A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted brown tortoiseshell and engraved brass première-partie marquetry and ebony bureau plat 'à têtes de femme', the model by André-Charles Boulle, executed by his sons, circa 1735–1740

with an oak structure, opening with three walnut drawers, decorated with scrolling foliage and arabesques ebony framed, gilt-bronze ornamentation like spandrels, running border, female-head espagnolettes, framing elements, cartouches, clasps, satyr masks, and claw feet, the rectangular top inset with a gilt leather writing surface, with a stencilled mark E 250 in black ink on one drawer, and 250 twice in white ink on the underside, with a partially torn label inscribed Depositeries, / …URNEMOUTH WEST…. ; (originally with a gilt-bronze rosette beneath the satyr masks)

Haut. 94 cm, larg. 180 cm, prof. 92 cm ; Height 37 in, width 71 in, depth. 36 1/4 in

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