Details
A NORTH EUROPEAN BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY, ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT DRESSING-TABLE
The rectangular veined black marble top surmounted by a rectangular cheval-glass in a raised moulded frame supported by foliate-inlaid stepped spreading columns with egg-and-dart capitals joined by an arabesque-inlaid moulded cornice, the bulbous drawer with confronting swans and foliage, on acanthus-scrolled stiff-leaf claw monopodiae and rectangular breakfront plinth, variously inscribed, restorations, basically 19th Century
48¾in. (124cm.) wide; 86½in. (210cm.) high, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep
The rectangular veined black marble top surmounted by a rectangular cheval-glass in a raised moulded frame supported by foliate-inlaid stepped spreading columns with egg-and-dart capitals joined by an arabesque-inlaid moulded cornice, the bulbous drawer with confronting swans and foliage, on acanthus-scrolled stiff-leaf claw monopodiae and rectangular breakfront plinth, variously inscribed, restorations, basically 19th Century
48¾in. (124cm.) wide; 86½in. (210cm.) high, 23¼in. (59cm.) deep
Provenance
Sold anonymously, Sotheby's New York, 1 April 1989, 173