A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET, the canted rectangular top with arched cresting centred by a panelled drawer below a greek-key moulding above a mirrored door, flanked on each side by four panelled drawers inlaid sans traverse with musical triophies flanked and divided by burr elm pilasters, with giltwood composite capitals, above one long drawer simulated as three drawers, the base with hinged flap decorated with a floral bouquet within a ribbon-tied wreath enclosing a fitted interior with eight drawers and mirrored centre section above three long drawers, with arched central section inlaid sans traverse with a neo-classical vase, on tapering block feet, with blue crayon inscription Carpry Du.dorf, late 18th/early 19th Century

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY BUREAU CABINET, the canted rectangular top with arched cresting centred by a panelled drawer below a greek-key moulding above a mirrored door, flanked on each side by four panelled drawers inlaid sans traverse with musical triophies flanked and divided by burr elm pilasters, with giltwood composite capitals, above one long drawer simulated as three drawers, the base with hinged flap decorated with a floral bouquet within a ribbon-tied wreath enclosing a fitted interior with eight drawers and mirrored centre section above three long drawers, with arched central section inlaid sans traverse with a neo-classical vase, on tapering block feet, with blue crayon inscription Carpry D^u.dorf, late 18th/early 19th Century
52in. (132cm.) wide; 83in. (211cm.) high; 27in. (68.5cm.) deep

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Cf. A related Frankfurt architectural neo-classical bureau-cabinet in the Thum und Taxis Collection, Regensburg (cf. Heinrich Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, dritter band, München, 1973, fig. 267). The floral spray and musical trophy marquetry and flattened arch of the kneehole are inspired by the oeuvre of David Roentgen (cf. Hans Huth, Roentgen Furniture, London, 1974, figs. 48, 63, 250).

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