Bureau à huit pieds dit « Mazarin ». Lot n° 42 A

With inlaid decoration on the top of a vase of flowers on a stained wood entablature on an ebony background, flanked by characters conversing among foliage and acanthus leaves. The panels on the sides are composed of bouquets of flowers and birds. It opens with a large drawer in the belt simulating three small drawers, a door in the center, flanked by two drawers on two rows separated by crossbars, distributed in two boxes. It rests on eight sheathed legs joined by two X-shaped braces. Varnished bronze lingotiere underlined by a frieze of gadroons alternating with tigettes.80 x 112 x 69 cm.