A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
BY I.M. JARRIE

The waved rectangular top with inset red leather-lined writing-surface and rockwork cabochon angle-clasps, the waved apron with three drawers divided by acanthus and rockwork-wrapped C-scrolls and with foliate C-scroll mounted dished ends, on tapering cabriole legs headed by scrolled acanthus angle-clasps and on foliate scrolled sabots, restorations and re-mounted, one leg fractured, extensive replacements to veneer, stamped twice J.M. JARRIE and JME and once I.C. SAUNIER
64in. (162.5cm.) wide; 31½in. (80cm.) high; 32¾in. (83.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Possibly Jean-Nicholas Jarrié, maître in 1742
Jean-Charles Saunier, acting as a restorer, maître in 1747

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