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 On?the?cover:???
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 Picture?of?the?Garde?Meuble?inventory?mark?for?the?Riesener?Secr?taire???
 Abattant??(The?Wallace?Collection?Inventory?no?F300)?taken?from?the?files?at?
 the?Wallace?Collection,?Accessed?12/09.?
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 Appendix?H:?Secr?taire???Abattant?by?Riesener?Mentioned?in?the?Garde?
 Meuble?(1775?1784)?
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 During?the?years?between?1775?and?1784,?Riesener?had?his?highest?years?of?productivity?for?the?Royal?
 Household.??While?he?did?contribute?a?few?items?both?before?and?after?this?period,?there?is?no?question?
 that?he?produced?at?a?higher?rate?during?this?period?than?any?other.?As?background,?Riesener,?worked?
 for?a?cabinetmaker,?who?was?cabinet?maker?to?the?king?(Louis?XV)?until?Oeben?s?death?on?the?2nd?of?
 January,?1763,?at?which?time?the?workshop?management?was?handed?to?a?Wynant?Stylen.??This?however?
 ended?when?Riesener?married?Oeben?s?widow?in?1767.??And?in?1768?Riesner?was?made?a?master?in?the?
 Parisian?Guild?of?Cabinetmakers.??In?1769,?the?next?step?in?Riesener?s?ascendance?was?to?complete?the?
 cylindrical?desk?for?Louis?XV,?which?became?known?as?the??Bureau?du?Roi?.??During?this?time?Gilles?Jouber?
 was?the?cabinetmaker?to?the?king,?but?passed?the?title?over?to?Riesener?in?1774.???
 During?the?next?10?years,?Riesener?was?able?to?produce?877,130?livre?of?work?for?Louis?XVI?and?Marie?
 Antoinette?and?it?was?during?this?time?that?he?produced?so?many?Secr?taire???Abattant?s.???The?following?
 table?show?the?amount?of?money?that?was?made?by?Riesener?from?the?Royal?family?during?these?10?
 years?as?well?as?the?number?of?secr?taires,?and?other?different?types?of?writing?furniture.???
 Table?H???1?
 Production?Activity?by?Riesener?for?the?French?Royal?Family?
 Between?1775?and?1784.?
 Number?of???Year? Amount?Paid?to?
 Riesener?(Livres)1? Secr?taire?
 ??Abattant?
 Writing?
 Tables?
 Roll?Top?
 Desks?
 Other? Total?
 1774? NA? 10? 33? 1? 3? 47 
1775? 58,470? 3? 33? 2? 1? 39 
1776? 109,803? 2? 34? 1? 1? 38 
1777? 71,948? 3? 14? 1? 9? 27 
1778? 14,533? 8? 33? 1? 5? 47 
1779? 135,513? 0? 44? 0? 5? 49 
1780? 50,998? 3? 19? 0? 4? 26 
1781? 140,926? 5? 20? 0? 3? 28 
1782? 13,5544? 2? 36? 0? 4? 42 
1783? 81,369? 13? 102? 0? 10? 125 
1784? 78,026? 2? 19? 3? 7? 31 
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 1?P.?Verlet,?(Translated?from?German?by?K.?Riall),?M?bel?von?J.?H.?Riesener,?P?9.??
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 Total? 877,130? 51? 387? 9? 52? 499