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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE

Starting price
$ 150 000
Auction dateClassic
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
USA, New York
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ID 1027459
Lot 29 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE

BY BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, MID-18TH CENTURY

The cartouche-form top with kidney-shaped tooled leather writing surface within bois de bout marquetry panels above a conforming frieze centered by a foliate shell and fitted with a leather-lined writing slide and two lateral drawers fitted with wells and a blue silk-lined compartment, cabriole legs headed by mounts cast with cabochon and guilloche motif above a floral trail, stamped once BVRB and once JME (largely effaced), inscribed with chalk number '483', each mount stamped with a C couronné poinçon

27 in. (69 cm.) high, 29 in. (74 cm.) wide, 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Visites privées, hôtels particuliers de Paris, Paris, 1999, p. 24.



COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 129, fig. C.
Medium:Kingwood, Amaranth, Tulipwood, Wood
Historical era:Period of Louis XV
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Writing table
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Tables
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