A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY BUREAU À CYLINDRE

CIRCA 1775

Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY BUREAU À CYLINDRE
circa 1775
The rectangular three-quarter galleried top above four small drawers and a cylinder enclosing a fitted interior above a central frieze drawer flanked by two smaller drawers, the sides fitted with leather-lined slides on square tapering legs headed by grotesque-mask chutes and ending in cap toes, one drawer with chalk inventory number 54798, partially remounted, lacking encadrements
43in. (109cm.) high, 51in. (130cm.) wide, 26in. (66cm.) deep
Provenance
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, New York
French & Co., New York, acquired from the above 24 May 1954 and sold on 2 August 1968, probably to Mr. and Mrs. Cummings

Lot Essay

For Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, see note to lot 28.