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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN

CIRCA 1700

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID EBONY AND BOULLE MARQUETRY BUREAU MAZARIN
CIRCA 1700
Inlaid overall with foliate scrolls, acanthus and husks, the rectangular top centred by a central shaped oval, within a border cast with shells and acanthus, above a central drawer and a recessed door flanked on each side by three drawers, the back undecorated, with breakfront square-sectioned angles, the angles centred by a foliate paterae within a shaped cartouche flanked by foliate scrolls and husks, on square-sectioned feet headed by moulded capitals and joined by X-shaped stretchers, on moulded toupie sabots, the upper right hand side drawer with illegible inscription, the top partially relaid, restorations and replacements inluding to legs and stretchers
31 in. (70 cm.) high; 45½ in. (115.5 cm) wide; 27¼ in. (69 cm.) deep
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

拍品專文

This very elegant bureau Mazarin harmoniously blends première partie and contre-partie Boulle marquetries (which mean marquetry on an ebony or tortoiseshell ground or marquetry on a metal ground). The design of the panels is especially delicate and closely relate to the engraving of the ornemanistes or designers such as Bérain. The unusual shape of the central element of the top relates to a pair of conformingly-shaped caskets from the Wildenstein Collection, sold Christie's, London, 14 December 2005, lot 9.