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CIRCA 1690
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A LOUIS XIV BOULLE BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BUREAU MAZARIN
Circa 1690
Inlaid overall en premire partie with Brainesque designs, the top with Venus crowning Cupid beneath a canopy and between dancing satyrs, the sides with outset and ebony framed panels inlaid with sphinxes, the top with a molded brass rim above a central frieze drawer with molded ebony edges and a kneehole with door opening to reveal a compartment, flanked on each side with three walnut-lined short drawers with molded ebony edge, the canted corners above conforming tapering square legs joined by X-form stretchers, on toupie feet, the back replaced, the marquetry to the stretchers and the apron replaced
32in. (84.5cm.) high, 47in. (124.5cm.) wide, 27in. (71.5cm.) deep
Circa 1690
Inlaid overall en premire partie with Brainesque designs, the top with Venus crowning Cupid beneath a canopy and between dancing satyrs, the sides with outset and ebony framed panels inlaid with sphinxes, the top with a molded brass rim above a central frieze drawer with molded ebony edges and a kneehole with door opening to reveal a compartment, flanked on each side with three walnut-lined short drawers with molded ebony edge, the canted corners above conforming tapering square legs joined by X-form stretchers, on toupie feet, the back replaced, the marquetry to the stretchers and the apron replaced
32in. (84.5cm.) high, 47in. (124.5cm.) wide, 27in. (71.5cm.) deep