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Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
About the Item
After the model by Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734-1806).
Of the Napoleon III period, in the Louis XVI style, with fruitwood and ebony inlaid in bois de citronnier, mahogany and amaranth, with a three-quarter galleried rectangular top above a roll-top, opening to reveal a leather-lined writing slide with four short drawers and five pigeon holes, the frieze centred by a push button drawer mounted with an ormolu panel with cherubs in the manner of Clodion, the sides similarly mounted with panels representing 'Sculpture', the back veneered to form a centrepiece.
Literature: Christopher Payne, European Furniture of the 19th century, Antique Collectors Club, 2013, p. 111 This roll-top desk is after a famous model by Jean-Henri Riesener which was made for Marie-Antoinette's new apartments at the Chdes Tuileries in 1784 and now forms part of the collection in the Louvre, Paris.
P. Bernard is listed at 4 Passage des Postes, Paris from 1856-1876. An almost identical roll-top desk stamped by Bernard, sold Christie's New York, 13 December 1983, lot 412.
- Similar to:Jean-Henri Riesener (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 42.13 in (107 cm)Width: 45.67 in (116 cm)Depth: 25.99 in (66 cm)
- Style:Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1860
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
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