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CABANAS and JME Small oval coffee table, mahogany...

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CABANAS and JME Small oval coffee table, mahogany veneer, white marble top, curved with an openwork bronze gallery. It opens with a drawer forming a writing table, covered with green leather decorated with petit fer. It rests on 4 uprights joined by a crotch plate. Finely curved legs finished with wooden casters. Late 18th century. Stamped on the top of the front left jamb. H. 74 cm l. 49 cm P. 36.5 cm CANABAS Joseph Gengenbach Joseph Gengenbach dit Canabas (1715-1797) - Master's degree obtained April 1, 1766: Of German origin, Canabas - whose real name was Joseph Gengenbach - arrived in Paris in the 1740s. Both cabinetmaker and joiner, he used veneer as well as solid wood. (Minor missing veneers, refixed crotch top, good overall condition).