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Satinwood cylinder desk Louis XVI period
Stamped P MANTEL and stamped JME
It opens with three stepped drawers framed by rosewood, lemon and rosewood fillets, a cylinder revealing a niche, three small drawers, three simulated drawers, a leather-covered sliding top and two side pulls also covered in green leather.
The two-row belt of drawers, with no crosspiece, features an indentation in the center.
Resting on four sheathed feet terminating in gilded bronze sabots
Oak frame
Pad varnish
In very good condition
*Pierre Mantel (Died May 8, 1802) - Cabinetmaker. Paris. Received the title of Master on October 1, 1766. As a free worker, he practiced on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, then rue de Charenton and finally rue Saint-Antoine.
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