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OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND FRUITWOOD BUREAU PLAT
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Banded and crossbanded overall, the rectangular top with gilt-tooled brown leather writing-surface, above three frieze drawers, the reverse with conforming false drawers, on square tapering legs with square moulded sabots
75.5 cm. high x 157 cm. wide x 79.5 cm. deep
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Banded and crossbanded overall, the rectangular top with gilt-tooled brown leather writing-surface, above three frieze drawers, the reverse with conforming false drawers, on square tapering legs with square moulded sabots
75.5 cm. high x 157 cm. wide x 79.5 cm. deep
Provenance
Prince of the Netherlands, Hendrik Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876-1934).
Donation to the Dutch Red Cross in 1917.
Donation to the Dutch Red Cross in 1917.
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