细节
A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND AMARANTH PARQUETRY BUREAU
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The upper section with a shaped frieze of drawers centered with a seated lady and a putto, flanked by two pairs of doors each enclosing one shelf, one side surmounted by a clock and the other side with a barometer, both mounted with nesting birds, Flore and Zephyr, each holding two candle branches, the top of the lower section with brown leather writing surface, above a frieze of drawers on cabriole legs with espagnolettes and claw feet
67 in. (170 cm.) high, 70 in. (178 cm.) wide, 32 in. (81 cm.) deep
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