23 Jan 2008
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Egyptian Revival Sale (Furniture and Works of Art)
Back to auction 15679
The Egyptian Revival Sale (Furniture and Works of Art)
Back to auction 15679
A large French ormolu-mounted mahogany, ebony and ebonised bureau-plat
By J. Muller, Paris, mid 19th Century
The rectangular top with rounded corners inlaid with a gilt-tooled black-leather writing surface within a stiff-leaf surround, the knee-hole flanked to each side by two drawers, the reverse and sides with ebonised framed panels, on square tapering legs, each headed by a female sphinx mask with under-hanging drapery, on paw-feet sabots; the underside stamped twice J.Muller/Ebeniste, 74½in wide, 38½in deep, 30in high (190 x 99 x 77cm).
The rectangular top with rounded corners inlaid with a gilt-tooled black-leather writing surface within a stiff-leaf surround, the knee-hole flanked to each side by two drawers, the reverse and sides with ebonised framed panels, on square tapering legs, each headed by a female sphinx mask with under-hanging drapery, on paw-feet sabots; the underside stamped twice J.Muller/Ebeniste, 74½in wide, 38½in deep, 30in high (190 x 99 x 77cm).
Sold for
£6,000
inc. premium
Category: Furniture / Fine Furniture and Works of Art
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