Lot Essay
Ferdinand Bury, maître in 1774
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BY FERDINAND BURY, CIRCA 1770
Details
A LATE LOUIS XV TULIPWOOD, ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY COIFFEUSE
BY FERDINAND BURY, CIRCA 1770
Inlaid overall with rosettes within geometric interlaced banding, the triple-flap top inlaid with quarter-veneered bois satiné simulated panels to the reverse, with a central hinged mirror flanked to either side by a flap enclosing a blue-silk-lined well, above a writing-drawer with a leather-lined sloping writing-surface and various open compartments, flanked by one drawer on the left and two drawers on the right, on cabriole legs terminating in scrolling sabots, the locks English, stamped 'F BURY' and 'JME' on the front left underside
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 36 in. (91 cm.) wide; 19½ in. (60 cm.) deep
BY FERDINAND BURY, CIRCA 1770
Inlaid overall with rosettes within geometric interlaced banding, the triple-flap top inlaid with quarter-veneered bois satiné simulated panels to the reverse, with a central hinged mirror flanked to either side by a flap enclosing a blue-silk-lined well, above a writing-drawer with a leather-lined sloping writing-surface and various open compartments, flanked by one drawer on the left and two drawers on the right, on cabriole legs terminating in scrolling sabots, the locks English, stamped 'F BURY' and 'JME' on the front left underside
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 36 in. (91 cm.) wide; 19½ in. (60 cm.) deep
Provenance
Léopold Levy, father-in-law of Nathan Wildenstein, sold in Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 18-19 June 1917, lot 193.
Special notice
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