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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU A ROGNON
Lot 230 THE PROPERTY OF A TITLED GENTLEMAN (LOTS 226-237)

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU A ROGNON

LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed19 May 2021

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GBP 10,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU A ROGNON
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The kidney-shaped top inset with a gilt-tooled black leather writing surface and surmounted by a serpentine arched superstructure surmounted by floral cresting above a central clock dial signed 'E. Ch... Fils/ AParis/ 240 Rue... Riv...' flanked by two drawers, above a further short drawer and small door enclosing a green-velvet lined interior to each side, the frieze with three drawers applied with acanthus , on cabriole legs headed by leaf-cast rocaille clasps running to pierced sabots
52 ¼ in. (132.5 cm.) high; 55 ½ in. (141 cm.) wide; 26 ½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This distinctive shape of this bureau à rognon is of a type attributable to the workshop of Blaise Millet and his son, Théodore. However related desks by Millet usually have a seated putto atop the central clock and similarly cherubic candelabra. A desk identical to the present lot, apart from the addition of candle arms, is shown on the stand of Baguès Frères at the 1900 Paris universelle exhibition, however is it speculated that Baguès were advertising their role as decorators and borrowed the furniture shown on their stand from leading ébénistes and that the desk is the work of Millet (C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The luxury market of the 19th century, Paris, 2018, p. 244).