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Material: Tortoise Shell
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Boulle Bureau Plat
By Befort Jeune
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XV style Napoleon III period brass inlaid, tortoise shell and ormolu Boulle Bureau Plat stamped Befort Jeune...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Boulle Bureau Plat
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Boulle Bureau Plat

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Boulle Bureau Plat

$115,000
1860s French Boulle Writing Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1860s French boulle writing desk. No shelves.
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1860s Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Bronze

1860s French Boulle Writing Desk
1860s French Boulle Writing Desk

1860s French Boulle Writing Desk

$5,850
19th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin / Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French Boulle Mazarin desk, having wonderful classical scrolling decoration and subjects inlaid in brass and tortoiseshell t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin / Desk
19th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin / Desk

19th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin / Desk

$37,480 Sale Price
20% Off
French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
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...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass, Ormolu

French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century

French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century

$127,165
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ebony, Ormolu, Pewter and Tortoiseshell Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and rare French 19th century Louis XIV St. ebony, ormolu, pewter, and tortoiseshell Boulle Bureau Mazarin desk. The seven drawers, one door d...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Ormolu, Pewter

French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ebony, Ormolu, Pewter and Tortoiseshell Desk
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ebony, Ormolu, Pewter and Tortoiseshell Desk

French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ebony, Ormolu, Pewter and Tortoiseshell Desk

$88,500
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Cabinet 19th Century, Napoleon III Period, Style Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Warsaw, PL
This wooden cabinet is designed in the Boulle style. This style was very popular around the time of Napoleon III. The characteristic of this style is the use of small pieces of wood in furniture, inlaid designs with many different materials: precious wood, precious stones, enamel, ivory, seashells, metal, marble etc. In addition, to express the royal style, the "Boulle" style also uses a large amount of gilded copper on the furniture, such as tiger claw decoration, mirror border decoration, leaf decoration, etc. The main elementsof this cabinet is ebony and turtle shell, with decorative details and gilded legs. This is a pretty prominent highlight in the overall black and gold color scheme. Moreover, the head of a woman is in the middle of the cabinet with waves in her hair and grape vines could be representing the Greek goddes of spring Spring. Surrounding the head are beautiful acanthus motifs incorporated in every layer and surface of the cabinet. Symmetricallly on the left and right side of the head are two identical faces, with one being the lock of the cabinet where key goes. The four corners of the cabinet have blooming carnations to create a feeling of spring coming. The details are collaged, decorated with golden bronze leaves in a classic French style. On the edges of the cabinet are sculptures of two women wrapped around with cloth and leaves. Through it, the author highlights the beauty of the woman's status in the past. On the side panels of the cabinet is placed a gilded face of a man with wings...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Inlaid Ladies Desk with Vitrine
Located in Sofia, BG
This is a beautiful French antique mahogany inlaid ladies writing desk, circa 1870 in date. The fall front opens to reveal an interior of writing surface, and bank of two drawers. Th...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Inlaid Ladies Desk with Vitrine
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H 52.37 in W 17.72 in D 15.75 in
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather top, brass inlay and tortoiseshell to the top, frieze and legs, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer with a Bramah lock...
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Brass

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
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$5,086
H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 18.9 in
18th Century French Louis XVI Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
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18th Century French Louis XVI Writing Desk

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H 30.5 in W 51 in D 27.75 in
Desk In English Style Made In Hand Polished Mahogany From 1860s
Located in Lejre, DK
Desk / Sideboard in mahogany from the 1860s. English style. H: 94 cm, W: 171 cm, D: 66.5 cm. Classic antique furniture. — Origin: England — Period: 1860s — Style: English — Material...
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Mahogany

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$2,896 / set
H 37.01 in W 67.33 in D 26.19 in
19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
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$3,840 Sale Price
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H 29 in W 35.5 in D 20 in
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Montreal, QC
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
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$15,000
H 30 in W 57 in D 32 in
Late 19th C Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ebonised Desk
Located in Troy, MI
Found in France, this Louis XVI style desk dates from the 1880s. Desk is mahogany with an ebonised finish and brass trim. New leather top / writing surface. Five locking dovetail con...
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Brass

Late 19th C Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ebonised Desk
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Late 19th C Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ebonised Desk

$2,995
H 29.5 in W 51.25 in D 27.5 in
William French Minneapolis Mahogany Writing Desk, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
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$3,995
H 29.5 in W 54 in D 23 in
19th Century French Wooden Writing Desk
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
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H 35.44 in W 42.92 in D 26.78 in
Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Burl Inlaid Louis XIV Secretary Drop Leaf Desk
Located in Encinitas, CA
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Walnut

Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Burl Inlaid Louis XIV Secretary Drop Leaf Desk
Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Burl Inlaid Louis XIV Secretary Drop Leaf Desk

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Located in Astoria, NY
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Italian Style Small Bargueño, Tortoiseshell, Bone, Wood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bargueño or litter bin in Italian style. Tortoiseshell, bone, wood. XVII century. Rectangular litter bin of uncovered sample slightly raised on circular legs, decorated with marquetry of simple geometric motifs on the top and the two sides (where, in addition, there are handles that still maintain part of their gilding), and with a front with three drawers (two smaller upstairs; all with key locks) decorated with pairs of tortoiseshell rectangles enhanced with bands of bone tinted with plant and geometric elements simulating four drawers in total. Note also the metal corner pieces (again, with traces of gilding), finished off with trefoil motifs. Compare, for example, with the litter bin in the National Museum of Decorative Arts from the 17th century, which is similar on both sides (although it has a central chapel); several very similar ones located in private Spanish collections (some called “Carlos II...
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Other

Italian Style Small Bargueño, Tortoiseshell, Bone, Wood, 17th Century
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French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Desk.
Located in Warsaw, PL
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Bronze

French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Desk.
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Desk.

French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Desk.

H 29.93 in W 51.19 in D 30.32 in
Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass, Bronze

Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860
Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860

Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860

H 43.31 in W 41.34 in D 25.6 in
Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Just beautiful Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry style secretary cabinet desk in brass ball style and tortoiseshell marquetry, gorgeous ornamentation of gilded bronzes with caryatids, in...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass, Bronze

Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860
Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860

Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860

H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning and really large Louis XV style secretary desk cabinet in Boulle style Marquetry, cylinder shape, in ebony veneer and Boulle and brass marquetry on a background of red torto...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass, Bronze

Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century
Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century

Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century

H 43.31 in W 41.34 in D 25.6 in
Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century
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Located in Paris, FR
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass, Bronze

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Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century

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H 43.31 in W 41.34 in D 25.6 in
19th Century French Boulle Set Desk Cabinet and Chairs Andre Charles Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Palermo, Sicily
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass

19th Century French Boulle Set Desk Cabinet and Chairs Andre Charles Boulle
19th Century French Boulle Set Desk Cabinet and Chairs Andre Charles Boulle

19th Century French Boulle Set Desk Cabinet and Chairs Andre Charles Boulle

H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
Rare Louis XV Desk Secretary Boulle Cabinet, France, 1865
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Rare Louis XV style desk secretary cylinder model with a higher part with 2 glass doors. Boulle style marquetry with inlaid in red tortoiseshell and brass facade, many beautiful gil...
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Brass, Bronze

Rare Louis XV Desk Secretary Boulle Cabinet, France, 1865
Rare Louis XV Desk Secretary Boulle Cabinet, France, 1865

Rare Louis XV Desk Secretary Boulle Cabinet, France, 1865

H 59.06 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
French Antique Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Paris, FR
An early 1900 French bell striking clock crafted in 18th century style (popular clockmaker design before the revolution cut off the heads of most customers for expensive clocks...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass, Ormolu

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French Antique Boulle Mantel Clock

French Antique Boulle Mantel Clock

H 15.36 in W 9.45 in L 15.36 in
17th Century Indo-Portuguese Tortoiseshell and Bone Cabinet
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"17th Century Indo-Portuguese Tortoiseshell Inlaid Cabinet" ca. 1680 Tortoise Shell Bone & Wood 8.5" x 13" x 9" inches The wood body of rectangular form, veneered with tortoiseshe...
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17th Century Indian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Bone, Tortoise Shell

17th Century Indo-Portuguese Tortoiseshell and Bone Cabinet
17th Century Indo-Portuguese Tortoiseshell and Bone Cabinet

17th Century Indo-Portuguese Tortoiseshell and Bone Cabinet

H 8.5 in W 13 in D 9 in
19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in New Orleans, LA
This wonderful French desk is decorated in the exquisite tortoiseshell-and-bronze inlay style perfected by celebrated ebeniste André-Charles Boulle. Displaying some of the finest cr...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Bronze

19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk
19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk

19th Century French Boulle Marquetry Desk

H 32.5 in W 43 in D 25 in
17TH C SPANISH VARGUENO
Located in Stamford, CT
17 th century Spanish vargueno (traveling desk) with unusual tortoise shell and ivory inlay.The two inner doors with etched ivory depictions of the ap...
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18th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Iron

17TH C SPANISH VARGUENO
17TH C SPANISH VARGUENO

17TH C SPANISH VARGUENO

H 20 in W 34 in D 14 in

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