ID 479168
Lot 147 | A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD BUREAU...
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
BY PHILIPPE-CLAUDE MONTIGNY, CIRCA 1770
With rectangular crossbanded inset gilt-tooled leather writing panel above a frieze fitted with two short drawers inlaid with Greek-key, the sides and back similarly veneered, on square tapering legs headed by swags and paterae ending in block sabots, stamped once MONTIGNY...JME to underside, the rosette mounts probably 18th century aftercasts, one of differing design but apparently original
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, 44 ½ in. (113 cm.) wide, 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm.) deep
| Medium: | Tulipwood |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Auction house category: | Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Medium: | Tulipwood |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Auction house category: | Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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