A FINE PARCHMENT AND PEARWOOD BUREAU

BY JEAN-MICHEL FRANK, CIRCA 1934

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A FINE PARCHMENT AND PEARWOOD BUREAU
by jean-michel frank, circa 1934
Rectangular on slender, tapered legs covered with panels of parchment, the hinged top folding back to reveal small drawers and a parchment covered writing surface lifting to reveal a mirror surface on reverse, short drawers numbered , II, III, IV, bottom stamped 7956
32in. (81.2cm.) high, 42in. (106.8cm.) wide, 24¼in. (61.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

cf. Leopoldo Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Editions du Regard, Paris, 1980, p. 170 for an illustration of this model in marqueterie de paille