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French 19th Century Louis XV St. Napoleon III Period Ebony and Ormolu Desk
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A most elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Napoleon III period ebony and ormolu center table/desk. The table is raised by very slender cabriole legs with exquisite pierced fitted foliate ormolu sabots with exceptional finely chased chutes leading up each leg to stunning foliate corner mounts in a rich satin and burnished finish and also leading up the border of each leg and along the beautiful scallop shaped apron. The apron displays one drawer decorated with a superb pierced central ormolu mount with a beautiful scrolled reeded foliate design centering a smooth family crest design and flanked by impressive finely detailed scrolled acanthus leaves and fine fillets also repeated at the sides and back. Above is a fine gold tooled black leather writing surface framed within an elegant mottled ormolu border.
- Dimensions:Height: 29.75 in (75.57 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)Depth: 37.75 in (95.89 cm)
- Style:Napoleon III (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1800s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:West Palm Beach, FL
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