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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE ...

Lot 121
22.10.2020 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 5 625
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 380273
Lot 121 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE ...
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT

BY MAURICE BERNARD EVALD, CIRCA 1770

The white and grey veined marble top above a frieze drawer and fall front inlaid with a lush ribbon-tied garland surrounding an oval reserve with gardening implements, the interior with a later tooled leather writing surface, floral marquetry drawers and niches over a pair of cabinet doors with trophies within ribbon-tied garlands and opening to two drawers and a coffre fort, the side inlaid with flowering urns, stamped M B EVALD and JME, and with chalk 477 to the reverse, the marble inscribed RIVOIRE 233 BIS...SAINT ..HONORE PARIS, the ormolu border below the top later

53 ¼ in. (135.5 cm.) high, 33 ¾ in. (986 cm.) wide, 16 in (41 cm.) deep

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