Live Auction 17442The Desmarais Collection: A pied-à-terre in New York
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND MAHOGANY ETAGERES
Lot 49

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND MAHOGANY ETAGERES

CIRCA 1780, ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED WITH MARBLE TOPS

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND MAHOGANY ETAGERES
CIRCA 1780, ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED WITH MARBLE TOPS
With two frieze drawers, spuriously stamped M CARLIN
44 ¼ in. (112.5 cm.) high, 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide, 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) deep

Acquired from Steinitz, Paris, 1999.

Specialist note

Another pair of this model of étagère by Martin Carlin and with white marble rests was sold anonymously at Sotheby’s, London, 10 June 1998, lot 85.