Mahogany Secretary Stamped J.caumont Louis XVI Period XVIIIth Century

Louis XVI period mahogany and mahogany veneer lady's secretary stamped * J.Caumont and **JME opening with a drawer, a flap and two molded leaves around their edges. The flap reveals four small mahogany drawers and patinated leather gilded with small iron. The leaves reveal a mahogany veneer drawer. Mahogany veneer sides mounted in a frame, rounded and fluted front uprights in solid mahogany. It rests on four small tapered mahogany legs ending in gilt bronze sabots. Original locks working with their keys (lock of the flap formerly replaced). Original white Carrara marble top. Stamped three times *J.Caumont on the uprights and **JME.*Jean Caumont (1736 - September 4, 1800) - Paris. Master on December 14, 1774. Jean Caumont, obtained his master's letters in Paris in 1774 and established his workshop and his store on rue Traversiére. He actively participated in the Revolution and was elected justice of the peace at the commercial court. His works, in the Transition and Louis XVI styles, present a great variety both in their manufacture and in the materials used. If we know of his cylinder desks, bouillotte tables, pedestal tables... Caumont excelled above all in the manufacture of secretaries and chests of drawers. Their compositions are often sought after, elegant and full of finesse. We find, in his production, furniture with mahogany or satin veneer, and marquetry of colored wood, decorated with landscapes, flowers, branches or musical instruments often finely inlaid with ivory or mother-of-pearl. Around 1795, Jean Caumont ceased his activities and his son Claude Emmanuel succeeded him in his workshop. **JME hallmark of the Jurande