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Mahogany and mahogany veneer "à la Tronchin" table on four round tapered legs, opening with a drawer in the waist and two side pulls, the top forming a writing table, rack system, brass pull rings and key escutcheons, Directoire period, early 19th century.
This type of rack-type reading table, known as "à la Tronchin", appeared during the reign of Louis XVI. It was invented in 1777 by a certain Louis DUFOUR, who named it after a famous Geneva physician, Théodore Tronchin (1709-1781), to enable him to work both seated and standing.
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