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Material: Tortoise Shell
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk

19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk

$37,475

19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk

By André-Charles Boulle

Located in Houston, TX

19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk. Our outstanding antique French Louis XV style Boulle inspired bureau plat, desk or writing table was expertly crafted in the mid 19th ...

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1860s French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk

$23,900

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A stunning and unique French 19th century Louis XV st. ebony, tortoiseshell, brass, and leather Boulle st. desk. The desk is raised by four elegant cabriole legs with fine fitted fol...

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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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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

$127,976

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 and Writing Tables

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Brass, Ormolu

Boulle Writing Desk
Boulle Writing Desk

Boulle Writing Desk

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Boulle Writing Desk

Located in New York, NY

Well-proportioned French black lacquer and Boulle writing desk with metal gallery raised back. Writing surface covered in leather, and drawers with...

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19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Tortoise Shell

Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table
Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table

Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table

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Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table

Located in Greenwich, CT

Very fine 19th century Flemish ebony center or writing table having floral marquetry inlay inlaid bone insects on a walnut, ebony and faux tortoise backg...

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1860s Belgian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony

Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts
Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts

Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts

$35,000

Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts

By André-Charles Boulle

Located in New Orleans, LA

This magnificent 19th century tortoiseshell Boulle desk features gorgeous bronze mounts and sculpted brass inlaid in the tortoise shell. The desk is created in the style of Louis XV ...

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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

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