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.