ID 479191
Lot 98 | A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY M...
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAN MEYER, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1790
With rounded rectangular crossbanded top inlaid with scrolling foliate garlands with leather-lined work panel above a similarly inlaid frieze fitted with a slide, a short drawer and a button to release the top, the side with a short drawer, on square tapering legs headed by paterae and guttae and ending in block sabots; the work panel, writing slide, frieze drawer and side drawer all spring loaded
28 ¾ in. (73 cm.) high, 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) wide, 20 ¼ in. (51.5 cm.) deep
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Russia |
| Auction house category: | Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Medium: | Gilding, Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Russia |
| Auction house category: | Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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