We present to you this is a fine and rare antique ormolu bureau plat desk. It is a mounted French kingwood bureau plat after Charles Cressent, dating from around 1860. It bears the label of Bedle & Cie and features wonderful highly decorative ormolu mounts.
The shaped rectangular top of this delightful antique ormolu bureau plat desk has a decorative ormolu border and is inset with a superb gilt-tooled tan leather writing surface. It has one long central and two short shaped frieze drawers on one side and false drawers on the other. All the drawers have working locks and keys. The desk is raised on beautiful slender cabriole legs headed by stunning scrolled foliate and shell-cast Venus mask espagnolettes, terminating in ormolu lion’s paw sabots. Each side of this antique ormolu bureau plat desk is mounted with an acanthus, scroll and lambrequin adorned ormolu Diana Mask and, as an added bonus, it is finished on all sides so that it can stand freely in the centre of a room.
This piece follows the celebrated Charles Cressent model, one of which forms part of the renowned collection at the John Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Charles Cressent (1685–1768) was a French furniture-maker, sculptor and founder of the régence style. He was a pupil of the renowned André Charles Boulle and is widely viewed as one of the best decorative artist of the 18th century.
This antique ormolu bureau plat desk is a truly exquisite and historic piece which will display beautifully in any interior and surely become the focus of your guests admiring attention.
Condition Of This Antique Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
This antique ormolu bureau plat desk is in an exceptional condition having been beautifully cleaned and polished in our workshops as can be observed in the images we have supplied in our set of pics. Kindly take a few minutes to take a look at them and assure yourself of this.
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Item Reference Number: 08971
