SMALL BUREAU-PLAT, Louis XV, attributed to J. DUBOIS (Jacques Dubois, maitre 1742), Paris circa 1745. Purpleheart and rosewood veneer inlaid with diamond motifs, reserves and fillets. The richly shaped top lined with brown leather and edged in bronze, with broad central drawer flanked by 1 drawer each side and the same but sham arrangement verso. With exceptionally fine matte and polished gilt bronze mounts, applications and sabots. 128x68x88.5 cm. Provenance: - J.P. Morgan collection, USA. -George Lurcy collection, USA. -Parke-Bernet Galleries auction New York on 9.11.1957 (Lot No. 359). -Elisabeth Parke Firestone collection, USA. -Christie's New York on 23.3.1991 (Lot No. 923). -Christie's New York on 2.11.2000 (Lot No. 213). -Château de Vincy, West Switzerland. A highly important bureau plat of notable quality and elegance. It is one of a group of small desks by J. Dubois, of which several are known. Illustrated in: G. Janneau, Le petits meubles, Paris 1977; plate XXI.