AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD BUREAU PLAT

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD BUREAU PLAT
Of Louis XV style, the shaped rectangular top with moulded stepped edge and wide band with an inset green leather writing-surface, above a frieze-drawer with a foliate escutcheon flanked by two further drawers and with conforming drawers to the reverse, the sides with a pierced foliate spray mount, on cabriole legs headed by a rocaille and foliate angle mount and with foliate and reeded chutes terminating in scrolling foliate feet, restorations
32 in. (82 cm.) high; 83 in. (210 cm.) wide; 42 in. (109 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Conceived in the manner of Bernard Vanrisamburgh, the ormolu chutes on this bureau plat are after those found on a kingwood bureau plat stamped 'B.V.R.B' and 'F.L.' for Franois Lieutaud, in Temple Newsam House, Leeds (A. Pradre, French Furniture Makers, 1989, Tours, p. 187, ill. 173).

A bureau plat of similar design was sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 19 May 1995, lot 180, while another was sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 23 September 1994, lot 311.

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