Burdet & Audoynaud A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted kingwood small bureau plat Paris, late 19th/early 20th century

the top set with a gilt tooled brown leather writing surface above a long frieze drawer fronted with foliate cast handles, all sides with finely cast gilt-bronze encadrements, black stencilled mark to the underside BURDET & AUDOYNAUD / Tapissier, Ameublements / PARIS / 20, Rue de l'Odéon, 20. 

Lacquered gilt bronze mounts with traces of wear and dirt. Scratches and dirt to gilt-bronze border. Leather top replaced with scratches and dirt throughout; some brown stains to top. Overall in good condition with the usual minor scratches, dents and nicks to veneers and carcass consistent with age and use.
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