A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY (ACAJOU MOUCHETÉ) BUREAU Á CYLINDRE
BY ETIENNE AVRIL, CIRCA 1785
With rectangular pierced three-quarter galleried inset white marble top above three paneled drawers and a cylinder opening to a sliding gilt-tooled tan leather inset writing surface, with two open compartments and three drawers above five paneled drawers surrounding the kneehole, the sides with a leather-inset slide, on circular tapering fluted legs ending in toupie sabots, stamped AVRIL
46 in. (166.9 cm.) high, 51 ½ in. (130.8 cm.) wide, 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.) deep
Etienne Avril, maître in 1774.
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY (ACAJOU MOUCHETÉ) BUREAU Á CYLINDRE
BY ETIENNE AVRIL, CIRCA 1785
With rectangular pierced three-quarter galleried inset white marble top above three paneled drawers and a cylinder opening to a sliding gilt-tooled tan leather inset writing surface, with two open compartments and three drawers above five paneled drawers surrounding the kneehole, the sides with a leather-inset slide, on circular tapering fluted legs ending in toupie sabots, stamped AVRIL
46 in. (166.9 cm.) high, 51 ½ in. (130.8 cm.) wide, 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.) deep
Etienne Avril, maître in 1774.