A Victorian Louis XVI style ebony and kingwood marquetry bureau plat, constructed from a 17th century bureau attributed to Aubertin Gaudron, the rectangular top with a scrolling frieze of birds flowers and insects with ‘grotesque’ masks at the corners, the three frieze drawers similarly inlaid, dummy drawers to the reverse, the end panels with wreaths of flowers and scrolls, standing on square tapering legs with festoon mounts.

English and French

1850-1880

Width: 177.5 cms (70 ins)

Depth: 83 cms (32.75 ins)

Height: 81.5 cms (32 ins)