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MAZARIN DESK, LOUIS XIV PERIOD decorated with a luxuriant Boulle-type marquetry in the first part, based on brass and red-tinted tortoiseshell in frames. The rich, flowery design, dotted with grotesques, fantastical animals, birds, insects, cherubs and garlands, in a dense network of scrolls and leafy arabesques animated by figures, draws its sources from the work of Jean Bérain. In the center of the marquetry on the stage, two musicians and a juggler under a canopy are supported by sunflower dancers. On the sides, a central bouquet of flowers with a dog and a monkey holding insects. The front features a central drawer, a door and two side pedestals, each containing three drawers. The late 18th-century cambered base, in courbaril veneer highlighted with bronze fillet, ends in a leafy hoof. The top is encircled by a lingotière. (Accidents, dents, cracks, missing parts, restorations) A Mazarin desk with a brass and tortoiseshell Boulle marquetry, Louis XIV period, late 17th/early 18th century HEIGHT 82 - WIDTH 133 - PROF. 71 CM - H. 32,3 - W. 52,4 - D. 28 IN.
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MAZARIN DESK, LOUIS XIV PERIOD decorated with a luxuriant Boulle-type marquetry in the first part, based on brass and red-tinted tortoiseshell in frames. The rich, flowery design, dotted with grotesques, fantastical animals, birds, insects, cherubs and garlands, in a dense network of scrolls and leafy arabesques animated by figures, draws its sources from the work of Jean Bérain. In the center of the marquetry on the stage, two musicians and a juggler under a canopy are supported by sunflower dancers. On the sides, a central bouquet of flowers with a dog and a monkey holding insects. The front features a central drawer, a door and two side pedestals, each containing three drawers. The late 18th-century cambered base, in courbaril veneer highlighted with bronze fillet, ends in a leafy hoof. The top is encircled by a lingotière. (Accidents, dents, cracks, missing parts, restorations) A Mazarin desk with a brass and tortoiseshell Boulle marquetry, Louis XIV period, late 17th/early 18th century HEIGHT 82 - WIDTH 133 - PROF. 71 CM - H. 32,3 - W. 52,4 - D. 28 IN.
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