Lot 252
252
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BUREAU PLAT

Details
A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BUREAU PLAT
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BY HENRI NELSON

With a serpentine ormolu-moulded crossbanded top inset with a gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface above a conforming shaped frieze fitted with three drawers applied with foliate cast mouldings divided by applied acanthus, applied at the ends with rocaille and foliate-scrolling sabots
31¼in. (78.7cm.) high, 79½in. (201.9cm.) wide, 38¾in. (99cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Henri Nelson is recorded as having worked at Boulevard Haussmann in 1879. Cf. D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les Ébénistes du XIXe Siècle, 1984, p. 508.

The offered lot is undoubtedly inspired by Jacque Dubois, maitre 1772. A comprable model is illustrated in Hachette, French Cabinet Makers of the Eighteenth Century, 1965, p. 104, plate I.