A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU AND TORTOISESHELL MOUNTED BOULLE STYLE TABLE

X A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU AND TORTOISESHELL MOUNTED BOULLE STYLE TABLEin the style of Andre-Charles Boulle (French, 1642-1732), Napoleon III periodinlaid throughout with premier-partie cut brass decoration on a red tortoiseshell ground, the writing table of scrolling outline, the top inlaid with a gilt tooled, leather surface flanked by a gilt bronze, egg and dart mount, fitted with a frieze drawer, all four cabriole legs mounted with finely chased gilt bronze mounts depicting the head of a queen terminating in acanthus foliage, with key,127cm wide x 81cm deep x 79cm highThis lot is subject to CITES due to the tortoiseshell content.