A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY DRESSING TABLE

Lot 235
23.10.2024 18:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 16 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 235 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY DRESSING TABLE
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
The shaped sliding top decorated with simulated cube parquetry within a foliate cartouche, centred by an oval depicting a rural sene with a church and houses behind figures and cattle, beneath a small cartouche depicting a trophy, above a frieze drawer similarly inlaid and opening to reveal a hinged velvet-lined writing slide with a mirror on the reverse concealing a removable fitted interior concealing two further drawers, flanked by two further removable compartments with tambour shutters inlaid sans traverse with floral marquetry, the sides inlaid with a cartouche with trellis motif, the right side with a hinged door with two small compartments, on four cabriole legs, previously with chutes and sabots, the fitted interior adapted in the 19th century, with two labels inscribed 'Baronin Mathilde von Rothschild' and one label '108', stamped twice 'L BOUDIN' and 'JME'
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 14 in. (36 cm.) deep
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