* An Emile Galle Marquetry Decorated Bureau Plat, having a shaped rectangular top with floral inlays, above a conforming frieze, set with one long and two short drawers, raised on cabriole legs joined by a medial shelf, signed and dated in marquetry, EG dated 1887, fecit, with the Cross of Lorraine. Height 30 1/2 x width 43 1/8 x depth 31 1/2 inches. Estimate $ 6,000-8,000 Provenance: Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers, St. Louis, Missouri, 20th Century Design Sale, Lot 169, 2004 In overall good, stable, complete, usable condition, the inlays all appear intact but with some tight age splits and minor bubbling. Having an indented seam to top, likely adjoint between two boards to the top. The top and medial shelf with sun fading/ discoloration. Drawers open and close smoothly, the central drawer with lock and one key.
* An Emile Galle Marquetry Decorated Bureau Plat, having a shaped rectangular top with floral inlays, above a conforming frieze, set with one long and two short drawers, raised on cabriole legs joined by a medial shelf, signed and dated in marquetry, EG dated 1887, fecit, with the Cross of Lorraine. Height 30 1/2 x width 43 1/8 x depth 31 1/2 inches. Estimate $ 6,000-8,000 Provenance: Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers, St. Louis, Missouri, 20th Century Design Sale, Lot 169, 2004 In overall good, stable, complete, usable condition, the inlays all appear intact but with some tight age splits and minor bubbling. Having an indented seam to top, likely adjoint between two boards to the top. The top and medial shelf with sun fading/ discoloration. Drawers open and close smoothly, the central drawer with lock and one key.
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