Louis XVI period Desk

Rare and elegant two faces rectangular shaped flat desk veneered in kingwood and rosewood.

The leather-lined top with gilt tooled writing surface, above three drawers to the front and three simulated drawers to the other side decorated with the same veneered pattern.
Fine gilt-bronze ornamentation.
Resting on four squared tapered legs.

Louis XVI period – 18th century.
Stamped Pierre GARNIER, Master in 1742

Dimensions :
Height: 30 ¾ in
Length: 51 ½ in
Depth: 25 ? in

Museums :
- Bouges, château
- Montgeoffroy, château
- Paris, Arts décoratifs
- Paris, Carnavalet
- Paris, Jacquemart-André
- Paris, Louvre
- Paris, Nissim-de-Camondo
- Londres, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Londres, Wallace Collection
- San Marino, Huntington Collection
- Lisbonne, Calouste Gulbenkian