A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND EBONISED BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
CIRCA 1700
Inlaid overall in première and contre-partie with strapwork and foliate scrolls, the rectangular top with Bérainesque motifs including a dancing putto under a lambrequin, swinging figures and mythical birds, above a recessed frieze drawer and a kneehole cupboard, flanked to each side by three bow-fronted drawers, the sides inlaid with further strapwork and animals, the reverse with conforming brass decoration, on canted square tapering legs joined by waved X-shaped stretchers and terminating in toupie feet, the reverse later inlaid
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL, EBONY AND EBONISED BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
CIRCA 1700
Inlaid overall in première and contre-partie with strapwork and foliate scrolls, the rectangular top with Bérainesque motifs including a dancing putto under a lambrequin, swinging figures and mythical birds, above a recessed frieze drawer and a kneehole cupboard, flanked to each side by three bow-fronted drawers, the sides inlaid with further strapwork and animals, the reverse with conforming brass decoration, on canted square tapering legs joined by waved X-shaped stretchers and terminating in toupie feet, the reverse later inlaid
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep
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