A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BUREAU PLAT

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID BUREAU PLAT
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

With a rectangular ormolu-moulded top inset with a later bevelled mirrored panel above a shaped frieze fitted with a spring-activated drawer and applied with grotesque masks, on cabriole legs with paw form sabots and applied at the knees with grotesque masks inlaid overall with panels of foliate scrolling brass-29½in. (74.9cm.) high, 28¾in. (97.2cm.) wide, 25½in. (64.8cm.) deep