c. 1785
Writing Desk
The Wedgwood plaque adorning this writing desk represents the late eighteenth-century French fascination with all things English. Dominique Daguerre, a well-known Parisian dealer and importer of Wedgwood medallions, was well acquainted with the fashion and may have commissioned this desk and provided the German furniture-maker Adam Weisweiler with the English-made plaque.
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