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A French late 19th century ormolu mounted kingwood bureau plat in the Regence style, after Charles Cressent
18 – 19 April 2023, 10:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£3,000 - £5,000
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A French late 19th century ormolu mounted kingwood bureau plat
in the Regence style, after Charles Cressent
The gilt-tooled leather inset top with a reverse ogee mounted edge with scrolled cartouche and rocaille cast angles, above one long central panelled frieze drawer, flanked by two shaped gadrooned and bellflower pendant mounts and two short shaped panel mounted drawers, on keeled cabriole legs each headed by an acorn, oak leaf, floral, husk and entrelac cast espagnolette of Ceres surmounted by a foliate lambrequin headdress, terminating in acanthus capped hoof sabots, approximately: 143cm wide x 83cm deep x 76cm high, (56in wide x 32 1/2in deep x 29 1/2in high)
The gilt-tooled leather inset top with a reverse ogee mounted edge with scrolled cartouche and rocaille cast angles, above one long central panelled frieze drawer, flanked by two shaped gadrooned and bellflower pendant mounts and two short shaped panel mounted drawers, on keeled cabriole legs each headed by an acorn, oak leaf, floral, husk and entrelac cast espagnolette of Ceres surmounted by a foliate lambrequin headdress, terminating in acanthus capped hoof sabots, approximately: 143cm wide x 83cm deep x 76cm high, (56in wide x 32 1/2in deep x 29 1/2in high)
Footnotes
One related bureau plat, which was made during the 19th century by Leon Kahn, sold Christie's, New York, 26 November 2013, The Opulent Eye, lot 399. Both this and the present table are clearly influenced by the celebrated 18th century models executed by the renowned cabinet maker, Charles Cressent (1685-1768), one of which forms part of the collection at the John Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Cressent produced several variants of this type of bureau plat, with their distinctive 'espagnolette' leg mounts, during the Regence period, 1715-1730.