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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, BOIS SATINE, BURR-ELM, KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

Starting price
$ 200 000
Auction dateClassic
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
USA, New York
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Lot 41 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, BOIS SATINE, BURR-ELM, KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, BOIS SATINE, BURR-ELM, KINGWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-PIERRE LATZ AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS OEBEN, MID-18TH CENTURY

The shaped and molded rouge griotte marble top above a downswept frieze inset with panels with ebony and boxwood stringing and centered by a stylized shell within a cartouche with foliate trails, the angles headed by shells flanked by acanthus leaves beneath a flowering branch, above a fall-front decorated with a large flowering plant including roses, tulips, sprigs of grass and two birds, opening to reveal a hinged and ratcheted gilt-tooled leather-lined writing stand and a shelf above an arrangement of drawers inlaid sans traverse with floral marquetry within rocaille frames, around a compartment fitted with a mechanism lowering a set of pigeon-holes into the upper shelf, the lower section with two cupboard doors inlaid with a pineapple and aloe vera plant, opening to reveal a shelf above four drawers, the sides inlaid with ribbon-tied flower sprays and centered by a stylized roundel, on short cabriole legs with sabots headed by foliate and floral mounts on scrolling feet, with label 'E de. R no. 18'

53 ½ in. (136 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Baron Edouard de Rothschild (1868-1949).

By descent to the present owners.
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