Attributed to Nicolas Sageot, Louis XIV bureau mazarin, French c. 1700, ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid tortoiseshell, ebony and ebonised boulle marquetry, inlaid overall with Berainesque motifs, rectangular top centrally inlaid with a figures beneath a baldequin, within engraved strap-work, foliate scrolls, flying put birds and insects, masks, bowls of flowers, dragons, monkeys, jesters and therms, above a recessed frieze drawer and kneehole cupboard, flanked to each side by three bow fronted drawers over moulded lapets. Height 81 cm width 130 cm depth 73 cm. Provenance: collection of a gentleman, Sydney labels Cf. For comparison a bureau of similar design can be found in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Exhibited (illustrated in p. Grand, 'Le Mobilier boulle et les Ateliers de L'epoque', L'estampille l'objet d'Art, February, 1993, pp. 50)