A French ebonised scarlet tortoiseshell, brass marquetry and gilt-metal mounted bureau plat, 19th century
A French ebonised scarlet tortoiseshell, brass marquetry and gilt-metal mounted bureau plat, 19th century

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A French ebonised scarlet tortoiseshell, brass marquetry and gilt-metal mounted bureau plat, 19th century
Of small size, in the Louis XV style, the serpentine top inset with a panel of red tooled leather, within a foliate brass border and having a gadrooned gilt-metal edge, with cabochons to the angles, containing a frieze drawer with drapery ornament and masks to the side, on cabriole legs headed with espagnolette ornament terminating to scroll sabots
36in. (92cm.) wide, 29in. (74cm.) high, 20in. (52cm.) deep