Corner cabinet (encoignure) (one of a pair) ca. 1745-49 Bernard II van Risenburgh In January 1750 and April 1751, the Parisian marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux (ca. 1703-1758) sold two pairs of corner cabinets for 580 and 650 livres, respectively.1 Veneered with Coromandel lacquer and mounted with gilt bronze, they were fitted with Antin marble tops. Although the descriptions are too brief to permit a positive identification with the Museum’s pair, whose tops, moreover, are of a different type of marble (perhaps replacements), these entries in the famous dealer’s account book offer a good idea of the considerable cost of such corner cabinets. Furthermore, based on his sale records for the period 1748-53, it appears there was a demand for case furniture embellished with Coromandel lacquer. Duvaux sold several such pieces to his frequent customer Madame de Pompadour, the king’s mistress. Distinguished by designs that are not painted on the surface but incised and filled with colored lacq