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A Farquhar Legacy
Lot 110TP,Y
A Louis XIV stained tortoiseshell, gilt-brass mounted and cut brass inlaid bureau mazarinPossibly attributable to Nicolas Sageot (1666-1731), circa 1700 and later
19 November 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A Louis XIV stained tortoiseshell, gilt-brass mounted and cut brass inlaid bureau mazarin
Possibly attributable to Nicolas Sageot (1666-1731), circa 1700 and later
The rectangular top profusely inlaid with both contre partie and première-partie with a centrally inlaid contre partie figure flanked by a musician and a dancer beneath a baldaquin with birds perched on swags all enclosed by an engraved scrolling foliate border above a central frieze drawer and cupboard door and kneehole, flanked by six drawers all similarly inlaid with foliate strapwork flanked by première-partie squirrels, the sides with foliate strapwork panels and première-partie inlaid trumpeting angles, on eight scrolled and inlaid legs joined by two x-form stretchers, on toupie feet, restored by Henry J Hatfields according to the label on the reverse, 98cm wide x 58cm deep x 76cm high, (38 1/2in wide x 22 1/2in deep x 29 1/2in high)
The rectangular top profusely inlaid with both contre partie and première-partie with a centrally inlaid contre partie figure flanked by a musician and a dancer beneath a baldaquin with birds perched on swags all enclosed by an engraved scrolling foliate border above a central frieze drawer and cupboard door and kneehole, flanked by six drawers all similarly inlaid with foliate strapwork flanked by première-partie squirrels, the sides with foliate strapwork panels and première-partie inlaid trumpeting angles, on eight scrolled and inlaid legs joined by two x-form stretchers, on toupie feet, restored by Henry J Hatfields according to the label on the reverse, 98cm wide x 58cm deep x 76cm high, (38 1/2in wide x 22 1/2in deep x 29 1/2in high)
Footnotes
The overall form and design of this bureau are related to a bureau mazarin, stamped by Nicolas Sageot, which can be found in the Royal Palace in Stockholm (illustrated in P. Grand, 'Le Mobilier Boulle et les ateliers de l'époque', L'Estampille L'Objet d'Art, February, 1993, pp. 50).
