelain plates, between 1766 and 1778. Then, from the mid-1770s, he favored furniture decorated with Japanese lacquer panels. His after-death inventory reveals that the cabinetmaker worked exclusively for the great haberdashers of the time; in 1785, for example, his main clients included the sons Darnault and Dominique Daguerre.