IMPORTANT SCRIBAN DESK LOUIS XIV of rectangular shape in ros - Lot 136

IMPORTANT SCRIBAN DESK LOUIS XIV of rectangular shape in rosewood, blackened wood, violet wood and burr. The upper part with a doucine box opens to 6 drawers and a leaf revealing 8 other small drawers. It has a sliding top and a flap in the form of a drawer that reveals 6 other drawers and a work surface. The lower part is composed of a drawer in belt and a base formed by four legs with cut sides and mouldings, joined by a crosspiece in X supported by balls. This piece of furniture was made in Liège in the early 18th century. H.160 L.122 P.62. This desk is to be compared with a copy kept in the Ansembourg museum and reproduced in " Le Meuble Liégeois à son Age d'Or ", by J. Philippe, Liège 1990 du Perron Ed., p.146 under the n°260.