A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, SATINE AND PARQUETRY BUREAU DE DAME

THE MOUNTS BY MAISON MOTTHEAU, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD, SATINE AND PARQUETRY BUREAU DE DAME
THE MOUNTS BY MAISON MOTTHEAU, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The bombé superstructure decorated with sun-burst parquetry panels and fronted by a fall with floral-spray banding, the reverse with a purple velvet-lined writing surface, the interior with two drawers and compartments, the angles with pierced rocaille clasps headed by putto candelabra, above three frieze drawers, on cabriole legs, the reverse of the mounts stamped 'EM'
41½ in. (105.5 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 20¾ in. (53 cm.) deep

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The bronzier Maison Mottheau & Fils is perhaps best known for their 'torchère lumineuse' exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle; an ambitious and monumental tour de force executed in gilt-bronze and onyx from a design by Eugène-Frédéric Piat. Specialising primarily in lighting fixtures, the firm flourished in the category with the advent of electricity, though continued to offer a wide array of functional decorations, including household furnishings.