A LARGE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED, CUT-BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY BUREAU PLAT
MID-19TH CENTURY
The serpentine rectangular shaped top centred by a gilt-tooled red leather writing-surface within a border of scrolled-acanthus marquetry and a moulded ormolu surround, the shaped frieze similarly decorated and centred to each side by a pierced rocaille cartouche, on cabriole legs headed by pierced clasps running to shell sabots
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 79 in. (201 cm.) wide; 44½ in. (113 cm.) deep
A LARGE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED, CUT-BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY BUREAU PLAT
MID-19TH CENTURY
The serpentine rectangular shaped top centred by a gilt-tooled red leather writing-surface within a border of scrolled-acanthus marquetry and a moulded ormolu surround, the shaped frieze similarly decorated and centred to each side by a pierced rocaille cartouche, on cabriole legs headed by pierced clasps running to shell sabots
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 79 in. (201 cm.) wide; 44½ in. (113 cm.) deep
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