Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé), Marquetry by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt (Dutch, 1639–1715, active France), ca. 1685, French, Paris, Oak, pine, walnut veneered with ebony, rosewood, and marquetry of tortoiseshell and engraved brass; gilt bronze and steel, 30 5/16 x 41 3/4 x 23 3/8 in. (77 x 106 x 59.4cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Marquetry by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt (Dutch, 1639–1715, active France), With a folding top that lifts up to reveal a narrow writing surface, this desk is known in French as a bureau brisé ( literally, “broken desk”). Introduced about 1669, this type of writing table remained fashionable until the early years of the eighteenth century, when it was replaced by the more practical, flat-topped bureau plat
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Small desk, folding top, bureau brisé, Marquetry, Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt, Dutch, 1639–1715, active France, ca, 1685, French, Paris, Oak, pine, walnut veneered, ebony, rosewood, marquetry, tortoiseshell, engraved brass, gilt bronze, steel, 30 5/16 x 41 3/4 23 3/8, 77 106 59.4cm, Woodwork-Furniture, Marquetry by Alexandre-Jean, lifts up, reveal, narrow writing surface, desk, literally, broken, Introduced, 1669, type, writing table, remained, fashionable, early years, eighteenth century, replaced, practical, flat-topped bureau, plat
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