Carlo BUGATTI (1856-1940) Rare lady's black-stained wood ped - Lot 100

Carlo BUGATTI (1856-1940) Rare lady's black-stained wood pedestal desk. The desk pad is sheathed in chamois leather. The pedestal opens to three small drawers and a niche, and is richly decorated with pewter marquetry featuring birds in flight. The entablature is embossed copper-plated and opens with a triangular drawer. The base, colonnades and struts are veneered with embossed copper and bone inlays (minor chips and accidents). : 97 - Width : 59.5 - Depth : 49 cm A chair with reversed uprights inlaid with star motifs and embossed copper, supporting a circular chamois leather and embossed copper wafer stretched with silk trimmings, is included. The chamois leather seat rests on two turned wood columns plated with copper and bone. 36 cm - Width: 31 - Depth: 43.5 cm Similar models reproduced in: Philippe Dejean, Bugatti, les Editions du regard, 1981 p.37 Henri H.Hanwley, Bugatti, Editions B.J. Bradley et K. Mills, 1999. Mills, 1999. Please don't hesitate to request the complete photo file by e-mail contact@hdvprovence,fr