A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND AMARANTH BUREAU EN PENTE

Lot 24
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 120 000
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Lot 24 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND AMARANTH BUREAU EN PENTE
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND AMARANTH BUREAU EN PENTE
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1750
Inlaid overall in bois de bout with asymmetric floral sprays within shaped and intertwined cartouches, the shaped top with flower bunches to the corners issuing from elongated clasps, the hinged slanted fall-front with a conformingly-inlaid interior with three variously-sized drawers, one with inkwells, above a slide and an open compartment, above a waved apron and on curved legs headed by foliate scrolls and terminating in conforming sabots, the underside with round paper label inscribed ‘17’
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 32 ¼ in. (82 cm.) wide; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) deep




Provenance

Anonymous sale; sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 24 March 1922, lot 118.
Sold Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 9-10 June 1976, lot 215.
Collection of Jean Rossignol.
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