ID 1126378
Lot 8 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
BY BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1740
The serpentine top inset with a gilt-tooled leather writing surface over frieze with three drawers, edged by foliate and rocaille-molded mounts atop cabriole legs, stamped 'BVRB' three times to underside, the border of top re-veneered in the 19th century with satiné rubané
31 ¾ in. (81 cm.) high, 57 ½ in. (146 cm.) wide, 30 in. (76.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Monsieur X; Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 23 March 1974, lot 119.
Private French Collection.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Paris, 5 May 2015, lot 149.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Kingwood, Gold, Wood, Tulipwood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Desks and bureaus |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Kingwood, Gold, Wood, Tulipwood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Desks and bureaus |
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