Mazarin Desk With Boulle Marquetry
Mazarin desk in red tortoiseshell marquetry and engraved brass, featuring six drawers with convex fronts and a central drawer with a concave front surmounting a small window. The top, front, and sides feature a finely chiseled brass decoration on tortoiseshell. The top depicts the scene of the abduction of Persephone, surmounted by a canopy with a mascaron and scrollwork and resting on lambrequins, surrounded by animals, birds, and musicians, including a donkey and a monkey. The desk rests on tubular legs joined in pairs by X-shaped braces and finished with gilded bronze spindle feet.
Louis XIV period
Condition: used
Listed for sale
H: 81 cm, W: 120 cm, D: 71 cm
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 14th, Regency
Condition: Condition of use
Reference (ID): 1777313
Availability: In stock
