"Violin Shaped Middle Table In Marquetry, Or Desk, Napoleon III Period"
Richly inlaid table forming a desk, opening with a frieze drawer. Louis XV style work from the Napoleon III period with a very beautiful top decorated with foliage, flowers, birds in cartouches. This table is made of many wood species, including rosewood, amboyna burl, green stained wood, blackened pear. These woods are engraved and flamed in order to accentuate the relief. Ornamentation of chiseled and gilded bronzes with particular espagnolettes at the level of the falls. Table in very good condition, varnished with a buffer. 
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