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French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
$131,084.12
£95,000
€111,663.74
CA$178,283.44
A$199,765.64
CHF 103,985.62
MX$2,443,825.29
NOK 1,319,904.97
SEK 1,246,634.45
DKK 833,592.73
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A Fine Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle
Constructed in ebony with arabesque foliate cut brass inlays, with premiere-partie panels set with tortoiseshell grounds and brass inlay work, and having extensive fine quality ormolu mounts; rising from animal paw sabots, mounted with female masks at the shoulders; the apron housing three drawers, with faux drawers to the obverse, the central drawers set with a Bacchic mask issuing foliates, the platform of serpentine form, having a brass guard edge, and inset with a gilt tooled morocco leather. Stamped to the carcass ‘BF’ and ‘Gros’.
French, Circa 1870
Denise Ledoux-Lebard’s ‘Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siecle’. Published by les Editions de l’Amateur, 2000, lists a Benjamin Gros, whose enterprise amalgamated with the noted ebeniste Winckelsen in 1871; Gros had received an honourable mention for his ‘Boulle’ furniture in the Exposition Universelle in 1855.
Literature;
Le Mobilier Francais (qv)
Seymour de Ricci, Batsford 1929 ‘Louis XIV and Regence Furniture’ pp 123
Paul Getty Catalogue of the Los Angeles Getty Museum pub 2003 ‘French Furniture & Bronzes of the Louis X12vth and Regence periods’.
- Similar to:André-Charles Boulle (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 61 in (154.94 cm)Depth: 33 in (83.82 cm)
- Style:Louis XV (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1870
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 87251stDibs: LU95477095703
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