£750
A Louis XIV design Bureau Mazarin or pedestal desk, ebonised and inlaid all over with geometric line design, having two banks of 3 drawers and a single frieze drawer, the reverse with a similar arrangement of faux drawers. The 8 legs joined in fours by shaped platform stretchers. The leather inset top with chased brass edge. The locks stamped to the inside Ct.Linke, Paris for Clement Linke, brother and main supplier of locks for Francois Linke. Late 19th Century. Length 163cm, height 76cm, width 81cm
Skiver worn with some separation
Some section of brass inlay have been replaced or are missing
There are a number of chips and losses to veneer with some small section replaced and overpainted
There is no working key for the locks
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