A LOUIS XIV BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
Lot 93

A LOUIS XIV BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN

CIRCA 1700

Closed9 June 2011

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A LOUIS XIV BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
CIRCA 1700
Inlaid overall with Berainesque motifs with interlaced strapwork, foliage with dancing figures and perched birds, the rectangular top centred by a stylised rosette, above a central drawer and a door, flanked to each side by three drawers, flanked by keeled angles and on square tapering legs joined by a waved X-shaped and on bun feet, the reverse of the kneehole with later back
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 47 in. (119 cm.) wide; 26 in. (68 cm.) deep

Maitre Paul Martin, Versailles, 20 November 1977, lot 337.