A FRANCO-FLEMISH ASH, BIRCH, WALNUT AND EBONISED MARQUETRY BUREAU A GRADIN

LIEGE, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, RECONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRANCO-FLEMISH ASH, BIRCH, WALNUT AND EBONISED MARQUETRY BUREAU A GRADIN
LIEGE, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, RECONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with geometric motifs, the hinged top decorated with a star motif and fitted with a drawer and a cupboard above a hinged writing surface with a well and a removable sloped reading stand, the kneehole section with six drawers, on eight faceted tapering legs with moulded collars joined by shaped stretchers, with toupie feet, the drawers relined in beech
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 30¾ in. (78 cm.) deep

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With its tiered eight-legged construction, rectilinear lines, and contrasted ebonised and walnut 'strapwork' marquetry, this bureau à gradin is characteristic of the Liège production of the first half of the 18th Century. T. Wolvesperges illustrates a related bureau à gradin executed circa 1720-30 and featuring comparable strapwork inlay to the drawers (T. Wolvesperges, Le meuble en Belgique, 1500-1800', Bruxelles, 2000, p.169, fig.67), while further related examples - among which one featuring the crowned initials B and G and formerly in the château de Bormanville - are illustrated in Le meuble liégois à son âge d'or (le XVIIIe siècle)', Liège, 1990, p.146, figs 258 and 259. A closely related bureau was sold Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 February 1999, lot 214.