ID 479208
Lot 84 | AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BUREAU PLAT
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
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
| Artist: | François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841) |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
| Art style: | Empire |
| Auction house category: | Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Artist: | François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841) |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
| Art style: | Empire |
| Auction house category: | Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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