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ATTRIBUTED TO F.G. TEUNÉ, CIRCA 1775
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, AND PARQUETRY BUREAU A CYLINDRE
Attributed to F.G. Teuné, Circa 1775
The rectangular superstructure with quarter veneered faux-panelled top within a three-quarter pierced gallery, the frieze with three drawers, above a cylinder opening to reveal an interior fitted with two open shelves, four drawers and a gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing surface, the sides each with a pull-out writing slide; the lower section with a central long drawer flanked on the left by a cupboard door enclosing a drawer fitted as a coffre-fort and on the right by two short drawers, inlaid overall with diamond parquetry, finished to the reverse, on square tapering legs headed with drapery and square sabots
48in. (122cm.) high, 49in. (124.5cm.) wide, 29in. (73.5cm.) deep
Attributed to F.G. Teuné, Circa 1775
The rectangular superstructure with quarter veneered faux-panelled top within a three-quarter pierced gallery, the frieze with three drawers, above a cylinder opening to reveal an interior fitted with two open shelves, four drawers and a gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing surface, the sides each with a pull-out writing slide; the lower section with a central long drawer flanked on the left by a cupboard door enclosing a drawer fitted as a coffre-fort and on the right by two short drawers, inlaid overall with diamond parquetry, finished to the reverse, on square tapering legs headed with drapery and square sabots
48in. (122cm.) high, 49in. (124.5cm.) wide, 29in. (73.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Purchased from Fersen Antiquités, Monte Carlo, 1980, when it was sold the bureauwas reputedly stamped by François-Gaspard Teuneé