Antique French Louis XV Cylinder Marquetry & Ormolu Bureau Writing Desk 1880 Sold the drawers run smooth

the drawers run smooth

The interior of the box also having inlaid satinwood stringing and three fitted compartments each with an etched crystal container

Although the sturdiness of each element sits in contrast to the more polished and idealized aesthetic perfected during the Baphuon era

5 cm X 24 cm X 21 cm

Antique French Louis XV Cylinder Marquetry & Ormolu Bureau Writing Desk 1880 Sold the drawers run smoothA very elegant antique French Louis XV style inlaid Kingwood cylinder bureau, desk, circa 1870. This very fine serpentine or bombe shaped desk is finely inlaid with parquetry panels to the sides and the cylinder roll. To the top are three drawers, below the cylinder roll encloses a fitted interior with six drawers, below is a slide out writing surface fitted with a tooled and gilded chocolate brown leather writing surface. Below are four short and one