Y A BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY, AMBOYNA AND EBONY BUREAU PLAT OR WRITING TABLEIN THE MANNER OF THOMAS PARKER, MID-19TH CENTURYThe top with a foliate engraved brass border, lambrequins to the frieze flanked to one side by two morocco leather lined drawers, the locks stamped VR, the top and the inner sides of the legs amboyna veneered 74cm high, 108cm wide, 69cm deepThe brass marquetry to the frieze of stylised symmetrical 'silhouette' form with areas of undecorated brass is in the manner of Thomas Parker, 'Cabinet and Buhl Manufacturer to the Prince Regent and Royal Family'. Parker was one of the leading buhl workers in Regency London, started in Canterbury and was established in London by 1805 where he continued to have a workshop until 1830. Examples of his work are in the Royal Collection.For a bureau plat with related marquetry to the frieze see Sotheby's, Two Great Scottish Collections, 28 March 2017, lot 435 (28,750)For a bureau plat featuring a related lambrequin see Christie's, London, 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art, 28 September 2006, lot 18 (10,200)