Mahogany and mahogany-veneered cylinder desk resting on four fluted legs....
Mahogany and mahogany-veneered cylinder desk resting on four fluted legs. It features three drawers in the upper section, a drop-down panel revealing drawers and a leather-covered top, and five drawers in the lower section. White marble top. Scratches and minor imperfections. Late 18th–early 19th century.
H: 109 cm, W: 95 cm, D: 48 cm
Provenance: Pierre BOUDOT collection (1930–1988). Pierre BOUDOT was a writer, philosopher specializing in Nietzsche, essayist, literary commentator on Radio France, lecturer in philosophy at the Sorbonne, and a friend of, among others, Olivier Debré, Pierre Degottex, Marcelle Berr de Turquie, Pierre Rouge, and Bernard Rousset.
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Mahogany and mahogany-veneered cylinder desk resting on four fluted legs. It features three drawers in the upper section, a drop-down panel revealing drawers and a leather-covered top, and five drawers in the lower section. White marble top. Scratches and minor imperfections. Late 18th–early 19th century.
H: 109 cm, W: 95 cm, D: 48 cm
Provenance: Pierre BOUDOT collection (1930–1988). Pierre BOUDOT was a writer, philosopher specializing in Nietzsche, essayist, literary commentator on Radio France, lecturer in philosophy at the Sorbonne, and a friend of, among others, Olivier Debré, Pierre Degottex, Marcelle Berr de Turquie, Pierre Rouge, and Bernard Rousset.