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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONISED BUREAU DE DAME
Lot 11

A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONISED BUREAU DE DAME

BY LOUIS GRADE, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

Closed1 April 2014

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GBP 3,750

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONISED BUREAU DE DAME
BY LOUIS GRADE, PARIS, CIRCA 1860
With a tulipwood interior of three small serpentine drawers and a velvet writing surface, the lock stamped 'L Gradé Ft / 23 rue de la paix / Paris'
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) wide; 17.1/2 in. (45 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The well-regarded maker Louis Gradé won an honourable mention at the 1851 London Exhibition and was based at this Paris address between 1856 and about 1866.