LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A GERMAN ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CYLINDER BUREAU
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The three-quarter galleried and green leather-lined rectangular top above a long frieze drawer fitted with a hinged writing surface flanked by two wells, the solid cylinder shutter enclosing a sliding green leather-lined writing surface and an open compartment flanked by pilasters and two banks of three drawers each, the sides with adjustable candle branches, above two long and two short drawers simulating eight drawers flanked and divided by Corinthian pilasters, the upper drawer fitted with wells with hinged or tambour shutters, the sides with slides, on turned tapering legs headed by fluted collars and terminating in ball feet, the upper drawer previously fitted with further slides
48½ in. (123 cm.) high; 39¼ in. (100 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This ormolu and brass-enriched bureau is designed in the elegant French 'antique' style adopted and promoted in the late 18th century by the celebrated cabinetmaker David Roentgen (d. 1807). Following classical architectural examples, the Corinthian-pilastered and triumphal-arched facade of this elegant bureau is beautifully echoed in its cylinder-enclosed interior.

More from Important European Furniture, Sculpture and Carpets

View All