BY JOSEPH ROLL ET SUCCESSEURS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, AMARANTH AND BOIS SATINE PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
BY JOSEPH ROLL ET SUCCESSEURS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With bois satiné banded top inset with amaranth and bois satiné parquetry, the oak-lined frieze drawer opposed by a conforming dummy drawer, the drawer labelled to the underside MN. ROLL IRENEE, MILLAN ET CIE SUCCESSEURS/42 Fg. St. Antoine Paris
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The firm of Joseph Roll was based at this address from 1844. Exhibiting in every Parisian Exposition from that date until 1867, they were awarded several prizes. Roll's widow took over the business in 1877 and won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. Their premises were very close to Francois Linke's, which helps explain the stylistic connection between their output and his.

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