Lot Essay
With similarities to an 18th century bureau from the collection of Baron Lionel de Rothschild sold in our King Street salerooms on 21st June 2000 for £256,750.
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AFTER A MODEL BY BERNARD II VANRISAMBURGH
Details
A FRENCH KINGWOOD CROSSBANDED BAS-DE-BOUT MARQUETRY AND ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU EN PENTE, 19TH CENTURY, in the Louis XV style
After a model by Bernard II Vanrisamburgh
The bombe sloping fall veneered à quatre faces enclosing a fitted interior with tulipwood veneered slides enclosing a well and containing three drawers of arc-en-arbelette outline, with an open compartment above, the sides and backs similarly veneered and inlaid with an arched apron, on slender cabriole legs with foliate mounted knees and scroll sabots
28¼in. (71.5cm.) wide, 33¼in. (84.5cm.) high, 18in. (46cm.) deep
After a model by Bernard II Vanrisamburgh
The bombe sloping fall veneered à quatre faces enclosing a fitted interior with tulipwood veneered slides enclosing a well and containing three drawers of arc-en-arbelette outline, with an open compartment above, the sides and backs similarly veneered and inlaid with an arched apron, on slender cabriole legs with foliate mounted knees and scroll sabots
28¼in. (71.5cm.) wide, 33¼in. (84.5cm.) high, 18in. (46cm.) deep
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