EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A REGENCY BLACK AND GILT JAPANNED KIDNEY DESK
early 19th century
The panelled top inset with a black leather writing surface over a kneehole and flanked by two short drawers on rectangular trestle supports joined by a stretcher and splayed legs with brass paw feet, decorated overall with pavilions within landscapes, three feet spliced, decoration refreshed
30¾in. (78cm.) high, 48in. (122cm.) wide, 21½in. (55cm.) deep (2)
early 19th century
The panelled top inset with a black leather writing surface over a kneehole and flanked by two short drawers on rectangular trestle supports joined by a stretcher and splayed legs with brass paw feet, decorated overall with pavilions within landscapes, three feet spliced, decoration refreshed
30¾in. (78cm.) high, 48in. (122cm.) wide, 21½in. (55cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Countess Mona Bismarck, Villa il Fortino, Capri, Italy, sold Sotheby's Florence, 6 April 1987, lot 301
Sotheby's New York, 3-4 June 1988, lot 416
Sotheby's New York, 3-4 June 1988, lot 416