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A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnièreCirca 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B) image 1
A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnièreCirca 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B) image 2
A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnièreCirca 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B) image 3
A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnièreCirca 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B) image 4
A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnièreCirca 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B) image 5
A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnièreCirca 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B) image 6
A Farquhar Legacy
Lot 112TP

A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnière
Circa 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B)

Lady Glenconner, My Life in Objects & A Farquhar Legacy
19 November 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A Louis XV kingwood, gilt bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnière

Circa 1761 and later, made by Louis Moreau (1740-1802) after the model by Bernard van Risen Burgh (known as B.V.R.B)
The rectangular top inset with a later decorated 18th century Sèvres tray above a frieze drawer stamped L Moreau to the underside, on cabriole legs united by a white marble under-tier on scrolled sabots, the porcelain and marble tops later, 35.5cm wide x 29cm deep x 67cm high, (13 1/2in wide x 11in deep x 26in high)

Footnotes

Louis Moreau maître in 1764.

A closely comparable gilt-bronze and porcelain mounted table en chiffonnière by Bernard van Risen Burgh made in circa 1760 and stamped B.V.R.B was offered at Sotheby's, Paris,  Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I: Chefs-d'oeuvre, 11 October 2022, lot 33.

Bernard Van Risenburgh (died circa 1765) known as B.V.R.B was one of the most accomplished ébénistes of the Louis XV period and established a workshop in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. BVRB mastered the technique of bois de bout end-cut marquetry of floral design, as well as incorporating porcelain and lacquer into his work. He supplied furniture to an illustrious clientele including Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour.

Comparative Literature
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris 2002, p.133.
Alexandre Pradère, Les Ébénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris 1989, p. 192, fig. 181.

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