Lot Essay
Jean Chrysostome Stumpff, matre in 1766.
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BY JEAN CHRYSOSTOME STUMPFF, RECONSTRUCTED REUSING AN 18TH CENTURY CARCASE
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU-PLAT
By Jean Chrysostome Stumpff, reconstructed reusing an 18th Century carcase
The three-quarter galleried top and gilt-tooled leather-lined writing-surface above three frieze-drawers and three simulated drawers to the back, the panelled sides above square tapering legs headed by drapery mounts and on square sabots, stamped to the underside 'G. STUMPFF' and 'JME', reveneered and remounted
30 in. (77.5 cm.) high; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 31 in. (80 cm.) deep
By Jean Chrysostome Stumpff, reconstructed reusing an 18th Century carcase
The three-quarter galleried top and gilt-tooled leather-lined writing-surface above three frieze-drawers and three simulated drawers to the back, the panelled sides above square tapering legs headed by drapery mounts and on square sabots, stamped to the underside 'G. STUMPFF' and 'JME', reveneered and remounted
30 in. (77.5 cm.) high; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 31 in. (80 cm.) deep