A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tulipwood and end-cut marquetry bombe-shaped bureau en pente
A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tulipwood and end-cut marquetry bombe-shaped bureau en pente

IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, CIRCA 1870

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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tulipwood and end-cut marquetry bombe-shaped bureau en pente
In the Louis XV Style, Circa 1870
Inlaid to the front and sides in scrolling foliage, the hinged fall-front opening to reveal a gilt-tooled claret-coloured leather-lined writing surface, with a small drawer and a compartment to each side, with three pigeon-holes to the centre, with a concealed well below, supported on a pair of pull-out iron slides, on slender square shaped tapering legs, each headed by a foliate clasp on foliate scroll sabots
22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 32 in. (81 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep