INKSTAND

Acquired by Musée du Grand Siècle, Saint-Cloud, France
ALEXANDRE-JEAN OPPENORDT (V.1636-1715), MASTER BEFORE 1668, ORDINARY CABINET-MAKER TO THE KING IN 1684

Paris, Louis XIV period, circa 1700.

Oak and walnut structure; Brazilian rosewood; marquetry of first-quality brass on red and brown tortoiseshell; gilt bronze.

H. 12.5 cm (5 in.); L. 37 cm (14 ½ in.); D. 28 cm (11 in.).

PROVENANCE: Private collection.