Description
A Louis XV Style Ebonised & Boullework Bureau Plat elaborately inlaid with brass and red tortoiseshell panels. The rectangular break front & back top having a red leather insert and gilt brass trim with cast shell-crested mounts to the corners. The swept frieze fitted with three drawers edged in gilt beading with foliate scroll mounts and swing handles. The square tapering cabriole legs adorned with caryatids, 32 in (81 cm) high, 63 in (160 cm) wide, 35½ in (90 cm) deep.