An English ormolu-mounted bombe walnut and marquetry bureau de dame
An English ormolu-mounted bombe walnut and marquetry bureau de dame

IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, CIRCA 1860

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An English ormolu-mounted bombe walnut and marquetry bureau de dame
In the Louis XV Style, Circa 1860
Of small size, inlaid all-over with panels of foliate marquetry, the hinged front opening to reveal a gilt-tooled leather-lined writing surface and with an open compartment and three small drawers below, above a pair of hidden wells, on square shaped cabriole legs, each headed by foliate clasps, on foliate sabots
33 in. (84 cm.) wide; 34 in. (86 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep

拍品专文

A virtually identical bureau en pente is illustrated in C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1989, page 310.