SLOPE DESK In violet wood veneer inlaid on all... Lot 83

SLOPE DESK In violet wood veneer inlaid on all sides, with diamond decoration on the tier, the belt and the drawer; opening with a sinuous line flap flanked by a reading rod and covered with havana leather on the reverse, it reveals an interior layout with seven curved drawers and four compartments. The door is opened by means of a lock located above the flap in the door frame. The base is composed of a curved belt, a drawer and two pulls to support the flap. It rests on four curved legs. Stamp MIGEON, for Pierre IV Migeon (1696-1758) received master around 1721. Louis XV period H. 98.5 cm, W. 83 cm, D. 48.5 cm Old veneer and drawer restorations. Restorations carried out in 2000 by Mr. Jean-Marie Chapuis under the number 99092065. Provenance Private collection: M.C., Ville d'Avray Inventory and expertise of Mr. Marc Revillon d'Arpeval dated May 26, 1981. Our elegant sloping desk is in keeping with the typology of the small, narrow-belt secretaries offered by Pierre IV Migeon to his clientele. Its shapes are simple, all in straight lines, except for the profile of the feet which are clear over a large part of their height. The belt is slightly curved and marks the separation of the desk and the support, recalling the origins of the sloping secretaries. The sumptuousness of the veining highlighted by the play of diamond and cross veneer, whose style was asserted by Pierre IV Migeon, combined with the refined veneer of the inside of this desk make it a precious and seductive piece of furniture despite the simplicity of the structure. The sloping secrétaire de pente was one of Pierre IV Migeon's (1696-1758) favourite forms and he never ceased, throughout his career as a cabinetmaker, to improve its refinement and elegance. He made it his speciality as the historian Mr. André Boutemy indicates it, in a study devoted entirely to Pierre IV Migeon's slope secretaries. The note in Pierre