Live Auction 6258Mount Congreve: The London Sale
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID, EBONY, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
Lot 102

A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID, EBONY, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed23 May 2012

Price Realised

GBP 31,250

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID, EBONY, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Decorated overall in première partie with scrolls and figures, the moulded rectangular top with a broad brass band and a central group of musicians and dancing figures flanked by Bérainesque herms supporting baskets of flowers, with central frieze drawer above a drop-down flap flanked to each side by three drawers, with pierced scroll volutes and on S-scroll legs joined by serpentine X-shaped stretchers on turned feet, restorations and replacements
31½ in. (79 cm.) high; 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep

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Please note that some of the tortoiseshell included in this lot was restored in 1999. Many countries, including the US, restrict or prohibit entirely the import of property incorporating endangered species material that has been recently restored. Prospective purchasers are responsible for checking what restrictions or prohibitions apply prior to bidding. Inability to export will not be a basis for cancellation or rescission of the sale.