SCREENBOARD Louis XIV period red tortoiseshell... Lot 4

SCREENBOARD Louis XIV period red tortoiseshell ; brass ; gilt bronze ; blackened wood ; oak frame H. 10,5cm ; W. 41,5cm ; D. 32,5cm Elegant inkwell, of rectangular form in red tortoiseshell veneer and scroll marquetry in the manner of André-Charles Boulle. The tray receives the necessary to write: a large pen tray next to the boxes arranged for the inkwell, the saddles, a storage box in the center. The belt harmoniously cut is highlighted by a net of gilded brass ends in arabesque. Small claw feet topped with a falling acanthus leaf.