ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-JOSEPH CHAPUIS, BRUSSELS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A mahogany, bent and laminated mahogany centre table
Attributed to Jean-Joseph Chapuis, Brussels, early 19th Century
The later circular mirror top, above three scrolled supports, terminating in rams heads
73 cm. high and 83 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

A comparable table, with similar bent laminated supports, stamped CHAPUIS, was sold at Christie's Paris on 22 June 2004, lot 222.

Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864) established his first workshop in Brussels in 1798. In 1806 he was called to value French furniture at the château de Laeken and thereafter supplied furniture for the château himself.

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