Butchoff
A Magnificent Cartonnier in the Louis XVI Manner After the Original By Simon Oeben ( 1880 )
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Dimensions:
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104.00cm wide
186.00cm high
211.00cm deep
(40.94 inches wide 73.23 inches high 83.07 inches deep)
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Description:
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Using Kingwood as the ground wood, and having extensive parquetry inlay, and fire gilt bronze enhancements. The bureau section of oblong form with re-entrant corners, frieze drawers and a leather top; the shouldered tapering legs with ‘fish scale’ bronze mounts: lions mask at the end: the frame having a guard bronze trail: the cartonnier section with leather faced boxes, guilloche bronze, sloping shoulders, with an enamel dial striking clock, with bronze mounts of cherubs.
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Literature:
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This chef d’ouevre of French cabinet making by Simon Oeben was originally made for the Duc du Choisel. A portrait of him seated at the desk was made by Van Blaerenberghe, and is in the V&A . The Desk itself may now be seen in the Chateau de Chantilly. The desk was copied by notable 19th century ebenistes as Linke and Sormani. The quality of the workmanship of our pieces suggests the hand of the former in its;’ construction.
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