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Charles Cressent French late 19th C. Régence Louis XV Presidential Bureau Plat. Antique Taste Antique Taste
   
An exceptional French late 19th century Régence Louis XV style gilt-ormolu-mounted veneer inlaid three drawers Presidential Bureau Plat after the model by Leon Kahn based on the celeprated model designed by Charles Cressent, The scalloped gilt-tooled leather-inset top within a scalloped ormolu moulded frame terminates with floral and rocaille-cast clasps to each corner. At the scalloped shaped frieze is a central recessed drawer flanked by foliate Rococo c scroll-works and a drawer at each side. Each drawer is elaborately bordered with foliate scrolled ormolu mounts with ormolu keyhole escutcheons and foliate handles. The back is similarly decorated with the same design on the three faux drawers.

On each side are exquisite ormolu mounts of a female mask amidst foliate patterns and ormolu frame. On the reverse side are three similar decorative false drawers.

On each corner richly chased ormolu mounts of female maidens, on cabriole legs terminating with foliate wraparound ormolu acanthus sabots. The desk is available with a matching chair per request.

Ref# d-1535

80-175-93Cm

Léon Kahn:

Léon Kahn was a leading bronzier working in Paris in the last quarter of the 19th century. Little is known about the man or his oeuvre, but signed examples of his work are nearly always influenced by the great ébénistes of the eighteenth century, such as Benneman. His mounts are always of the very highest quality with exceptional casting and chiseling.

Charles Cressent:

Charles Cressent (1685-1767) is indisputably the most representative craftsman of the Régence period when fashion started to turn to furniture finished with relatively simple wood veneers, but fitted with ormolu mounts of increasing sculptural quality and splendour. In this arena Cressent stood alone, his early training as a sculptor being more than evident in the originality and quality of the mounts which he produced. He became master sculptor in 1719 and a member of the Academy of Saint-Luc. He is recorded as both sculpteur and ébéniste to the Duc d'Orléans, and he was constantly in difficulties with the guild of fondeurs and doreurs because, in contravention of the guild rules, he chased and gilded bronzes in his own workshop. In many instances he had even supplied models, which he had created himself, to the casters. His defense against this was that it enabled him to supervise the quality of the work and to prevent unauthorized copies being made; it has to be said that his defiance of the guild regulations has left a legacy of ormolu mounts of unparalleled distinction.
Charles Cressent French late 19th C. Régence Louis XV Presidential Bureau Plat
Design Furniture,  Desks, Secretaries,  Offices
Author: Antique Taste
93 x  175 x  80 cm  /   36.6 x  68.9 x  31.5 in
Medium: Wood  /   Origin: France  /   Authenticity / Provenance: Reproduction, Copy  /   Artists types: Craftman  /  
 
Posted: september 1, 2016 / Modified: june 11, 2018
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Charles Cressent French late 19th C. Régence Louis XV Presidential Bureau Plat
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Antique Taste
Antique Taste
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Alexandria, Egypt
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