Secretary XVIII Stamped Denizot

Secretary with flap stamped P.DENIZOT under the marble.
It locks with key and has a drawer "chest" under the flap, very nice work of marquetry with different species of precious wood.
Note a white marble which is not impeccable and has roughness.
Height of the tray: 72cm

The delivery is the responsibility of the customer, the secretary is visible in the shop.

PIERRE DENIZOT (1715-1782)
Son of cabinetmaker and merchant-haberdasher Jacques Denizot, Pierre Denizot works in the father's workshop, and although having obtained his master's letters in 1740, did not register them until 1760, upon the death of his father. It is only then that he marks his works with his personal stamp. He established his business on rue Neuve-Saint-Roch, worked for his colleague Léonard Boudin and received royal and princely orders for the castles of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Maisons-Lafitte.
From 1764 to 1766, he was a juror accountant for his corporation and became, from 1776, the official supplier of the Comte d'Artois to whom he delivered all kinds of furniture, both luxury and ordinary. He has a great technical skill and produces works mainly in Louis XV or Transition style. Very few Louis XVI pieces of furniture actually leave his workshops. His creations are especially inlaid with geometric patterns, circles, squares, diamonds or flower and trophy patterns, drawn with rigor. It was by executing an order placed by one of his customers, Monsieur, Comte de Provence, that Pierre Denizot died in his workshop in 1782.
On July 29 and November 27, 1782, the Announcements, Posters and Miscellaneous Notices mentioned an auction organized after the death of the cabinetmaker, in which it is reported, in addition to a large stock of mahogany, amaranth and ebony, a large number of dressers, cupboards , cylinder desks, secretaries, game tables, round and oval tables ... "garnished with cast irons and ornaments gilded with ground gold".