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A mahogany and mahogany-veneered drop-leaf desk; rectangular…
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201
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A mahogany and mahogany-veneered drop-leaf desk; rectangular…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
A mahogany and mahogany-veneered drop-leaf desk; rectangular in shape, it opens via a counterweighted flap flanked by slender, freestanding columns, revealing the paperweight compartment fitted with five drawers veneered in tobacco wood and rosewood and two compartments; a large drawer at the top and two hinged doors in the lower section; richly decorated with chiselled and gilded bronze, including interlaced foliage friezes, fluted friezes and fleurons, and frames with heart-shaped motifs… it rests on spindle legs; the dark fluted sections are in brass. Inset top in turquoise blue marble.
A Parisian piece from the mid-19th century.
H.: 145 – W.: 100 – D.: 46 cm
Lots 201, 201 bis, 201 ter and 201 quater are sold with the option to combine them.
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