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French Louis XV and Vernis Martin style revival ormolu-mounted, sans traverse veneer inlaid and porcelain plate desk after the model by Theodore Millet
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Ref#D-816 | Description

A French Louis XV and Vernis Martin style revival ormolu-mounted, sans traverse veneer inlaid and porcelain plate desk after the model by Theodore Millet circa 1880,

The upper curved structure centered with a porcelain plate representing a court scene encircled with an ormolu border, surmounted and flanked with ormolu festoons,

The superstructure is fitted with two doors to each side hand painted on the Vernis Martin style with outdoor scenes, with ormolu borders and pulls flanking two ormolu bordered drawers and one compartment, separated from the doors with two ormolu foliate pierced “S” shaped gadroons,

The curved sides terminating with foliate ormolu clasps housing the gilt-tooled leather writing surface, above the serpentine shaped frieze with three drawers,

The drawers are inlaid with sans traverse veneer inlays, ormolu border and foliate ormolu handles, the central drawers frieze with an ormolu shell, the two side drawers flanked with foliate C scroll ormolu gadroon, the frieze lower part contour of the desk is decorated with hammered ormolu filet extends to the internal side of the legs,

The convex sides connected to the back and stunningly inlaid with sans traverse palisander veneer inlaid and cut veneer filet. The serpentine top ornamented with a foliate ormolu mount above a scalloped ormolu bordered part inset with a hand painting on the Vernis Martin style representing an outdoor nature scene. The lower section has a cut veneer medallion centered with a porcelain plate encircled in foliate ormolu crowned border flanked with two faux drawers cut veneer sections decorated with two ormolu garlands.

Ref# D-816

160-80-140cm

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ThÉodore Millet

The House of Millet or Maison Millet was founded in 1853 by ThÉodore Millet in Paris. Millet was a producer of the finest meubles de luxe from 1853 until 1918, specializing in furnishings designed in the 18th-century taste, the firm was described as producing "meuble et bronze d'art, genre ancient et modern" (furniture and bronze art, ancient and modern styles).

The firm won many honors in a series of exhibitions in London and Paris, including the gold medal at the Paris Exhibition Universelle in 1889, the Grand Prix the following year, as well as three Diplomes d' Honneur and four gold medals.

The firm's greatest honor came in March 1902 when the curator of Versailles Palace authorized Millet to replace Queen Marie Antoinette's celebrated Grand cabinet a bijoux.

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