PAIR OF ENCOIGNURES Louis XV, Paris ca. 1750/60, signed J. Stumpff (Jean Chrysostome Stumpff, maître 1766) and with guild stamp. Purpleheart and rosewood, inlaid in reserves in veneer. Front with door. Gilt bronze mounts. "Griotte rouge" marble top with shaped edge. 1 key. 66 x 43 x 90 cm. Light losses to the veneer, restored. 1 rear foot repaired. Originally from Schweigern in Swabia, Jean Chrysostome Stumpff became a master craftsman in Paris in 1766. With their simple, yet high-grade marquetry, the two encoignures on offer are quite typical of Stumpff's work, who liked to use geometric shapes in veneer and reserves "en papillon". Pierre Kjellberg: Le mobilier français du XVIII siècle, Paris 1968, pp. 824-828.

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