The original convertible desk was made for Madame de Pompadour in 1750 by jean-François Oeben.

The whole piece is covered with marquetry, I have made it in all of the original woods to show what it would of looked like when it was first made.

There are several new development,

A vast improvement in the detail of the marquetry. This can be seen in the large picture of the basket below. (the basket is 19mm wide). The top contains a basket of flowers with tulips, daffodils, roses and carnations. with fish scale marquetry on each side, made from bloodwood and stained sycamore. surrounded with boxwood, ebony, and amaranth banding

The tulipwood around the marquetry panels is hand made containing over 130 separate pieces of wood per inch. This makes a big difference to the overall look of the piece compared to previous pieces.

There is also an authentic mechanism based on the original, By realising the catch underneath. The draw slides out and the top slides back. The two cupboard doors are relieved by  small buttons on the front, a spring inside the cupboards pushes them open.

The piece is French polished and finish with cast bronze/gold plate ormolu mounts.

Height   65mm    width    89mm   depth   45mm                                £  8,200.00   sold

To see a picture of the original click here

Click on each picture for a larger view.

Theses pictures are much bigger than the miniature desk.