A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND CUT-BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE

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£ 4 750
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20.05.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 37 | A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND CUT-BRASS-INLAID RED TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
The rectangular top inset with red tooled leather centred by a crest of three fleur-de-lys within a crowned circular frame, with an engraved brass border of scrolling arabesques above a frieze drawer mounted with Bacchic mask escutcheon and lined in red silk, on four double 'C'-scroll legs mounted with rosettes and joined by a concave-sided stretcher with central urn finial, raised on toupie feet
281/2 in. (72.5 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
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