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Lot 30
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY BUREAU PLAT
THE CARCASE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, RE-VENEERED AND REMOUNTED
Closed12 September 2018
Price Realised
GBP 37,500
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY BUREAU PLAT
THE CARCASE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, RE-VENEERED AND REMOUNTED
The contre-partie marquetry depicting floral trails, the rectangular black leather-lined top with moulded edge above a breakfront frieze with three walnut-lined drawers opposing false drawers, the sides with a central mask, on hipped legs with gadrooned angles terminating in foliate scrolled sabots
31 in. (78 cm.) high; 65 in. (165 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
THE CARCASE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, RE-VENEERED AND REMOUNTED
The contre-partie marquetry depicting floral trails, the rectangular black leather-lined top with moulded edge above a breakfront frieze with three walnut-lined drawers opposing false drawers, the sides with a central mask, on hipped legs with gadrooned angles terminating in foliate scrolled sabots
31 in. (78 cm.) high; 65 in. (165 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY AND EBONY BUREAU PLAT
THE CARCASE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, RE-VENEERED AND REMOUNTED
The contre-partie marquetry depicting floral trails, the rectangular black leather-lined top with moulded edge above a breakfront frieze with three walnut-lined drawers opposing false drawers, the sides with a central mask, on hipped legs with gadrooned angles terminating in foliate scrolled sabots
31 in. (78 cm.) high; 65 in. (165 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
THE CARCASE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, RE-VENEERED AND REMOUNTED
The contre-partie marquetry depicting floral trails, the rectangular black leather-lined top with moulded edge above a breakfront frieze with three walnut-lined drawers opposing false drawers, the sides with a central mask, on hipped legs with gadrooned angles terminating in foliate scrolled sabots
31 in. (78 cm.) high; 65 in. (165 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
With Galerie Michel Meyer, Paris, from whom purchased by Partridge, London, in February 1998.
The Partridge sale; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 76.
The Partridge sale; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 76.
Partridge: French & Continental Furniture & Works of Art, 2001, pp. 14-15, no. 3.
Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 135-6.
Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 135-6.
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