Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, used this exquisite writing table at the Petit Trianon, the small palace she used as a retreat from the court at Versailles. An intimate piece of furniture from the Queen's private domain, the table was commissioned from her favourite cabinet-maker Jean-Henri Riesener. The Queen often had lunch in her bed, sometimes standing on a small table opposite her sofa. In her bed, she probably used one of her "mechanical tables" which she ordered from Riesener.
Although Riesener made a number of small writing tables for Marie-Antoinette and other ladies at court, the extremely fine modelling of the gilt-bronze mounts sets this table apart from the others. Composed of incredibly realistic flowers carefully chased, gilded and burnished so that they shimmer in the light, the mounts can be compared to the fineness of jewellery.
The central oval reserve of the table-top and the panels on the four sides are decorated with intricate marquetry trophies of love and music, while geometric ‘fretwork’ marquetry fills the remaining table-top and lower shelf. The front frieze pulls out to reveal a writing slide, which can be adjusted to the preferred angle, beneath which is a drawer. A subsidiary drawer contains silvered compartments for writing implements and can be pulled out to the right when the writing slide is in use.
The table could be used for various activities such as eating and writing and also reading and dressing, since the central panel of the top can be lifted to form a lectern and reversed to reveal a mirror. Pressing buttons along the front edge of the table releases the hinged lids to six compartments for the storage of cosmetic and writing equipment.
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There are two models of this table includes. First one has the mechanism of the table open, and the second on is closed.
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You can adjust the intensity of the shadows beneath the table by selecting the face of the shadow and lowering the transparency to your liking.
Land impact is 1 for every size below the 1.05m of height.
Number of triangles: 5848 / 2811
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Very detailed yet low LI
Too bad it comes with separate open table or close table. You can only choose one, but I like both. So I linked both together and a add script to toggle either one visible when I touch them.