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A NAPOLEON III EBONISED, MARQUETRY AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED BUREAU MAZARIN
the gadrooned edge with cabochon clasps to the angles and inset with a panel of tooled leather, fitted with a concave frieze drawer with a recessed enclosed compartment below flanked by two D-shaped drawers to either side veneered in scarlet tortoiseshell and inlaid with a marquetry of cut brass, with a similar marquetry to the sides, on cabriole legs headed with foliate rocaille and cabochon ornament trailing to paw sabots -- 47in. (120cm.) wide, 25in. (63cm.) deep, 31½in. (81cm.) high
the gadrooned edge with cabochon clasps to the angles and inset with a panel of tooled leather, fitted with a concave frieze drawer with a recessed enclosed compartment below flanked by two D-shaped drawers to either side veneered in scarlet tortoiseshell and inlaid with a marquetry of cut brass, with a similar marquetry to the sides, on cabriole legs headed with foliate rocaille and cabochon ornament trailing to paw sabots -- 47in. (120cm.) wide, 25in. (63cm.) deep, 31½in. (81cm.) high