Lot Essay
Francois Garnier (d. 1774).
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE BUREAU DE DAME
BY FRANÇOIS GARNIER
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY SERPENTINE BUREAU DE DAME
By François Garnier
Inlaid overall with geometrical star patterns, the top, reverse and sides crossbanded, the hinged serpentine writing-slope enclosing a parquetry-veneered interior with a well, three short drawers and a gilt-leather writing-surface, above a shaped apron flanked by foliate mounts, on tapering cabriole legs with foliate sabots, restorations to the veneer of the writing-slope, stamped twice 'F.G' to the underside edge front and back
29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep
By François Garnier
Inlaid overall with geometrical star patterns, the top, reverse and sides crossbanded, the hinged serpentine writing-slope enclosing a parquetry-veneered interior with a well, three short drawers and a gilt-leather writing-surface, above a shaped apron flanked by foliate mounts, on tapering cabriole legs with foliate sabots, restorations to the veneer of the writing-slope, stamped twice 'F.G' to the underside edge front and back
29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep