Object Description
A Very Fine Writing Table
In the Louis XVI Style
Of exceptional quality, utilising beautifully grained woods, including Circassian walnut, thuya, purple heart and boxwood in the construction, and dressed with ormolu mounts; rising on four tapering turned bellflower-inlaid fluted legs, conjoined by a shaped ‘X’ form thuyawood stretcher; the frieze of conforming thuya-veneers with boxwood stringing and amaranth crossbanding, enclosing a single lockable drawer; the shaped serpentine top similarly with purpleheart crossbanding around an ebony-ground reserve inlaid with stylized Greek anthemia, a central marquetry musical trophy against a stunning bookmatched circassian burr walnut.
French, Circa 1860