Carlo BUGATTI (1856-1940) - Lot 5

Carlo BUGATTI (1856-1940) A.BASTET LYON, furniture store Asymmetrical Assyro-Byzantine-inspired writing desk with stained wood structure featuring a double vertical and horizontal pedestal decorated with two orange glass panels, a series of six superimposed drawers and an open niche in the center. Base consisting of large arches flanked by leaning columns Decorated with hammered repoussé copper plates and metal inlays Signed with the metal plate of the A.Bastet Lyon store circa 1900 H: 146.5 cm / W: 71 cm / D: 54 cm (restorations) Bibliography: "Carlo Bugatti at the Musée d'Orsay", Editions RMN, Paris, 2001, for a photograph of an almost identical secretary reproduced in black and white under number 6.30 on page 71.