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Lot 156

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED STAINED FRUITWOOD AND BOIS SATINE BUREAU PLAT

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed9 July 2009

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GBP 6,000–10,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED STAINED FRUITWOOD AND BOIS SATINE BUREAU PLAT
OF LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular top with cabochons clasps to the angles, lined with black leather, above three shaped frieze drawers to one side and three simulated drawers to the reverse, the shaped sides centred by female masks, on cabriole legs terminating in foliate-wrapped sabots
31½ in. (78 cm.) high; 68 in. (173 cm.) wide; 37½ in. (95 cm.) deep