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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, MARQ...

Lot 138
27.01.2021 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 40 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 479183
Lot 138 | A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, MARQ...
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY GAMES TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAN MEYER, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1790
With rectangular hinged crossbanded top centrally inlaid with a musical trophy surrounded by scrolling foliage and Greek-key banding enclosing a baize-lined playing surface within similar banding and wells, the frieze inlaid with ribbon-tied swags and fitted with drawers, on square tapering legs headed by paterae and guttae ending in block feet, with a paper label stencilled No 114 and another of the restorer Gustaf Frederikson, Mariefred, December 1956
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, 37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.5 cm.) deep, closed






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Medium:Gilding, Gold
Place of origin:Russia
Auction house category:Tables
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