A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MAHOGANY, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE MARQUETRY BUREAU À CYLINDRE

Lot 16
20.05.2021 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 16 | A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, MAHOGANY, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE MARQUETRY BUREAU À CYLINDRE
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
The Sarrancolin marble top with a pierced three-quarter gallery, above a tambour with a central mount depicting Minerva, flanked by a panel to each side, one emblematic of Geography, the other of Astronomy, enclosing a green-leather lined pull-out slide, five pigeon-holes and four short drawers with diamond parquetry, the back inlaid with military and naval trophies flanking a central applique, the sides similarly decorated above a leather-lined slide, the front centred by a knee-hole with a frieze drawer and three short drawers with floral marquetry, on cabriole legs headed by foliate-cast clasps with pierced sabots

461/2 in. (118 cm.) high; 561/2 in. (143.5 cm.) wide; 261/2 in. (67.5 cm.) deep
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