Empire Style Walnut Cartonnier Bureau with Gilt Brass Mounts

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Empire Style Walnut Cartonnier Bureau with Gilt Brass Mounts, two tier top with pigeon holes and two drawers to upper section, over leather inset writing surface, reverse serpentine front, over three short drawers above two cabinet doors. Gilt brass eagles, columns, pilaster tops and bottoms, escutcheons and pulls. Circa 1960 - 1965.

Key and detached mounts available at front desk.

{Approximate dimensions without eagle mounts: 44" high x 73" wide x 35 1/2" deep.}.

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Scratches and scuffs, primarily to drawer interiors, cabinet top, inset leather, right side and edges. Horizontal crack across bottom pull-out shelf. Some brown spot stains, tape residue, ring marks. Inset leather with discoloration, piece of sticky foam tape. Cabinet top with 2" x 2 1/4" stain with patch of residue, possibly wax. Two cabinet drawers lack pull rings. Three eagle mounts, one pilaster top and one lower drawer pull detached, all available. Center drawer doesn't close completely. Key doesn't work on lefthand drawers, top left drawer locked.

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Property from the Collection of Frances and Ronald Dutro. San Francisco. Ronald Dutro was born in Oakland and began his lifelong opera career as a teenager with the San Francisco Opera. Frances Thanash was born in Fresno, and was a highly regarded singer in her right. After Ronald Dutro won the American Opera Auditions in 1959, he made his European debut at La Scala, Milan, Italy. The Dutros ended up staying in Europe for twenty-five years, where Ron sang baritone roles. The last fifteen years of their Continental sojourn, the Dutros lived in Berlin, Germany. There, they entertained a large variety of singers, including David Bowie.

The Dutros returned to San Francisco in the 1980s, where they re-installed their notable Salon room, filled with Meissen and other Continental Porcelains, Art Nouveau and later cameo glass, and their large collection of artwork by German Artist Richard Muller. Ron Dutro died in 2006, Frances died in 2020.

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Empire Style Walnut Cartonnier Bureau with Gilt Brass Mounts

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