Live Auction 2590500 Years Decorative Arts Europe
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE BUREAU PLAT
Lot 56

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE BUREAU PLAT

AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 October 2012

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND SATINE BUREAU PLAT
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular top inset with a gilt-tooled leather writing surface, each angle flanked by a scrolling shell mount clasp, above three frieze drawers, the back with similar simulated drawers, the sides flanked by female masks, on cabriole legs each headed by têtes de guerriers antiques and terminating in acanthus-cast sabots, bearing the signature F. Linke
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 80 in. (203 cm.) wide, 39.5 in. (100 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This bureau plat à têtes de guerriers antiques is after the celebrated model by Charles Cressent, examples of which are preserved at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire and in the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. A 19th century example, much like the present lot, is in the Salon Doré at the Elysée Palace in Paris. The model was frequently reproduced by a number of distinguished 19th century ébénistes, including Paul Sormani and Eugène Poteau.