A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre, late 19th century

Property of a Distinguished Italian Collector

A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre, late 19th century

the pierced brass three-quarter gallery and a pavonazzetto marble top above three short frieze drawers, the cylinder opening to reveal a sliding leather-inset writing surface and a fitted interior with pigeon holes, three drawers and three dummy drawers, on a series of five drawers, including one drawer with a secret compartment, above a kneehole, each side with a sliding leather writing surface

128cm. high, 134cm. wide, 70cm. deep; 4ft. 2 3/8 in., 4ft. 4 3/4 in., 2ft. 3 1/2 in.

fully extended: 128cm. high, 222cm. wide, 97cm. deep; 4ft. 2 3/8 in., 7ft. 3 3/8 in., 3ft. 2 1/8 in.