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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
5-Aug-2024
Lot No.
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Description:
A Louis XV style inlaid tulipwood and gilt bronze Bonheur-Du-Jour,, the fine lady's writing desk with a bronze-edged shaped top inset with tooled leather writing surface and surmounted with an arrangement of bombe profile shaped niches and small drawers, with a central pierced gallery, one drawer fitted with lion mask inkwells, above a keyhole front with three shaped drawers, decorated with diamond parquetry design, the sides and back conforming, the right hand drawer fitted with a fold down mirror, all raised upon tapering cabriole legs with rams head foliate gilt bronze surmounts, trims and well-cast sabots. Height 97 cm, width 109 cm, depth 66 cm
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified