A COLLECTION OF LOUIS XV GILT-TOOLED AND GILT-METAL-THREAD-E...

Lot 15
12.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 10 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 15 | A COLLECTION OF LOUIS XV GILT-TOOLED AND GILT-METAL-THREAD-E...
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
A COLLECTION OF LOUIS XV GILT-TOOLED AND GILT-METAL-THREAD-EMROIDERED RED-LEATHER PORTEFEUILLES

18TH CENTURY

Comprising five folios of various sizes, each of rectangular form with metal lockplate and variously decorated with gilt scrolling foliage and coats-of-arms, including those of a marquis and those of the Barthémy de Saizieu family, one inscribed ‘Mr. DUPLESIS/CHEZ Mgr. LE DUC DE CHOISEUL’ with blue moire interior by 'Hochard, Fabriquant d'Eventails, Fait & vend Papiers & Peaux montés & non-montés: Il montre à dessiner & à peindre; il demeure rue Saint Martin, à la Croix De Fer, prés Saint Julien A PARIS', and engraved silver lockplate, the smallest portefeuille with annotated pages

13 in. (33 cm.) high; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) wide, the largest

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