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AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' EBONY AND EBONISED BUREAU PLAT
AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with molded ormolu surround inset with a later black leather writing surface, above a frieze with scrolling contre partie marquetry with three drawers to the front and three simulated drawers to the back, each with a molded frame, the central drawers and sides centred by Bacchic masks, on tapering cabriole legs headed by espagnolette busts and terminating in acanthus-wrapped paw sabots
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 77¼ in. (196.5 cm.) wide; 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
AFTER THE MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with molded ormolu surround inset with a later black leather writing surface, above a frieze with scrolling contre partie marquetry with three drawers to the front and three simulated drawers to the back, each with a molded frame, the central drawers and sides centred by Bacchic masks, on tapering cabriole legs headed by espagnolette busts and terminating in acanthus-wrapped paw sabots
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 77¼ in. (196.5 cm.) wide; 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 119.
Special notice
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