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A LOUIS XIV PEWTER-INLAID, FRUITWOOD, MACASSAR EBONY, WALNUT, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY BIBLIOTHEQUE

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£ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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ID 1225531
Lot 43 | A LOUIS XIV PEWTER-INLAID, FRUITWOOD, MACASSAR EBONY, WALNUT, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY BIBLIOTHEQUE
A LOUIS XIV PEWTER-INLAID, FRUITWOOD, MACASSAR EBONY, WALNUT, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY BIBLIOTHEQUE
CIRCA 1670, PROBABLY BY AUBERTIN GAUDRON
The two doors with upper grille sections above marquetry panels inlaid with flowering vases, enclosing four shelves, the sides with pewter-inlaid scrollwork panels, on a shaped plinth base, restorations
78 in. (198 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep




Provenance

Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Mes Audap, Godeau, Solanet, Paris, 16 December 1991, lot 128, where acquired by the present owner.
Artist:André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732)
Applied technique:Marquetry
Historical era:Period of Louis XIV
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