A Regence style ormolu-mounted kingwood and mahogany bureau plat

BY EDMOND POTEAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A Regence style ormolu-mounted kingwood and mahogany bureau plat
By Edmond Poteau, Paris, Late 19th Century
The serpentine-moulded rectangular top set with a leather writing surface, above a conforming frieze set with three drawers, the reverse with similarly-decorated apparent drawers, each side centred with a female mask, on espagnolette-headed cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots, one lock engraved E.POTEAU. 59 Rue De Turenne. PARIS
32 in. (81.3 cm.) high; 78½ in. (199.5 cm.) wide; 42 in. (106.7 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Ledoux-Lebard records Edmond Poteau with a workshop at 9, rue Mignon, Paris, between 1856 and 1874, and at 59, rue de Turenne towards the end of the century. Poteau's work favoured the Transitional and Louis XVI styles, with particular emphasis on fine marquetry and parquetry inlay.

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