Object Description
A magnificent 19th century Regence/ Louis XV style writing table or bureau plat of serpentine form. The leather top writing surface banded by gilt bronze borders above a frieze with three shaped drawers on the front and matching blind drawers on the back. Raised on cabriole legs headed by acanthus cast mounts and foliate motifs which follow the outline of the leg to the feet, terminating in scrolling foliate sabots. The oak carcase with a marquetry of tulipwood and kingwood with fine banding framing the veneered panels.