A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT

AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing surface and banded border over three frieze drawers to one side and false drawers to the reverse, the sides with bacchic masks, on cabriole legs with espangolette busts and terminating in paw sabots
31 in. (78.5 cm.) high; 71 in. (180.5 cm.) wide; 32 ¼ in. (92 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This bureau plat à espagnolettes is after the celebrated model attributed to Charles Cressent, acquired by the Mobilier National for the Palais Compiègne in 1863 and today at the Château de Versailles. It was shown at the exposition retrospective de l’Union centrale, Paris in 1882, which undoubtedly affirmed its popularity and encouraged ébénistes of the day to copy it.

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