Lot Essay
Jacques-Laurent Cosson (1737-1812), maître in 1765.
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STAMPED TWICE J.L.COSSON AND ONCE JME, CIRCA 1785
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
Stamped twice J.L.COSSON and once JME, Circa 1785
The gilt-tooled grean leather-inset rectangular top with rounded outset corners above a panelled frieze drawer flanked by four short drawers reversing to faux drawers, each with rais-de-coeur trim and shield-form escutcheon flanked by oak sprays, the similarly-decorated sides each issuing a leather-lined writing slide, on tapering fluted legs headed by a rais-de-coeur quarter circle molded collar and toupie feet with reeded quarter circle molded top and acanthus-sheathed base
29¾in. (75.5cm.) high, 64¼in. (153.5cm.) wide, 29½in. (75cm.) deep
Stamped twice J.L.COSSON and once JME, Circa 1785
The gilt-tooled grean leather-inset rectangular top with rounded outset corners above a panelled frieze drawer flanked by four short drawers reversing to faux drawers, each with rais-de-coeur trim and shield-form escutcheon flanked by oak sprays, the similarly-decorated sides each issuing a leather-lined writing slide, on tapering fluted legs headed by a rais-de-coeur quarter circle molded collar and toupie feet with reeded quarter circle molded top and acanthus-sheathed base
29¾in. (75.5cm.) high, 64¼in. (153.5cm.) wide, 29½in. (75cm.) deep
Provenance
Mme Visschers, Paris.