645. DESK WITH BUFFET, AFTER BAROQUE MODELS, 19TH CENTURY.

Lot description

Parallelepiped body in pine wood with walnut, jacaranda, cedar and ebony veneer and brass fillets. Divided into three sections separated by partitions; the side sections have three drawers of the same size overlapping and separated by jacaranda wood panels with brass fillets. The drawer fronts are decorated with tortoiseshell panels on a red background framed by ebonised mouldings. The central door is connected by two iron hinges to the inner right-hand partition, which is decorated with a niche flanked by two columns and a classical depiction. The interior contains a chest of drawers with four drawers of the same size with walnut veneer fronts and boxwood fillets with gilded bronze handles.
The unit is crowned with a cornice, above which is a balustrade with six spread eagles on balls. The set rests on claw feet with ebonised wood ball. Veneered sides with iron handles.
Buffet in black polychrome wood with lyre-shaped legs and iron fasteners.
It has xylophagous holes and subsequent restorations, mainly inside.
Wastepaper basket 74 x 110 x 38.5 cm; buffet 86 x 116 x 41.5 cm.
Reference literature:
- Museo de Artes Decorativas de Madrid, 17th-century desk (Inventory no. CE02200).
- Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, Desk of the late 17th century (Inventory no.: MADB 106417-1).