22+ Bureau Cylindre Louis Xv

The original design was to have a miniature bust of louis xv on top but it was replaced by minerva after his death in 1770. Adorned with lavish gilt bronze mounts and remarkable symbolic marquetry this magnificent cylinder bureau became an icon of royal absolutism.

Louis Xv Period Transitional Desk Secretaries

Riesener later executed a simplified second version of the bureau du roi for pierre gaspard marie grimod comte d orsay.

Bureau cylindre louis xv. The bureau has a pierced three quarter gallery over three small frieze drawers. This desk is considered the most celebrated piece of eighteenth century french furniture the bureau du roi or roll top desk the first of its kind now at versailles which was made for louis xv by jean françois oeben 1721 1763 and jean henri riesener 1734 1806 and delivered in 1769. This gorgeous decorative desk is an antique french louis xv rosewood and marquetry bureau a cylindre from around 1870.

Le bureau du roi a magnificent secrétaire à cylindre by françois linke after the model supplied to louis xv by jean françois oeben and jean henri riesener. Commencé par oeben et achevé par riesener tous deux ébénistes du roi ce bureau est une des plus célèbres réalisations de l histoire du mobilier français. The piece displays stunning floral marquetry with ormolu mounts.

The bureau du roi history. Le secrétaire à cylindre de louis xv plus connu sous le nom de bureau du roi est un bureau cylindre richement ornementé fabriqué pour louis xv dans les années 1760. A françois linke louis xvi style gilt bronze mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre.

French louis xv period 18th century bureau a cylindre circa 1750 45 500 h 38 5 in. Undertaken by françois linke circa 1922 and left unfinished at his death recently completed through an ambitious restoration program with the assistance of the linke archive. Today this may be seen in the wallace collection in london.

The bureau de roi il n est probablement pas au monde de meuble plus célèbre que le grand secrétaire à cylindre pierre verlet without doubt one of the most important pieces of furniture ever made the bureau du roi was ordered by louis xv of france in 1760 for his private study. The bureau du roi history this desk is considered the most celebrated piece of eighteenth century french furniture the bureau du roi or roll top desk the first of its kind now at versailles which was made for louis xv by jean françois oeben 1721 1763 and jean henri riesener 1734 1806 and delivered in 1769. The desk was ordered by louis xv in 1760 from the royal cabinet maker jean françois oeben for his private study and was completed approximately nine years later by oeben s successor jean henri riesener.

18th Century Bureau Du Roi Secretaire Cylindre De Louis Xv The King Desk After The Model By Jean Francois Oeben And Jean Henri Riesener