MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BORDEAUX

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A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL GILT METAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET
Mid-18th Century, probably Bordeaux
The moulded top section with a scrolled and foliate cresting centred by a pierced motif with a cabochon, above two mirrored-shaped doors with moulded borders, enclosing a fitted interior with five shelves and nine variously-sized pigeon-holes, above a panelled fall-front hinged from the top, the panelled spreading sides above a bombe-shaped base with three panelled long drawers lined in oak, with moulded angles and conforming shaped panelled sides, on bracket feet, minor losses to carving, possibly colonial, bureau section lacking fitted compartments to interior
117½ in. (298.5 cm.) high; 59½ in. (151 cm.) wide; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The lavish use of mahogany and distinctive high-hipped outline of the base with moulded angles relates this impressive bureau-cabinet to the output of cabinet-makers in Bordeaux, which as a busy port enabled easy access to exotic timbers. Related Bordeaux bureaux of very similar profile are illustrated in L. Malfoy, Le Meuble de Port, Paris, 1992, pp. 113 and 115.

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