A LOUIS XVI GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SMALL BUREAU PLAT BY FRANÇOIS-IGNACE PAPST, LATE 18TH CENTURY

J. Hennocque Antiques, Cannes, 1950s

Papst was one of the successful Parisian cabinet-makers who was of German descent. He received commissions from the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne and supplied furniture for a number of royal residences including, Fontainebleau, Compiègne, Versailles and Rambouillet. His business managed to survive the Revolution and he supplied furniture for notable Parisians during the Empire period. Much of the work of Papst is executed in mahogany and fitted with simple, refined, gilt bronze borders and mounts as seen in the present lot.