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King Louis XV’s Royal Grand Roll-Top Secretary Desk Le Bureau Du Roi
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Our elaborate copy of the marvelous Le Bureau Du Roi (Secrétaire Cylindre de Louis XV), "King Louis XV Roll-Top Secretary …
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Our elaborate copy of the marvelous Le Bureau Du Roi (Secrétaire Cylindre de Louis XV), "King Louis XV Roll-Top Secretary Desk", the most celebrated piece of eighteenth-century's French furniture after the model by Jean-François Oeben and Jean-Henri Riesener
The fine piece is manufactured of the solid beech wood and covered with intricate marquetry and veneer inlays of a wide variety of fine woods and fine chiseled gilt ormolu mounts,
The open ormolu pierced gallery top surmounted with ormolu urns of prosperity, ormolu female busts with acanthus foliate movements and two celebrating putti on acorn and scroll-works to the center. The rectangular top gallery is bordered with beaded leaf and dart on cyma reversa ormolu band surrounding marquetry works,
The beautiful cylinder roll up inlaid with striking sans traverse veneer inlays centered with a flower bouquet flanked to both sides with marquetry of musical instruments and trophies all within a foliate scrolled veneer entwined filet, and two foliate ormolu handles, opens to reveal a marquetry and veneer inlaid substantial pull out sliding writing surface, smaller drawers and chambers of medium sizes. The curved sides of the desk are adorned with ormolu laurel leaves terminating with clasps and inlaid with marquetry patterns of foliate royal cartouche to the internal parts, the outer sides has the same marquetry works of the cylinder front
At the scalloped shaped frieze below is a central drawer with ormolu keyhole escutcheon flanked with two smaller drawers to each side framed with brass filets, all have foliate ormolu handles, foliate marquetry ornamentations and scrolled veneer fillets, bordered below with highly detailed foliate ormolu filets in a satin and burnish finish extending to the legs,
At each corner are large and impressive ormolu mounts of richly chased royal male and female, fleur de lis and scroll works, repeated to back. The sides are professionally ornamented with highly detailed ormolu filets in a satin and burnish finish representing a central issuing festoons with knotted ribbon pendants to the sides, curving laurel bay leaf to the bottom centered with marquetry and acanthus marquetry, connected to a central shell issuing foliate filets topped with foliate marquetry and extending to internal side of the legs,
The back has the same marquetry decorations of the front, the top part is centered with a large ormolu plaque of playful putti. The desk is raised on cabriole legs inlaid with foliate marquetry inlays and terminating with turned acanthus ormolu cast sabots.
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- Dimensions
- 165ʺW × 85ʺD × 165ʺH
- Styles
- Louis XV
- Table Shape
- Other (unique shapes)
- Period
- 2020s
- Country of Origin
- Egypt
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Beech
- Brass
- Shell
- Veneer
- Condition
- Good Condition, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Sienna
- Condition Notes
- New unused condition New unused condition less
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