Live Auction 12035Christie's Interiors
A LARGE FRENCH MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED DESK
Lot 205

A LARGE FRENCH MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED DESK

MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB DESMALTER

Closed6 April 2016

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GBP 7,500

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A LARGE FRENCH MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED DESK
MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB DESMALTER
With leather top and three frieze drawers, on Ionic column supports with plinths, each drawer with stencil 'LECOULES 62 RUE TAITBOUT 75009 PARIS'
29 ½ in. (76 cm.) high; 78 ½ in. (200 cm.) wide; 39 ½ in. (100 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Founded in 1905 by Justin Lécoules, Maison Lécoules was a prominent furniture gallery in Paris located at 62 Rue Taitbout, specialising in fine French furniture