A Napoleon III ormolu and hardstone-mounted ebonised bureau plat

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, BY GEORGES-ALPHONSE-BONIFACIO MONBRO, CIRCA 1860

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A Napoleon III ormolu and hardstone-mounted ebonised bureau plat
In the Louis XVI style, By Georges-Alphonse-Bonifacio Monbro, Circa 1860
The ormolu-moulded rectangular top inset with a gilt-tooled leather writing surface, above a panelled frieze, the centre panels decorated with fruit and foliage, the front set with three short drawers, on squared tapering legs, the underside stamped MONBRO AINé
29½in. (75cm.) high; 47in. (119.4cm.) wide; 26in. (66cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Georges Monbro (d.1884) continued the London shops established by his father, Georges-Marie-Paul-Vital-Bonifacio Monbro. He is known for his fine pieces, excecuted in the common revival styles of the time. Monbro received several royal commissions and exhibited at the 1855 Paris Exhibition Universelle. A similar desk to the present example, without hardstone inlay, is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXème Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.495.

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