A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted mahogany cylinder desk, the majority of the gilt bronze mounts added in the late 19th century, openwork gallery above three drawers a cylinder roll top enclosing smaller drawers and sliding writing surface with black leather, the lower part with larger drawers and four fluted tapering legs. Stamped 'F. Schey' (master in Paris 1777). Paris, late 18th century. H. 114 cm. W. 99 cm. D. 49 cm.
The cabinetmaker Fidelys Schey was born in the Duchy of Baden and was one of the many immigrant craftsmen who was established in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and was patronized by the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne at the château de Fontainebleau. Schey worked from a shop in the rue Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in Paris with his wife. Schey worked almost exclusively with mahogany in the restrained Louis XVI 'Grecian' style, and delivered two tables a jeux in this style to Fontainebleau in 1786.
Condition report available on request.