A Napoleon III gilt-bronze mounted brass and tortoiseshell inlaid ebony bureau plat late 19th century

in the manner of André-Charles Boulle, with a serpentine gilt-bronze-banded leather inset top above three frieze drawers, the central drawer with a mask on cabriole legs with gilt-bronze female term knee mounts, the whole inlaid with scrolling foliage on a tortoiseshell ground terminating in gilt-bronze scrolled feet

This imposing bureau displays a red tooled leather writing surface with marks and scratches consistent with age and use and an area of loss in need of attention. The original gilt-bronzes may benefit from a light clean. There are small losses to the tortoiseshell veneers to three legs, and losses to brass to drawer front. Minor lifting to brass.
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