Bureau Plat desk in lacquered wood with chinoiserie details and gilded bronze applications. Paris, second half of the 19th century.

Bureau Plat desk in lacquered wood with chinoiserie details and gilded bronze applications. Paris, second half of the 19th century.

141 x 74 xh 76 cm.

Refined Louis XV style bureau plat desk, made during the Napoleon III period, an expression of the eclectic taste and historicist revival typical of the Second French Empire.

Crafted entirely of black lacquered wood with gilded and painted "Chinoiserie" decorations depicting oriental landscapes with figures, architecture, trees, and birds. Numerous decorations applied in mercury gilt bronze, including corner mounts with rocaille motifs and finely chiseled acanthus leaf-shaped sabots (feet). Shaped top with gilt bronze frame, covered in carmine red leather and two side drawers.