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A French kingwood and ormolu-mounted bureau plat, late 19th/early 20th century
The top inset with a panel of leather, with a moulded edge and rocaille clasps to the angles, the shaped frieze fitted with three quarter-veneered drawers flanking acanthus sprays, with dummy drawers to the reverse and a mask to either end, on slender cabriole legs headed with palmette, husk and foliate scroll decoration and trailing to foliate sabots, the underside of the central drawer stamped twice Perthomier
25½in. (192cm.) wide, 31in. (79cm.) high, 38½in. (98cm.) deep
The top inset with a panel of leather, with a moulded edge and rocaille clasps to the angles, the shaped frieze fitted with three quarter-veneered drawers flanking acanthus sprays, with dummy drawers to the reverse and a mask to either end, on slender cabriole legs headed with palmette, husk and foliate scroll decoration and trailing to foliate sabots, the underside of the central drawer stamped twice Perthomier
25½in. (192cm.) wide, 31in. (79cm.) high, 38½in. (98cm.) deep
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
Sale room notice
The bureau plat dates from the late 19th cenutry.
It is subject to VAT at 5 on the hammer price and not 17.5 as stated in the catalogue.
It is subject to VAT at 5 on the hammer price and not 17.5 as stated in the catalogue.