A small multifunctional piece of furniture such as this writing and toilet table would have been used in the more intimate apartments of a Parisian hôtel. Although it shows all the signs of Riesener’s design and craftsmanship, it was altered in the nineteenth century by converting two drawer compartments into a fall-front, which allowed it to accommodate a chamber pot.

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