Antique French Louis XVI Escritoire Writing Desk

A stunning antique French writing table, also known as an escritoire. This dates from around the 1930’s. It is has a very beautiful and useful design, with a very elegant form. Ther...

Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top and gold embossed frieze. The front of the piece has three dovetail drawers with bronze details and keys. The locks work perfectl...

Refined antique French Louis XVI style writing desk crafted in exotic tulipwood veneer with crossbanding and chevron designs, having a tooled leather top with a brass gallery, the ca...

Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top. The front of the piece has three dovetail drawers with brass details. The back of the piece is drawn like the front, with false ...

Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top. The front of the piece has three dovetail drawers with brass details. The other three sides are also decorated with brass detail...

French Louis XVI style desk made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. It has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish of museum quality. The table is cover...

Elegant Antique French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat showcasing exquisite satinwood parquetry, a richly tooled leather writing surface, and finely cast ormolu mounts throughout. This r...

A distinctive writing desk in the Louis XVI tradition from Lombardy, Italy, crafted in the 19th century from fine wood and showcasing neoclassical design elements. This piece blends ...

Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top and gold embossed frieze, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs. Three dovetail drawers with brass details. The locks wo...

A striking French antique Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted writing table made after the model by cabinetmaker to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinetteean, important ébéniste Jean-Henri Riesener (German/French, 1734-1806) and later reproduced by Francois Linke (French, 1855-1946). Signed bronze mounts, Marco. Born in France in the early 19th century, possibly during the late 18th century Louis XVI period, most likely Parisian work, exquisitely hand-crafted in several woods of contrasting colors including walnut and mahogany to create fine wooden inlays and parquetry detailing. The original partially inset marble top with dramatic veining sits above a flat sided break-fronted front and back adorned with fine bas-relief bronze plaques cast adorned with putti cherubs in the manner of the French sculptor Clodion (Claude Michel, 1738-1814). The centered front bronze panel disguises a single frieze drawer with dovetail joinery and original key, flanked by gilded bronze foliate mounted rounded corners, a simulated panel drawer to the reverse, embellished on all four sides by intricate finely chiseled, chased and sculpted scrolling laurel ribbon and garland swag ormolu mounts, patinated brass running ornamentation, rising elegantly on four bronze dore ring mounted straight tapering fluted legs, terminating in patinated bronze toupie feet sabots. Signed / marks; the bronzes are stamped / incised Marco. PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION: Property from the Collection of Gloria Monnet Nicholson, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Acquired from highly reputable auction house Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Signature Auction, catalog #8085. Dimensions: (approx) 30" High, 32" Wide 21.5" Deep As warm and attractive as it is useful, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a side table, petite bureau...