Antique Desk

Price:

Silent Auction

This antique desk is quite ornate and has a claim to be a "magnificent Louis XV style bureau plat of richly grained mahogany and other exotic woods enriched with inlays and sculpted ormolu mounts featuring female busts fitted with three apron drawers and two pullout slides, the top inset with gold-tooled leather [2000-3000]."

It is wood and brass with a leather top. It also came with a solid brass inkwell (as seen in the pictures) although it is not certain that the inkwell was originally with the desk or added later. The desk comes with the key and the locking mechanism does function properly. There are a few spots where the wood is splitting, as can be seen in the pictures. All of the brass pieces are intact and not broken (top corners, busts, and legs).

Category:

Furniture

Condition:

Good

Medium:

Mainly wood and brass.

Distinguishing marks:

Beyond the design, as seen in the pictures, there are no stamps, signatures, stickers, or any other means of identification.

Size and dimensions of this item:

62" wide (64" with the busts) 32" tall 31" deep (34" with the busts)

Weight:

Unknown, but quite heavy (even for furniture movers)

History:

Unknown.

For Sale?:

Yes

Appraisal

Appraiser's Description:

One Early 20th Century Reproduction Louis XV Style Desk

Appraiser's Remarks:

The Louis XV furniture style has been extremely popular in the past and never really out of production for very long. It's been reproduced during the turn of the 19th Century, the 1930's and again in the 1960's. The best pieces were made in Europe, but furniture of this style was also produced by nearly every major North American furniture manufacturer. The style has most recently been revived as " French Country" and is still in production as French Provincial. Your desk appears to be of European manufacture dating from the first quarter of the 20th Century. The European examples differ from the North American varieties in that they still hand built such pieces using the same construction techniques such as hand carving. We'd retail a comparable desk in need of some restoration in the $1000.00- $1800.00 range.

Estimated Value:

$1000.00- $1800.00

Antique Desk

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