Lot 510
510
A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU-PLAT
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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU-PLAT

IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES CRESSENT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU-PLAT
IN THE MANNER OF CHARLES CRESSENT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with later simulated red leather writing surface above a shaped frieze with three drawers and three simulated drawers to the reverse, flanked by espagnolettes
75 cm. high x 186 cm. wide x 96 cm. deep
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Lot Essay

Charles Cressent was one of the greatest French ebenistes of the eighteenth century. Trained in sculpture by his father, he became a master in the sculptors' guild in 1719. After his father's death in 1746, Cressent succeeded him as the court sculptor to Louis XV. Typical of Cressent's furniture are the bold figural bronzes which head the legs.
In 2005, the present desk featured in the commercial for the internet real-estate search engine FUNDA.

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