FINE SUITE OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU MOUNTED MAHOGANY LIBRARY FURNITURE,
MAISON LALANDE, Paris, 1890-1900,
comprising: a bureau plat, a large cartioneire and three tub chairs, each with applied gilt bronze crowned female headed terms, anthemion, lyres flanked by swans and leaf tips; the bureau plat with a gilt-tooled leather-inset writing surface, three frieze drawers, one impressed with signature, Maison Lalande, Devouge et Colosiez Suers, 34 rue de Charenton, Paris, opposed by false drawers, raised on tapering straight legs ending in ormolu lion's paw feet, the cartioneire with twenty-seven gilt-tooled leather-fronted papier carton drawers, on bun feet, the chairs with leather upholstered front and back, padded arms, a bowed loose cushion seat and straight tapered legs ending in bronze feet.

Bureau Plat: Height 31 in., Width 6 ft. 7 in., Depth 39 in.
Cartioneire: Height 6 ft 7 in., Width 5 ft., Depth 18 1/2 in.
Chairs: Height back to floor 43 in., Width 23 in.

cf. Two turn of the century advertisements for Maison Lalande, Devouge et Colosiez, one showing an interior with a related Empire style suite of library furniture and proclaiming they provide "Installations for Chateaux and Villas", the other, also an interior room shot, is dated 1907.

Excellent Condition. Color of mahogany is a well patinated dark brown, the ormolu mounts are of top quality casting with excellent gilt color. There leather fronted drawers are all in excellent condition.