A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD-JAPANNED BUREAU DE PENTE

IN THE MANNER OF JACQUES DUBOIS

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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GOLD-JAPANNED BUREAU DE PENTE
in the manner of jacques dubois
The rectangular slant front decorated with horses drinking on the banks of a river within trailing foliate and floral-cast border opening to reveal scarlet-japanned interior, the frieze and bombé sides decorated with stylized rocks and trees, on cabriole legs headed by foliate chutes continuing down to foliate-scroll toes
35½in. (90cm.) high, 34½in. (88cm.) wide, 18½in. (47cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A Louis XV bureau with identical decoration and attributed to Jacques Dubois was sold from the Keck Collection, Sotheby's New York, December 5-6 1991, lot 261