Early 20th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat
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An Early 20th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat or Writing Table with Ormolu Mounts of the Highest Quality c.1910.
This lovely table stands beautifully on four elegant and slender cabriole legs. The finish is ebonised and contrasts well with the profusion of ormolu mounts and the burgundy and gilt tooled leather inset top. Designed in the 18th century as the ultimate writing or library table for the French aristocracy, the bureau plat is a classic piece of design which has never gone out of fashion.
This particular example is distinguished particularly by the quality of the ormolu mounts. The mounts to each knee incorporate the mask of a bacchic faun with pointed ears and laughing mouth and the chasing is superb. The top is surrounded by an ormolu edge mount and there are smaller mounts around the edge of the kneehole in the frieze.
The table incorporates pull out writing slides to left and right, these slides, like the top are finely gilt tooled.
H 76cm x W 161cm x D 80cm
H 30” x W 63½” x D 31½”
An Early 20th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat or Writing Table with Ormolu Mounts of the Highest Quality c.1910.
This lovely table stands beautifully on four elegant and slender cabriole legs. The finish is ebonised and contrasts well with the profusion of ormolu mounts and the burgundy and gilt tooled leather inset top. Designed in the 18th century as the ultimate writing or library table for the French aristocracy, the bureau plat is a classic piece of design which has never gone out of fashion.
This particular example is distinguished particularly by the quality of the ormolu mounts. The mounts to each knee incorporate the mask of a bacchic faun with pointed ears and laughing mouth and the chasing is superb. The top is surrounded by an ormolu edge mount and there are smaller mounts around the edge of the kneehole in the frieze.
The table incorporates pull out writing slides to left and right, these slides, like the top are finely gilt tooled.
H 76cm x W 161cm x D 80cm
H 30” x W 63½” x D 31½”
#3294
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