A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND PURPLEHEART PARQUETRY BUREAU EN PENTE

A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND PURPLEHEART PARQUETRY BUREAU EN PENTE
CIRCA 1725-30
The quarter-veneered slope front opening to reveal a gilt-tooled burgundy leather-lined writing-surface and a conformingly-inlaid purpleheart interior fitted with a single long drawer with five compartments, above a further quarter-veneered writing slide, the shaped frieze mounted with a central rosette to the front and back, foliate-cast handles to the sides and scrolling foliate angle mounts, with red silk-lined rising screen at the back, on cabriole legs terminating in acanthus clasps, the underside numbered '873'
30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 25 ½ in. (65 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Provenance
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