A LOUIS XIV EBONY, ELM, AMARANTH, BOXWOOD, TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY-INLAID PARCEL-GILT MARQUETRY BUREAU A CAISSONS

A LOUIS XIV EBONY, ELM, AMARANTH, BOXWOOD, TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY-INLAID PARCEL-GILT MARQUETRY BUREAU A CAISSONS
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, ADAPTED
Decorated with foliate sprays, with a rectangular leather-lined top with a hinged compartment enclosing a writing-surface and two drawers, the front fitted with seven drawers, the sides decorated with vases of flowers, on eight carved giltwood legs joined by two X-shaped stretchers
31 1⁄2 in. (80 cm.) high; 57 in. (144.5 cm.) wide; 27 3⁄4 in. (70.5 cm.) deep

Provenance
Acquired from Etienne Levy, Paris, 1995.