ID 1177160 
Lot 166  | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 10 000 
CIRCA 1750
The three-quarter galleried serpentine top inlaid with a flower-filled basket, butterfly and bird above two frieze drawers enclosing further compartments and hinged mirror, cabriole legs headed by foliate-cast chutes and ending in scroll sabots
27 ¾ in. (71 cm.) high, 27 in. (69 cm.) wide, 14 ¼ in. (36.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Removed from her Palm Beach Residence; Sotheby's, New York, 5 May 1984, lot 230.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 April 1994, lot 173.
Literature
F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, 1966, vol. II, no. 158, pp. 322-323.
| Applied technique: | Marquetry, Ormolu | 
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| Medium: | Gold, Wood, Tulipwood | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Category: | Tables | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
| Applied technique: | Marquetry, Ormolu | 
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| Medium: | Gold, Wood, Tulipwood | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Category: | Tables | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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