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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, AMARANTH, AND PLANE PARQUETRY AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY BUREAU A CYLINDRE AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH CENTURY The rectangular galleried top inlaid with lozenge parquetry, above a cylinder roll-top centered with a ribbon-tied medallion inlaid with a musical trophy, the interior fitted with two pairs of drawers and two pigeon holes above a retractable writing slide, over a breakfront frieze set with a spring-activated long drawer and flanking short drawers centred with a bas relief cast with cavorting putti, the sides inlaid with lozenge parquetry above similar bas relief, on square tapering legs with acanthus-sheathed sabots, the underside marked in white chalk '2[?]90' 41 ? in. (106 cm.) high; 45 in. (114.5 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep
This secrétaire à cylindre in the Louis XVI style, is a variant of the bureau with mother-of-pearl trellis marquetry made by Riesener for Marie-Antoinette's boudoir at Fontainebleau in 1786. The exhibition of the original bureau at the retrospective Exposition de l'union centrale des arts décoratifs was the inspiration for late 19th century copies of the model by leading Parisian ébénistes, such as Beurdeley, Dasson, Linke and Durand.