Live Auction 3479An American Dynasty: The Clark Family Treasures
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND STAINED FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY BUREAU A CYLINDRE
Lot 264 In the early 1990s, Huguette Clark commissioned copies of her mother Anna's bedroom furniture to install in her own apartment. The originals were carefully copied by skilled contemporary French ébénistes, who were able to match the materials, mimic the marquetry and capture the craftsmanship of the pieces made over 100 years before. The original pieces by Maison Krieger, Paris and Henri Dasson, see lots XXXXXX.

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND STAINED FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY BUREAU A CYLINDRE

BY PATRICK AVRILLA, FRANCE, DATED 1992

Closed18 June 2014

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND STAINED FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY BUREAU A CYLINDRE
BY PATRICK AVRILLA, FRANCE, DATED 1992
Decorated overall with trophies and urns, with galleried top above a cylinder enclosing a leather-lined writing slide and five drawers, above a fitted drawer enclosing three velvet-lined compartments, the central one with a mirror, with plaque inscribed D. 1992/Ebènisterie P. Avrilla/France
40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high, 30 in. (76 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep