RÉGENCE STYLE BOULLE INLAID AND BRONZE-DORE MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT,19th century, c. 1880. Ovoid top; rounded extending ledges over each canted square, tapering cabriole leg; mask and scrolling foliate mounts; conforming case; single mask-mounted drawer; the whole with tortoise shell veneering and brass inlay. - 31 in. x 50 in. x 32 1/2 in. Estimate $1,800-2,500
With old restorations to boulle by use of tiny brass pins, with scattered losses to tortoise and some areas with raised boulle, re-attached segments of boulle.