A REGENCE BRASS-INLAID, RED TORTOISESHELL, EBONISED AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
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A REGENCE BRASS-INLAID, RED TORTOISESHELL, EBONISED AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN

CIRCA 1720 AND RESTORED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed9 June 2011

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GBP 22,500

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A REGENCE BRASS-INLAID, RED TORTOISESHELL, EBONISED AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
CIRCA 1720 AND RESTORED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
The brass-bound moulded rectangular top inlaid with a bérainesque scene on acrobat and musical monkeys within foliate arabesques, above seven drawers around a kneehole, the ends similarly inlaid, on cabriole legs with waved double X-frame stretchers and bun feet, restorations, the top relaid and with later border, the back legs largely replaced
29¼ in. (74 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Acquired from Leon Wanecq, Paris, 1956