Lot Essay
For a note on Durand, please see lot 506.
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Property from the Valentine Collection (LOTS 319-320)
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany bonheur du jour
BY GERVAIS-MAXIMILLIEN-EUGÈNE DURAND, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany bonheur du jour
By Gervais-Maximillien-Eugène Durand, Last quarter 19th Century
The galleried variegated-white marble top above a conforming superstructure set with six drawers and applied on each side with a rosette, over a rectangular leather writing surface and a conforming frieze with two drawers, on four paterae-headed legs, the underside twice stamped G. DURAND
42 3/8 in. (107.2 cm.) high; 40¼ in. (102.5 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep
By Gervais-Maximillien-Eugène Durand, Last quarter 19th Century
The galleried variegated-white marble top above a conforming superstructure set with six drawers and applied on each side with a rosette, over a rectangular leather writing surface and a conforming frieze with two drawers, on four paterae-headed legs, the underside twice stamped G. DURAND
42 3/8 in. (107.2 cm.) high; 40¼ in. (102.5 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep