Lot 285
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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, BY LOUIS-AUGUSTE-ALFRED BEURDELEY

With an ormolu-moulded eared rectangular top inset with a gilt-tooled scarlet leather surface above a conforming panelled frieze fitted with a drawer, on hexagonally tapering legs with leaf-tip cast cap feet, the lockplate inscribed Beurdeley Paris
30in. (76.2cm.) high, 37in. (93.9cm.) wide, 19¾in. (50.2cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley specialized in interpreting 18th century furniture, notably Louis XVI, and became the most celebrated ébéniste during the Second Empire (1852-1870), supplying furniture to the Garde Meuble Impérial, which has been revived by Napoleon III. (See D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les Ébénistes du XIXe Siècle, 1984, pp.80-82).