BY GERVAIS DURAND, PARIS, CIRCA 1875

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A French ormolu-mounted mahogany, marquetry and parquetry bureau plat
By Gervais Durand, Paris, Circa 1875
Surmounted by a gilt-tooled leather writing-surface, the front with a frieze drawer, centred by ribbon-tied flowers, flanked to each side by a drawer, the back with simulated drawers, the sides each centred by flowers, the carcass stamped four times G. DURAND, on four square tapering legs, on foliate sabots
29½ in. (75 cm.); 55½ in. (141 cm.) wide; 27¼ in. (69 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Specialising in the production of 18th century style furniture of the finest quality, Gervais-Maximillien-Eugène Durand (b. 1839) worked from a number of workshop locations in Paris during the last quarter of the 19th century. With his son Frédéric-Louis joining him in around 1890, the firm altered its name to Durand et Fils.

This bureau plat is a copy of the celebrated model by Jean-Henri Riesener.

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