**A LOUIS XIV BRASS-INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY BUREAU MAZARIN

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**A LOUIS XIV BRASS-INLAID 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY BUREAU MAZARIN
The rectangular top inlaid with figures within strapwork and grotesques above three pedestal drawers inlaid in premier partie flanking a central kneehole with two drawers similarly inlaid with three recessed drawers inlaid in contre partie, the sides similarly inlaid, on square tapering legs joined by two X-form stretchers on brass capped bun feet, feet replaced, extensive losses to marquetry
32in. (81cm.) high, 39¾in. (101cm.) wide, 26in. (66cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A group of bureaux with virtually identical Bérainesque marquetry attributed not only to the workshop of Boulle but also to other cabinetmakers such as Nicolas Sarest and Noel Gérard, is illustrated in P. Grand, 'Le Mobilier de Boulle et les Ateliers de L'Epoque' L'Estampille/L'Objet d'Art, February 1993, pp. 50, 62-63, figs. 2-3 and 26-28.