Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk Stool

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Georgian style mid Victorian Circa 1860 hand painted Pine occasional table or small desk with...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely rare circa 1970 rococo Vidal Grau dressing table. Their furniture range was based on a contemporary design using traditional quality...

We are delighted to offer this exquisite fully restored Alfred Beurdeley attributed 19th century French Louis XV Kingwood Coiffeuse dressing table This is the best example of a Coiffeuse table I have ever seen. The marquetry inlay can only really be the work Alfred Beurdeley, it is sublime, musical and floral, all things he was well known for. Additionally the timber is King and tulip wood, walnut and mahogany, all materials he used when creating his marquetry masterpieces This table has been fully restored as mentioned, there were over 50 pieces of veneer missing, they have all been timber matched, replaced, stained and then the whole thing French polished from the ground up Dimensions Height:- 70cm Width:- 82.5cm Depth:- 46.5cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Alfred Beurdeley, 1847-1919 Nationality: French Date of Birth: 1847 Place of Birth: Paris Place of Death: Paris Identity: Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley was a collector who came from a family of cabinetmakers, antique dealers and collectors. He was the illegitimate son of Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808–82). His grandfather, Jean Beurdeley (1772–1853), who served in Napoleon's army, opened a small antique shop in the Marais district of Paris. In 1830 he bought the Pavillon de Hanovre, 28 Boulevard des Italiens, which became the Beurdeley firm's principal gallery until 1894. L.-A.-A. Beurdeley dealt in antiques and works of art and was also a cabinetmaker specializing in reproductions of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture. His clients included Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie. Life: In 1875 E.-A. Beurdeley took over his family's gallery and workshops and until 1894 concentrated on continuing the line of luxury furniture sold by his father. He was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers, and won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878. He was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1893 following the Universal Exhibition in Amsterdam. In 1895 he closed the Pavillon de Hanovre and retired to his hôtel in the Rue de Clichy. The rest of his life was spent acquiring and selling enormous collections of furniture, Chinese porcelain, paintings and drawings, including an extraordinary group of eighteenth century French drawings by François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Lancret and Antoine Watteau in 1905. He also owned JW's La Dormeuse...

Royal House Antiques Royal house antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite original circa 1860-1880 Olive wood Italian desk ...

20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood colored in white. Very fine, floral bronze fittings. Curved ...

20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood colored in white. Very fine, floral bronze fittings. Curved ...

A charming, hand-painted, Louis XV style, Italian writing desk or dressing table from the early 20th century depicting floral motifs with Rococo flourishes and gilded highlighting.

Antique French Rococo Louis XV Style Distress Painted Dressing Table / Writing Desk. Item features a shaped turtle top with diamond sunburst veneer, single hand dovetailed drawer, pu...