A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD BUREAU-PLAT
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A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD BUREAU-PLAT

STAMPED TWICE L. VIRI, CIRCA 1740

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A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD BUREAU-PLAT
Stamped twice L. VIRI, Circa 1740
The rectangular black leather-inset top with brass surround above a central frieze drawer and kneehole flanked by four short drawers reversing to four sham drawers, on cabriole legs with scrolled acanthus and rocaille sabots, originally ebonized, remounted, the locks replaced
29¾in. (75.5cm.) high, 58in. (147.5cm.) wide, 29¾in. (75.5cm.) deep

Specialist note

Salverte reports that L.VIRI was active during the second quarter of the 18th century (Les Ébénistes du XVIIIième Siècle. Paris, 1962, pp. 326-27, pl. LXXXVII).