Large mahogany and mahogany veneer middle cylinder desk open - Lot 338

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Large mahogany and mahogany veneer middle cylinder desk open - Lot 338
Large mahogany and mahogany veneer middle cylinder desk opening to three drawers, one cylinder revealing a sliding shelf and three drawers, two side pulls and three drawers in the belt, white marble top with gallery, tapered legs, fluted with asperges, very rich ornamentation of gilded bronzes: young satyrs, friezes of water leaves, oves, snail-shaped uprights. Late Louis XVI period An old handwritten label reads "Bureau à cylindre en acajou ronceux orné de bronzes dorés exécuté par l'ébéniste Nicolas Grevenich pour Germain Baron d'Ostrobosc Receveur général des Finances, père de Charlotte de Salverte. He had married Melle de Floissac". H. 124 cm - W. 163 cm - D.75 cm JB One side insolate, side draperies possibly added Provenance : Comte de Salverte, Château de Ray sur Saône. Bibliography: SALVERTE, François (de). Les ébénistes du XVIIIe, leurs oeuvres et leurs marques. Paris: de Nobele, 1962. Page 145.
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