ned top, was acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1931 (D. FitzGerald, Georgian Furniture, London. The following is a translation taken from Andre-Jacob Roubo's LArt du Menuisier Ebeniste, Paris, 1772, p.1020-1021, describing the use of Oriental lacquer as a veneer. Roubo (d.1791) was a menuisier- obeniste