Lot 308

ATTRIBUTED TO MAISON JANSEN, PARIS
EBONISED MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT, CIRCA 1960

Auction: 16 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
£7,500
Description
in the Louis XVI style, the rectangular top, inset with tooled leather writing surface edged with brass moulding above an arrangement of one long and four short drawers, raised on square tapering legs terminating in brass caps
Dimensions
179.5cm wide, 77.5cm high, 83.5cm deep
Footnote
Note: Maison Jansen (House of Jansen) was a Paris-based interior decoration firm, founded in 1880 by Dutch-born Jean-Henri Jansen and continuing in practice until 1989. Jansen is considered to have been the first truly global design firm, serving clients in Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East by 1900.
