An Empire Period Mahogany Table From The Palais-royal

AN EMPIRE PERIOD TABLE FROM THE PALAIS-ROYAL
Rectangular lady's table in mahogany and mahogany veneer, the tapered and fluted legs finished with lotus motifs. It opens at the belt with two drawers on opposite sides, each providing a window forming "needle pins" for sewing.
The top covered in olive green morocco (restored) surrounded by mahogany is inlaid with the initials "M" and "L" in brass for Miss Lee (see below).
It bears the inventory number "127" corresponding to the Palais-Royal, the mark "LP" under the crown of Prince of the Blood of the Garde-meuble of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans (used at the Palais-Royal, in Neuilly and in Amboise) as well as a stamp "JACOB D / R MESLÉE" used by Georges Jacob (1739-1814) and François Honoré Georges Jacob Desmalter (1770-1841) from 1804 to 1815 (possibly reported).
Empire period.
H. 72.5 x W. 96 x D. 64 cm.

Provenance
- Room of Mrs. Lee, lawyer, at the Palais Royal during the Restauration.
- French private collection.

History
The number 127 combined with the mark of the Garde-meuble du Duc d'Orléans corresponds to an inventory of the Palais Royal carried out in 1817 under the Restoration in which we find mention, within the “Chambre de Mrs. Lee, avocate” of a “walnut table (sic), turned legs, drawer”, worth 262 francs.
In 1840 it was in the Council of State and in 1841 it left the garde-meuble (source: Archives nationales de France).