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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD TABLE-EN-CHIFFONIERE
Lot 188 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION (LOTS 184-192)

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD TABLE-EN-CHIFFONIERE

CIRCA 1760

Closed6 July 2012

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD TABLE-EN-CHIFFONIERE
CIRCA 1760
The kidney-shaped eared top above a waved frieze fitted with a drawer and a green leather-lined writing slide, on foliate-headed slender cabriole legs joined by a shaped undertier and terminating in foliate sabots, the reverse of undertier with white stencilled monogram 'V' beneath a Royal crown, with old paper label inscribed 'Kaiser Friedrich Palais Zimmer No.244 Lfde. No.16' and a further label inscribed '4'
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (38.5 cm.) wide; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) deep

Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901), later known as Empress Frederick.
René Fribourg Collection, sold Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1963, lot 185, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This table was formerly in the collection of Queen Victoria's eldest child, The Princess Royal who in 1858 married Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia (1831-1888) and became widely known as 'Empress Frederick' after her husband's death.