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A desk known as the ‘Mazarin’, made of veneer and violet woo…
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A desk known as the ‘Mazarin’, made of veneer and violet woo…
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Description
A desk known as the ‘Mazarin’, made of veneer and violet wood. It features two side sections, each with three drawers stacked one above the other, and three central drawers, two of which are set back. The top features extensive decoration of fern-shaped stars, scrollwork and butterfly wings within a banded border. The arbalète-style front and sides are inlaid with interlaced butterfly wings within moulded frames. The upright panels rest on eight sheathed legs joined by X-shaped struts, supported by blackened wooden feet.
France. Partly from the Louis XIV period
H_82 cm W_120 cm D_70 cm
Routine restoration to the base and rear.
Comparative work.
*ARTCURIAL auction, Paris. 7 April 2011. Lot 153
*C. Demestrecu, Les ébénistes de la Couronne sous le règne de Louis XIV, Paris, 2021, pp. 178–183 and 288–295. – Expert: PEPE Stephane
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