ID 696649
Lot 189 | A RUSSIAN TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, AND MARQUETRY WRITING DESK
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 10 000
ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1780
The kidney-form top inlaid with urn bearing garland and scrolling foliage within zebra-wood banding above a central drawer, and two side drawers with writing slides, raised on tapering legs connected by a stretcher
29 1⁄2 in. (75 cm.) high, 37 in. (94 cm.) wide, 18 1⁄2 in. (47 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
Literature
The Chinese Porcelain Company, Important French Furniture & Decorative Arts, 1643-1805, New York, 2001, pp. 49-51, no. 18.
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