Louis XVI style ebonised writing desk

Very good quality early 20th century mahogany and inlaid writing desk English circa 1900 with original brass handles , castors and leather insert Having 9 mahogany lined drawers , th...

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A fine Louis XVI Style gilt bronze and Pietre Dure mounted ebonised writing table, retailed by Edwards & Roberts. French, circa 1870. The drawer edge stamped 'Edwards & Roberts'. This Fine ebonised writing table has a three-quarter galleried superstructure with cavetto moulding above three cupboards, each with a panel door inset with Fine pietre dure panels of vases issuing flowers. The lower part of the table has a pullout / pull-out writing slide with a dark blue leather writing surface, above a long drawer centred by a tablet mounted with a foliate pietre dure panel. The table is raised on tapering square section legs united by an 'X'-frame stretcher centred by a gilt bronze vase. The beautiful Florentine pietre dure panels are inlaid in high relief with shaded agates marble, and semi-precious stones. The combination of Fine gilt bronze mounts on an ebonised ground enriched with Fine pietre dure inlay indicates the work of one of the best Parisian ébénistes of the period. Edwards & Roberts, was one of the principal London companies working in the nineteenth century in the taste of the late Eighteenth Century. They started business in 1845 and by 1854 were trading as 'Edwards & Roberts, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture'. Wardour Street became an important furniture retailing area in the second half of the 19th century. Contemporary documents note '... a fine and complete library...

Writing desk from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. It has been finished with a lustrous ebonized French polish finish...

An elegant writing table, made in Sweden in the Louis XVI style, decorated with marquetry in a neoclassical Greek design in various fruit and walnut woods. Stipe legs, finished in a ...

This kidney-shaped desk is a beautiful example of the Louis XVI style, popular in France during the late 18th century. It features a curved front and sides, with delicate carving det...