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French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Boulle side table/desk
French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Boulle side table/desk

French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Boulle side table/desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A sensational and very high quality French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Boulle side table/desk. This stunning table is comprised of Ebony, Brass and Tortoiseshell, while being raise...

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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks

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Brass

A French 19th century Louis XV st. Ebony, Brass, Tortoiseshell and Ormolu desk
A French 19th century Louis XV st. Ebony, Brass, Tortoiseshell and Ormolu desk

A French 19th century Louis XV st. Ebony, Brass, Tortoiseshell and Ormolu desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Ebony, Brass, Tortoiseshell and Ormolu desk. This stunning three drawer desk is raised by scrolled legs elegantly deco...

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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

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

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

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