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19th Century Birch and Morocco Leather Pedestal Desk in the French Empire Manner
$61,657.50
£45,000
€52,490.08
CA$84,455.36
A$93,932.79
CHF 49,048.79
MX$1,143,062.20
NOK 626,427.85
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DKK 391,753.56
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A pedestal desk in the French Empire manner
of freestanding breakfront form with everted angles, constructed in birchwood, and burr birchwood, having bronze accents drawn from the oeuvres of Percier and fontaine; rising from bronze lions' paw feet, each pedestal having book-matched burrwood ends, and housing three lockable drawers, dressed with bronze escutcheons, and flanked to the angles with Pharaonic herms, with bronze male masks wearing the nemes headress, with feet to the bases, capped with laurel wreaths and two writing slides over; the obverse having large ormolu laurel wreath dressed faux cupboards, and dummy drawers above; the platform having a triple inset tooled Morocco leather.
French, circa 1890.
- Dimensions:Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 73 in (185.42 cm)Depth: 42 in (106.68 cm)
- Style:Empire (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1890
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 84961stDibs: LU954711088873
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