BY BEFORT JEUNE, CIRCA 1855

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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted ebony, ebonised and Boulle bureau plat
By Befort Jeune, Circa 1855
The top inset with a shaped gilt-tooled red leather writing-surface, the front with three frieze drawers, each centred by a female mask, the back with similar simulated drawers, the sides each centred by a bearded mask, on four cabriole legs, each headed by a bearded mask, on acanthus and paw feet; drawer mounts each stamped Befort Jeune to the reverse
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 59 in. (150 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Mathieu Befort 'Jeune' was the son of Jean-Baptiste Befort (d. 1840), who established his Paris workshops in 1817 in the Faubourg Saint-Honoré. He was a brother of Jean-Baptiste Befort, ébéniste-marqueteur and antiquaire and like him specialised in meubles de Boulle. The firm received a medal at the 1844 Paris exhibition. Befort Jeune was recorded at Neuves-Saint-Gilles from 1844 until 1880.

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