A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, SYCAMORE, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU À CYLINDRE
IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The variegated pink and grey fossil marble top with a pierced three-quarter gallery, above a tambour with a central applique depicting Minerva, flanked by a panel to each side, one emblematic of Geography, the other of Astronomy, enclosing a leather-lined pull-out, five pigeon-holes and four short drawers, the back inlaid with military and naval trophies flanking a central applique, the sides similarly inlaid and each with a slide, above a knee-hole with a frieze drawer flanked by a deep drawer with a sliding tray and two short drawers with floral marquetry, on square tapering cabriole legs headed by foliate-cast clasps with pierced sabots
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; 56¼ in. (143 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, SYCAMORE, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU À CYLINDRE
IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The variegated pink and grey fossil marble top with a pierced three-quarter gallery, above a tambour with a central applique depicting Minerva, flanked by a panel to each side, one emblematic of Geography, the other of Astronomy, enclosing a leather-lined pull-out, five pigeon-holes and four short drawers, the back inlaid with military and naval trophies flanking a central applique, the sides similarly inlaid and each with a slide, above a knee-hole with a frieze drawer flanked by a deep drawer with a sliding tray and two short drawers with floral marquetry, on square tapering cabriole legs headed by foliate-cast clasps with pierced sabots
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; 56¼ in. (143 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep