Expert’s Choice – The Art of the Copy: Lord Hertford’s Desk

Dr Helen Jacobsen, the Wallace Collection’s Curator of Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts, discusses a masterpiece of French furniture which combines the finest of both eighteenth-century design and nineteenth-century craftsmanship. Join her as she explores the history of Lord Hertford’s copy of the bureau du Roi, the King’s Desk made by Riesener for Louis XV, and raises questions that make us reconsider our attitude towards copies and reproductions.

Discover more from Dr Helen Jacobsen in this month’s #MeettheExpert series:https://www.wallacecollection.org/wallace-from-home/#meet-the-expert