A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY TABLE AMBULANTE

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Lot 11 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY TABLE AMBULANTE
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£ 30 000 – 50 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH MARQUETRY TABLE AMBULANTE
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, CIRCA 1775-80
The later canted rectangular Spanish brocatelle marble top above a frieze drawer, above two removable tiers inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, on removable square-section gilt-framed legs with leaf-cast scrolled feet on brass castors, the removable upper section with veneered underside and carrying-handles, the underside of drawer with printed label 'HILLINGDON HEIRLOOMS/ 168', the top previously lined with leather, possibly originally with an additional removable coffer

28 ¼ in. (72 cm.) high; 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) wide; 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) deep




Provenance

Acquired by Sir Charles Mills, Bt. (1792-1872) or possibly his son, Charles, 1st Lord Hillingdon (1830), Camelford House, London; later moved to, Wildernesse Park, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Thence by descent to Charles Hedworth Mills, 4th Baron Hillingdon (1922–1978), by whose Trustees sold Christie's, London, 29 June 1972, lot 62.
With Mallett, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.



Literature

Catalogue of the Furniture, Porcelain & Pictures, Etc. at Camelford House, Park Lane, The Seat of Lord Hillingdon, privately printed, 1891, p. 14 (recorded in the Morning Room).
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