Lot Essay
For further information on Elsie de Wolfe, the legendary interior decorator, see footnote to lot 38.
CIRCA 1760
Details
A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL PEARWOOD TABLE DE TOILETTE
Circa 1760
Of serpentine form, the removable top with low three-quarter gallery centered by a hinged leather-inset writing panel reversing to a mirror plate flanked by a pair of deep compartments above a frieze drawer fitted with an ink well, on serpentine-form tapering legs joined by a galleried shelf
28in. (72cm.) high, 37in. (94.5cm.) wide, 14in. (37cm.) deep
Circa 1760
Of serpentine form, the removable top with low three-quarter gallery centered by a hinged leather-inset writing panel reversing to a mirror plate flanked by a pair of deep compartments above a frieze drawer fitted with an ink well, on serpentine-form tapering legs joined by a galleried shelf
28in. (72cm.) high, 37in. (94.5cm.) wide, 14in. (37cm.) deep
Provenance
Elsie de Wolfe
Bertrand Taylor
Bertrand Taylor