The black gilt-tooled leather top over apron with three drawers to the front and three faux drawers to the back, cabriole legs with rocaille corner mounts and sabots, stamped J.DEMOULIN and JME once to the underside
30³⁄₄ in. (78.1 cm.) high, 52 in. (132.1 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.6 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 22-24 April 1982, lot 445.

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Jean Demoulin, maître in Paris circa 1745, then in Dijon circa 1780.

Jean Demoulin was born in Selongey in the Côte-d'Or to a family of Burgundian wine-growers. He first completed an apprenticeship in Dijon before moving to Paris circa 1745 where he worked for the marchand and ébéniste Pierre IV Migeon (maître c.1721). He was received as maître in 1745 and counted the duc de Choiseul (1719-1785) and Prince de Condé (1736-1818) amongst his patrons and appeared to specialize in works mounted with precious lacquer. He returned to Dijon in 1780 where he was again received as maître. Opening a workshop and store on the rue Vannerie and then rue de Condé he worked alongside his son Jean-Baptiste Demoulin (1750-1837) until 1788.