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A Régence ormolu-mounted amaranth bureau plat
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- height 32 1/4 in.; width 63 1/4 in.; depth 31 3/4 in.
- 82 cm; 161 cm; 81 cm
the serpentine-sided top inset with a leather writing surface, the frieze with a slightly recessed center drawer flanked by a pair of drawers fitted with drop handles and outlined with ormolu borders, the sides centered by satyrs' masks, raised on cabriole legs headed by ormolu chutes cast with espagnolette masks, ending in leaf-cast ormolu sabots. Remounted, probably reveneered.
Provenance
Collection of Madame Douine
Collection of Hubert de Saint Senoch, sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, December 4, 1983, lot 290