View full screen - View 1 of Lot 35. A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted amaranth veneered, tulipwood, maple and holly marquetry bureau de pente, stamped by BVRB, the bronzes with a crowned ‘C’, circa 1745.

A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted amaranth veneered, tulipwood, maple and holly marquetry bureau de pente, stamped by BVRB, the bronzes with a crowned ‘C’, circa 1745

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 EUR

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Description

decorated on all sides with flowers and foliage in large frames, opening with a flap revealing three drawers, one of which contains an inkwell, a shelf, and a central compartment opening with a sliding lid with three secret drawers, the reverse side of the flap decorated with golden brown leather, with a fire mark 133, stamped BVRB and JME

 

Haut. 84 cm, larg. 77 cm, prof. 43 cm ; Height 33 in, width 30 1/3 in, depth  17 in

Former collection René Smadja (1901–1981), probably in his hotel in La Muette, Paris;

Exceptionnel ensemble de Mobilier et Objets d'Art du XVIIIe siècle, Christie’s Paris, 19 December 2007, lot 725