ID 1177095
Lot 62 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
CIRCA 1775
With molded rouge languedoc marble top with chamfered corners above a frieze drawer inlaid with rosette-filled ovolos above a rectangular ormolu-molded drop front inlaid with a Classical architectural capriccio above two similarly inlaid cupboard doors, the sides similarly inlaid, on angled feet mounted with rosettes, stamped 'C. TOP...NO' and 'JME', possibly spurious, to the top proper left
53 ½ in. (136 cm.) high, 37 ½ in. (95.5 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
Provenance
Property from a Private Collector; Sotheby's, New York, 17 November 1984, lot 263.
Literature
S. Barbier Sainte Marie, Charles Topino, Paris, 2005, p.125, fig. 58
| Applied technique: | Marquetry, Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Desks and bureaus |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Applied technique: | Marquetry, Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Desks and bureaus |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Address of auction |
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