Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Vasson, matre in 1767
STAMPED TWICE J.B. VASSOU JME, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY CYLINDER BUREAU
Stamped twice J.B. VASSOU JME, late 18th century
The rectangular top with a pierced gallery and a mottled white marble top and above three frieze drawers over a roll-top enclosing six compartments over faux-drawers and four false drawers in recess, above a leather-inset writing surface, the sides with writing slides, the base with a central frieze drawer over an arched kneehole flanked by a pair of drawers, one faced as two drawers and enclosing a coffre forte, on stop-fluted tapering legs with toupie feet
48in. (124cm.) high; 61in. (155cm.) long; 31in. (79cm.) deep
Stamped twice J.B. VASSOU JME, late 18th century
The rectangular top with a pierced gallery and a mottled white marble top and above three frieze drawers over a roll-top enclosing six compartments over faux-drawers and four false drawers in recess, above a leather-inset writing surface, the sides with writing slides, the base with a central frieze drawer over an arched kneehole flanked by a pair of drawers, one faced as two drawers and enclosing a coffre forte, on stop-fluted tapering legs with toupie feet
48in. (124cm.) high; 61in. (155cm.) long; 31in. (79cm.) deep