A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU BRISEE, the hinged rectangular top inlaid with a vase of flowers on a ledge with a bird surrounded by foliate scrolls and flowerheads, the corners with confronting acanthus-scrolls and ribbon-tied flowerheads, the rim inlaid with foliate scrolls, the interior decorated with foliate scrolls within panels and with five drawers and front, hinged to fall, decorated with acanthus-scrolls and floral bouquets above four short drawers flanking two recessed kneehole drawers, the sides with conforming decoration, the back with two panels inlaid with flowering cornucopia, on later cabriole legs with foliate sabots, the legs and mounts added and the base re-supported in the mid-19th Century, some mounts replaced, possibly Flemish

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY, KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU BRISEE, the hinged rectangular top inlaid with a vase of flowers on a ledge with a bird surrounded by foliate scrolls and flowerheads, the corners with confronting acanthus-scrolls and ribbon-tied flowerheads, the rim inlaid with foliate scrolls, the interior decorated with foliate scrolls within panels and with five drawers and front, hinged to fall, decorated with acanthus-scrolls and floral bouquets above four short drawers flanking two recessed kneehole drawers, the sides with conforming decoration, the back with two panels inlaid with flowering cornucopia, on later cabriole legs with foliate sabots, the legs and mounts added and the base re-supported in the mid-19th Century, some mounts replaced, possibly Flemish
40in. (122cm.) wide; 32in. (81cm.) high; 26½in. (67.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Lord Lambton and the Hon. John Lambton, West Marden Hall, West Marden, Chichester, West Sussex

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