ID 1177064
Lot 111 | A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOIS CITRONNIER BUREAU A CYLINDRE
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
BY ADAM WEISWEILER, CIRCA 1785-90
With pierced ormolu three-quarter galleried white and gray marble rectangular top, the gallery cast with swagged draperies above three short frieze drawers above rectangular roll top, opening to sliding writing surface, above four similarly paneled drawers surrounding the kneehole, the right-hand false double-drawer enclosing hidden compartment, on circular tapering fluted legs with sabots, each side fitted with writing slides, stamped 'A. WEISWEILER' three times
45 in. (114.5 cm.) high, 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide, 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 November 1983, lot 215.
| Artist: | Adam Weisweiler (1746 - 1820) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Desks and bureaus |
| Artist: | Adam Weisweiler (1746 - 1820) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Desks and bureaus |
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