08 juillet 2011
A rare French mid-19th century ebony and ebonised Japanese lacquer bureau à dos d'âne, possibly by Louis Auguste Alfred Beurdele
A rare French mid-19th century ebony and ebonised Japanese lacquer bureau à dos d'âne, possibly by Louis Auguste Alfred Beurdeley, Paris. photo Bonhams
the fall front opening to a lacquered interior fitted with three drawers surmounted by a pigeon hole, above a gilt tooled red leather writing surface, the frieze with a simulated drawer with a central stylised foliate mount, flanked to each corner by a scrolling acanthus clasp, on cabriole legs and pierced scrolling sabots, 97cm wide, 48cm deep, 89cm high (38" wide, 18.5"... [Lire la suite]