French Louis XVI style Mahogany Bureau plate by Krieger

A fine quality late 19th Century Mahogany Louis XVI style Bureau Plat, having wonderful scrolling foliate gilded rococo style ormolu mounts to the elegant cabriole legs and drawer fronts. Three Oak lined frieze drawers, dummy drawers to the reverse and an inset leather top. Stamped: Kreiger Maison Krieger was founded by Antoine and Nicolas Krieger in Paris in 1826. Producing and taking part in major exhibitions of the 19th century, including the Exposition Universelle and the 1849 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in Paris. Receiving a medal for their exhibition at the Universal Exhibitions of 1851 in London, and again in 1855, Paris. Maison Krieger created many pieces in Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, as well as 18th century and Empire designs. Maison Krieger is recorded to have been an active client of François Linke.
Batch 56b 60293. TZNKZ. C/C