A 19th Century French ebonised and Boulle work gilt metal mo...
A 19th Century French ebonised and Boulle work gilt metal mounted bureau plat of serpentine outline:, veneered in scarlet tortoiseshell and inlaid with a marquetry of cut brass in foliate scroll designs, the top inset with a panel of tooled leather, having a foliate and beaded border, the shaped apron with applied female masks in ribbon, palmette and foliate cartouches, fitted with a drawer on cabriole legs, headed with female caryatid figures, trailing to sabots, the top 145cm (4ft 9in) x 89cm (2ft 11in).
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A 19th Century French ebonised and Boulle work gilt metal mounted bureau plat of serpentine outline:, veneered in scarlet tortoiseshell and inlaid with a marquetry of cut brass in foliate scroll designs, the top inset with a panel of tooled leather, having a foliate and beaded border, the shaped apron with applied female masks in ribbon, palmette and foliate cartouches, fitted with a drawer on cabriole legs, headed with female caryatid figures, trailing to sabots, the top 145cm (4ft 9in) x 89cm (2ft 11in).