Lot Essay
A related bureau-cabinet on stand with marquetry inlay was sold anonymously at Piasa, Paris, 13 June 1997, lot 188.
THE PROPERTY OF THE SZEBEN PETO FOUNDATION
(Lots 137-144)
A GERMAN BURR-WALNUT AND PARQUETRY BUREAU-ON-STAND
MID-18TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN BURR-WALNUT AND PARQUETRY BUREAU-ON-STAND
Mid-18th Century
The shaped moulded overhanging stepped cornice above a central concave-fronted part-glazed door enclosing a later shelf and to the back a star-motif inlaid panel, flanked to each side by a shaped scrolling pediment above five shaped drawers with inlaid strapwork panels, the bureau section with moulded edge above the slanting writing-slope inlaid with strapwork decoration, enclosing a panel-inlaid writing-surface and ten variously-sized drawers, above a moulded and shaped inverted breakfront edge with three conformingly inlaid frieze-drawers, the stand with six octagonal tapering legs headed by a giltwood capital and joined by a later shaped stretcher, on later octagonal bun feet, one glass pane cracked, restorations, the back panel of the top previously the door and the glazed door later
55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 80½ in. (204 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) deep
Mid-18th Century
The shaped moulded overhanging stepped cornice above a central concave-fronted part-glazed door enclosing a later shelf and to the back a star-motif inlaid panel, flanked to each side by a shaped scrolling pediment above five shaped drawers with inlaid strapwork panels, the bureau section with moulded edge above the slanting writing-slope inlaid with strapwork decoration, enclosing a panel-inlaid writing-surface and ten variously-sized drawers, above a moulded and shaped inverted breakfront edge with three conformingly inlaid frieze-drawers, the stand with six octagonal tapering legs headed by a giltwood capital and joined by a later shaped stretcher, on later octagonal bun feet, one glass pane cracked, restorations, the back panel of the top previously the door and the glazed door later
55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 80½ in. (204 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) deep