Antique French Louis XVI Writing Desk Cognac Leather, Bonze & Brass

Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top and gold embossed frieze. The front of the piece has three dovetail drawers with bronze details and keys. The locks work perfectl...

Antique Pair of Louis XVI style console, with cognac leather top and gold brass and bronze details. The feet are fluted and finished with golden bronze clogs. To be placed against...

Antique Louis XVI Directoire style Chest of drawers with brass and bronze details. Fluted uprights, three dovetailed drawers, the first of which accommodates a drain. Practical beca...

Louis XVI style antique desk chest of drawers called "bureau à pente". Three dovetailed drawers, bronze details. On the front opens a tab...

The apron being trimmed in bronze moldings above a single drawer all supported by slender turned legs. This is a very hard size to find and, not only works as a desk, but it would al...

A distinctive writing desk in the Louis XVI tradition from Lombardy, Italy, crafted in the 19th century from fine wood and showcasing neoclassical design elements. This piece blends ...

Crafted in Paris, France, circa 1870 in the style of Francois Linke and built of walnut , the large antique desk stands on elegant cabriole legs dec...

A striking French antique Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted writing table made after the model by cabinetmaker to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinetteean, important ébéniste Jean-Henri Riesener (German/French, 1734-1806) and later reproduced by Francois Linke (French, 1855-1946). Signed bronze mounts, Marco. Born in France in the early 19th century, possibly during the late 18th century Louis XVI period, most likely Parisian work, exquisitely hand-crafted in several woods of contrasting colors including walnut and mahogany to create fine wooden inlays and parquetry detailing. The original partially inset marble top with dramatic veining sits above a flat sided break-fronted front and back adorned with fine bas-relief bronze plaques cast adorned with putti cherubs in the manner of the French sculptor Clodion (Claude Michel, 1738-1814). The centered front bronze panel disguises a single frieze drawer with dovetail joinery and original key, flanked by gilded bronze foliate mounted rounded corners, a simulated panel drawer to the reverse, embellished on all four sides by intricate finely chiseled, chased and sculpted scrolling laurel ribbon and garland swag ormolu mounts, patinated brass running ornamentation, rising elegantly on four bronze dore ring mounted straight tapering fluted legs, terminating in patinated bronze toupie feet sabots. Signed / marks; the bronzes are stamped / incised Marco. PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION: Property from the Collection of Gloria Monnet Nicholson, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Acquired from highly reputable auction house Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Signature Auction, catalog #8085. Dimensions: (approx) 30" High, 32" Wide 21.5" Deep As warm and attractive as it is useful, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a side table, petite bureau...