A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

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Lot 22 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

BY JEAN-GEORGES SCHLICHTIG, CIRCA 1775-80

The eared rectangular top with gilt gallery, centred by an octagonal panel depicting a bust of Louis XV inlaid in ivory beneath the French Royal coat-of-arms, in an Arcadian landscape, above a leather-lined writing-slide, the frieze inlaid with flower and trellis-work and with a writing-drawer to the side, on square tapering legs and foliate-cast toupie feet, stamped I.G.SCHLICHTIG and JME

28 1/2 in. (72.5 cm.) high; 24 1/4 in. (61.5 cm.) wide; 15 1/4 in. (38.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 23 February 1986, lot 776.

Acquired by Lord and Lady Weinstock from Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London, 25 May 1988.



Literature

P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 794-5.



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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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