A LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED AMARANTH, BURR MAPLE AND KINGWOOD PARQUETRY BONHEUR DU JOUR FRENCH, CIRCA 1890

with fleur de pêcher marble top, the cabinet and drawer inlaid with stained burr ambonya, the upper structure with three cupboards opening to one shelf above a writing slide and one frieze drawer, on tapering square legs. 

Overall in good condition with the usual minor scratches, dents and nicks consistent with age and use. Slight tarnishing to gilt-bronze in places. The marble top with the usual chips to the edges. Front left hand side of marble formerly broken and now showing filler. There is a vertical crack to the front cupboard door to the left hand side of the medallion consistent with wood shrinkage.
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