Lot 159
  • 159

Bureau plat en marqueterie de style Louis XVI signé F.Linke, fin du XIXe siècle, d'après le modèle réalisé par Benneman pour le roi Louis XVI

Estimate
140,000 - 210,000 EUR
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Description

  • Haut. 78 cm, larg. 188 cm, prof. 97 cm
  • Height 30 3/4 in; width 74 in; depth 31 1/4 in
à décor toute face en marqueterie à motif floral sur fond de sycomore et encadrement d'amarante ; ouvrant à cinq tiroirs en ceinture ; riche ornementation de bronze doré : chutes à muffle de lion et draperies, encadrements à motifs floral et feuillagé ; le plateau recouvert de cuir havane

Provenance

Ancienne collection du roi Léopold II

Condition

Overall condition is fine ; leather top slightly marked and scratched ; some minor wear overall.
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Catalogue Note

Ce bureau est une copie du bureau conservé à Waddesdon Manor (voir G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor, 1974, vol. II, pp. 458 à 465, n° 94) qui avait été à réalisé par Benneman en 1786 d'après celui fait par Oeben et Riesener et livré pour le roi en 1769.
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