BUREAU CABINET
BUREAU CABINET
Louis XVI/Directory, Paris ca. 1790.
Mahogany. Rectangular body, on a straight frame, and with octagonal baluster-shaped legs in gilt sabots. Front with seven drawers, arranged in three rows, the lower drawers partitioned in three, sans-traverse. The upper drawer with hinged front, designed as a writing drawer, lined with green, gold-embossed leather and featuring four drawers on the inside. One of the lower drawers has a lockable compartment (key missing). Gilt and punched bronze mounts, designed as acanthus leaves and decorative friezes. Bell-shaped escutcheons. Black/grey speckled marble top with shaped edge.
125.5 × 56 × 93 cm.
Wood, slightly bleached. Minor losses.
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BUREAU CABINET
Louis XVI/Directory, Paris ca. 1790.
Mahogany. Rectangular body, on a straight frame, and with octagonal baluster-shaped legs in gilt sabots. Front with seven drawers, arranged in three rows, the lower drawers partitioned in three, sans-traverse. The upper drawer with hinged front, designed as a writing drawer, lined with green, gold-embossed leather and featuring four drawers on the inside. One of the lower drawers has a lockable compartment (key missing). Gilt and punched bronze mounts, designed as acanthus leaves and decorative friezes. Bell-shaped escutcheons. Black/grey speckled marble top with shaped edge.
125.5 × 56 × 93 cm.
Wood, slightly bleached. Minor losses.
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