A RUSSIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DESK

Lot 192
27.01.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 30 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 479195
Lot 192 | A RUSSIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DESK
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
A RUSSIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DESK
ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAN MEYER, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1790
With stepped superstructure centrally fitted with a pair of rectangular covered panelled doors enclosing a shelf and flanked by a further pair of similarly panelled doors fitted with roundels and surmounted by a pierced three-quarter gallery with inset gilt-tooled black leather writing panel above three short panelled frieze drawers on circular fluted legs joined by two rectangular undertiers, ending in turned feet
51 ½ in. (131 cm.) high, 70 ½ in. (179 cm.) wide, 37 in. (94 cm.) deep






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