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Lot 599

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT

CIRCA 1745, POSSIBLY GERMAN

Fermé10 December 2009

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GBP 22,500

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT
CIRCA 1745, POSSIBLY GERMAN
The serpentine top inset with gilt-tooled red leather, above three drawers with three false drawers to the reverse mounted with rocaille and foliate scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by rocaille and C-scrolls, terminating in sabots, largely re-mounted, restorations
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 64 in. (163 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

The extensive use of elm as a secondary wood in the construction of this bureau plat points to a possible Saxon origin.