A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY WORK TABLE A OUVRAGE
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Starting price
5000GBP £ 5 000
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ID 1225508
Lot 239 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY WORK TABLE A OUVRAGE
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
BY CHRISTOPHE WOLFF, CIRCA 1775
The canted rectangular top with three-quarter pierced gallery inlaid with foliate marquetry, later inset with a later oval Sèvres porcelain plaque, the top hinged to reveal a silk-lined compartment and dressing-mirror flanked by panels depicting obelisks, enclosing a fitted compartment, above two drawers inlaid with a trophy emblematic of music and love, the sides inlaid with urns after Jean-Charles Delafosse, on cabriole legs with sabots, the angles with satyr-mask mounts, the undertier centred by an inlaid double heart, stamped 'C. WOLFF and JME'
29 ½ in. (73.5 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (41 cm.) wide; 12 3/8 in. (31.6 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Estate of Mrs. Ethel Shields Garrett; sold Christie's, New York, 5 November 1986, lot 112.
| Applied technique: | Marquetry |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Applied technique: | Marquetry |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
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