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Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard

$62,440.91
£45,000
€53,214.27
CA$85,430.96
A$95,418.58
CHF 49,582.39
MX$1,162,006.27
NOK 629,807.17
SEK 593,459.88
DKK 397,043.01
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About the Item

After the model by Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734-1806). Of the Napoleon III period, in the Louis XVI style, with fruitwood and ebony inlaid in bois de citronnier, mahogany and amaranth, with a three-quarter galleried rectangular top above a roll-top, opening to reveal a leather-lined writing slide with four short drawers and five pigeon holes, the frieze centred by a push button drawer mounted with an ormolu panel with cherubs in the manner of Clodion, the sides similarly mounted with panels representing 'Sculpture', the back veneered to form a centrepiece. Literature: Christopher Payne, European Furniture of the 19th century, Antique Collectors Club, 2013, p. 111 This roll-top desk is after a famous model by Jean-Henri Riesener which was made for Marie-Antoinette's new apartments at the Chdes Tuileries in 1784 and now forms part of the collection in the Louvre, Paris. P. Bernard is listed at 4 Passage des Postes, Paris from 1856-1876. An almost identical roll-top desk stamped by Bernard, sold Christie's New York, 13 December 1983, lot 412.
  • Similar to:
    Jean-Henri Riesener (Cabinetmaker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 42.13 in (107 cm)Width: 45.67 in (116 cm)Depth: 25.99 in (66 cm)
  • Style:
    Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Leather,Ormolu,Wood,Marquetry,Parquetry
  • Place of Origin:
    France
  • Period:
    19th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1860
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 146201stDibs: LU95635670133

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