A FRENCH STYLE ORMOLU MOUNTED SATINWOOD AND AMARANTH BUREAU PLAT, 19TH CENTURY

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The Property of a Gentleman formerly in the collection of Colonel Norman Colville MC 1893-1974.

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A FRENCH STYLE ORMOLU MOUNTED SATINWOOD AND AMARANTH BUREAU PLAT, 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine rectangular top with a green leather lined writing surface above a frieze with a pair of drawers flanking an oval jasperware plaque in a beaded border, the sides with foliate mounts on cabriole legs with maiden herm mounts hung with flowers and scrolled foliate sabots, inscribed in chalk to the underside 'Warrender'
52¼in. (133cm.) wide, 28¾in. (73cm.) high, 29½in. (75cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired by Colonel Norman Colville MC, (1893-1974)

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Lot Essay

The bureau plat with its cameo medallion reflects the fashion for the romantic Louis XVI style promoted at the International exhibition of 1862 by firms such as Wright & Mansfield of London and Lamb of Manchester. Appropriate for a bedroom apartment, this writing table with its bronze sphynx guarded corners is embellished in the manner of the 18th century bonheur du jour with pearl wreath cameos evoking love poetry and depicting 'Cupid taught by Venus' and 'Venus bound by Cupid' (R Reilly, Wedgwood, vol II, Over Wallop, 1989, pp 516, 517 and 513)

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