A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND BOIS SATINE BUREAU PLAT

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND BOIS SATINE BUREAU PLAT
BY PIERRE GARNIER, CIRCA 1775
The eared rectangular top with a gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing surface, above three panelled frieze drawers with stiff-leaf encadrements centred by cartouche-shaped escutcheons, with a slide to each side, the angles mounted with rosettes, on square-sectioned tapering legs headed by foliate-cast collars, stamped 'P. GARNIER' and 'JME'
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 55 ¼ in. (140.5 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) deep

Provenance
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