A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
Lot 350THE ESTATE OF LYNN WOLFSON

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY WRITING TABLE

BY NICOLAS PETIT, CIRCA 1775

Closed9 February 2016

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
BY NICOLAS PETIT, CIRCA 1775
The rounded rectangular sliding top with central scene of figures amongst Classical ruins within a Greek-key border above a fitted interior, on square tapering legs joined by an undertier; the underside of the top with a hunting horn stamp
29 in. (73.7 cm.) high, 22 ½ in. (57.2 cm.) wide, 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) deep

Marietta and Ronald Tree, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, England.
With Matthew Schutz, New York.

Specialist note

Nicolas Petit, maître in 1761