AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT

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$ 20 000
Auction dateClassic
27.01.2021 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 479208
Lot 84 | AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
POSSIBLY GERMAN, IN THE MANNER OF JACOB-DESMALTER, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With rectangular inset gilt-tooled olive leather writing panel above three drawers fitted with lockplates cast as twin griffins flanking a wreath, each side fitted with a slide, on bold voluted anthemion-carved volutes centering a lion's mask and ending in paw feet, possibly originally conceived with a plinth
30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high, 76 ¾ in. (195 cm.) wide, 36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) deep
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
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