A French plum pudding mahogany, mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau plat Late 19th century in the Louis XVI style, probably by Frédéric Schmit (1830-1880) The rectangular gilt tooled leather inset writing surface with re-entrant corners above a frieze drawer with a gilt bronze mount decorated with trailing foliate scrolls, goats, floral filled cornucopia and centred by a Bacchanalian mask on fluted tapering legs, the inside of the drawer bearing a metallic label stamped 'SCHMIT / EBENISTERIE D'ART, TAPPISSERIE / 22, Rue de Charonne, PARIS.', 125cm wide x 72.5cm deep x 75cm high, (49in wide x 28 1/2in deep x 29 1/2in high) Footnotes: Born in Luxembourg, Frédéric Schmit rose to prominence as one of Paris's leading cabinetmakers in the 19th century, specialising in finely crafted revivalist furniture. Throughout his career, he is recorded as maintaining workshops on the rue de Charonne, at the heart of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris's principal furniture-making district. He was awarded Gold Medals at the Expositions Universelles of 1878 and 1889, and his work was consistently regarded as being of the highest quality. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP TP For auctions held in Scotland: Please refer to the catalogue and/or after-sale information or contact Edinburgh@Bonhams.com for more information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (The Packengers, Unit 9, Abbey Mead Industrial Park, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HU, England, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue and/or after-sale information, sent out to all buyers post-sale. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 10 calendar days from the auction date. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing