LOUIS XV-ROLLSEKRETÄR

LOUIS XV ROLL-FRONT DESK
Oak, veneered with various walnut woods and colored wood, inlaid and marquetried, four tall, S-shaped curved legs, the all-around slightly curved and swollen body with cube marquetry, the cylindrical roll-front with three framed cartouches, the central cartouche featuring musical instrument trophies, the two side cartouches featuring bouquets of roses, behind the cylinder are hidden small pull-out drawers, writing surface covered with leather, HxWxD: 95/84/48 cm.
Cf.: another secrétaire à abattant also signed by François Bayer, with the same musical trophy cartouche and the same cube marquetry illustrated in: Jean Nicolay, L'Art et la Manière des Maitres Ebenistes Français au XVIII Siècle, Paris 1976, p. 47, Fig. B.
SHIPPING TO THE USA MUST BE ARRANGED BY THE BUYER.