A French ormolu-mounted, kingwood, tulipwood and marquetry bureau plat
A French ormolu-mounted, kingwood, tulipwood and marquetry bureau plat

IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, BY EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A French ormolu-mounted, kingwood, tulipwood and marquetry bureau plat
In the Louis XV Style, By Emmanuel Zwiener, Paris, Circa 1880
Mounted overall with foliate and rocaille mounts, the serpentine-shaped rectangular top inset with a tooled tan-coloured leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers, each with a marquetry inset panel within a rocaille framework, the outer drawers with interlocking cornucopiae handles, the central drawer with a shield-shaped lock escutcheon, stamped E. ZWIENER on the top edge of each drawer, the reverse with three apparent drawers, the sides each centred with a shell mount with a marquetry panel within a rocaille- cast framework, on square shaped scrolled legs, each headed by foliate- cast clasps, on scrolled sabots
65½ in. (166.5 cm.) wide; 30¾ in. (78 cm.) high; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) deep

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