REF NO : B73833

Edwards & Roberts

A Louis XVI Style Pietre Dure Writing Table

France, Circa 1870

£42,000

A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Pietre Dure Mounted Ebonised Writing Table, Retailed by Edwards & Roberts. This fine ebonised writing...

Dimensions

Height: 150 cm (60 in)
Width: 121 cm (48 in)
Depth: 60 cm (24 in)
REF NO : B73833

Description

A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Pietre Dure Mounted Ebonised Writing Table,

Retailed by Edwards & Roberts.

This fine ebonised writing table has a three-quarter galleried superstructure with cavetto moulding above three cupboards, each with a panel door inset with fine pietre dure panels of vases issuing flowers. The lower part of the table has a pull out writing slide with a dark blue leather writing surface, above a long drawer centred by a tablet mounted with a foliate pietre dure panel. The table is raised on tapering square section legs united by an ‘x’-frame stretcher centred by a gilt-bronze vase. The beautiful Florentine pietre dure panels are inlaid in high relief with shaded agates marble, and semi-precious stones.

The combination of fine gilt-bronze mounts on an ebonised ground enriched with fine pietre dure inlay indicates the work of one of the best Parisian ébénistes of the period.

Date

Circa 1870

Origin

France

Medium

Pietre Dure

Signature

The drawer edge stamped 'Edwards & Roberts'.

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