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Jean PASCAUD (1903-1996). Rare flat desk with...

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Jean PASCAUD (1903-1996). Rare flat desk with two suspended boxes in blackened and varnished wood (probably restored). The entablature, with a central recess, is supported by four corner legs in the form of a saber; each finished with a scrolled capital and received by a bronze shoe with a comma motif. Each box receives a drawer with a front decorated with engraved crosses enriched with rhombuses inlaid with patinated brass. The panels on the visitor's side of the cabinet are decorated with the drawer fronts. Years 1940-50. H_75,3 cm W_154 cm D_ 69 cm Provenance : Mrs X., Mougins. Bibliography : - Images de France - July 1942. Our desk, or an identical model, reproduced on page 10. - Mobilier et Décoration - May 1953. Slight variation reproduced on page 36.