Lot Essay
Another example of this model bureau plat was sold Christie's East, 31 October 1990, lot 316 ($20,900).
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IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany and acajou mouchete bureau plat
In the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener, Last quarter 19th Century
The shaped rectangular top with a brass border and inset with a gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface, the shaped frieze centred by a long drawer with a relief panel depicting putti emblematic of the Arts and Sciences, flanked on each side by a shaped drawer applied with scrolled acanthus and swag drawer-pulls, the reverse similarly decorated, the sides with similar scrolled acanthus, each angle with a patera issuing acanthus chutes, supported on stop-fluted legs tapering to sabots, the locks engraved BAYLE & PIERRE/58. R. TROUSSEAU/PARIS
29 in. high (73.7 cm.); 79 in. (200.7 cm.) wide; 39½ in. (100.3 cm.) deep
In the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener, Last quarter 19th Century
The shaped rectangular top with a brass border and inset with a gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface, the shaped frieze centred by a long drawer with a relief panel depicting putti emblematic of the Arts and Sciences, flanked on each side by a shaped drawer applied with scrolled acanthus and swag drawer-pulls, the reverse similarly decorated, the sides with similar scrolled acanthus, each angle with a patera issuing acanthus chutes, supported on stop-fluted legs tapering to sabots, the locks engraved BAYLE & PIERRE/58. R. TROUSSEAU/PARIS
29 in. high (73.7 cm.); 79 in. (200.7 cm.) wide; 39½ in. (100.3 cm.) deep