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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
Lot 151

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT

ATTRIBUTED TO SCHMIT & CIE, MID-19TH CENTURY

Fermé16 March 2012

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GBP 12,500

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
ATTRIBUTED TO SCHMIT & CIE, MID-19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with distressed inset brown leather writing surface above three frieze drawers flanked by ormolu helmets on shaped end supports and carved paw feet joined by a stretcher
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 67 in. (170 cm.) wide; 35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

A virtually identical bureau by Schmit & Cie was sold at Christie's, London, 26 January 2006, lot 197 (£26,400 with premium).
The celebrated rue de Charonne firm of Frederic Schmit, founded in 1856, became known as Schmit & Cie around the time that they exhibited at the Paris 1889 Exhibition. An album of the firm's designs was sold at Christie's, London, 26 February 1998, lot 405.