A gilt-bronze mounted ebony marquetry meuble d'appuie, signed Beurdeley In Louis XIV style, late 19th Century

the Verdun Breccia marble top with inverted-breakfront and canted corners, with floral inlaid door enclosing one shelve, the front and sides all over fitted with gilt-bronze mounts, on rectangular moulded feet 

In overall good condition. Minor wear to the gilding. Dents and scratches due to use and age. Minor vertical dryness cracks to the veneer. One key.
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The founder Jean Beurdeley (1772-1853) was a Burgundian craftsman, conscripted into the Napoleonic army. After hostilities in 1815, he settled in Paris. Initially on the rue Saint-Honoré which was run by his only surviving son, Louis-Auguste-Alfred (1808-1882). The successful business was continued by his son, Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis (1847-1919). Thus three generations of Beurdeleys succeeded the founder, with workshops making their own furniture, both copies, mainly in the Louis XVI style, ranking them pre-eminent amongst the makers of meubles de luxe. The workshops were closed in 1895.