AFTER THE MODEL BY CHARLES CRESSENT, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

This bureau plat à espagnolettes is after the celebrated model attributed to Charles Cressent, acquired by the Mobilier National for the Palais Compiègne in 1863 and today at the Château de Versailles. It was shown at the exposition retrospective de l’Union centrale, Paris in 1882, which undoubted affirmed its popularity and encouraged ébénistes of the day to copy it, such as François Linke who made the model under Index Number 795: an example of which sold Christie’s, London, 29 March 2007, lot 58 (£60,000).