Lot Essay
The collection label (O.N. VILLA) refers to Olga Nikolaievna's house in Stuttgart, Villa Berg.
IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A German ormolu and porcelain-mounted tulipwood lady's writing desk
In the Louis XV Style, Third quarter 19th Century
Of serpentine outline, the superstructure with a three-quarter galleried top surmounted to each angle by a putto, above a shelf with a central compartment, flanked to either side by four pigeon-holes with four turned baluster finials within an open carved spire on small rounded protruding platforms, above a central recess centred by a porcelain plaque, flanked to either side by an 'S'-shaped block of two drawers, the lower section with a red velvet central writing surface, above an undulating frieze fitted with three drawers decorated with further porcelain plaques, on espagnolette-headed cabriole legs terminating in foliate scrolling sabots, the locks inscribed Ernst Kienle/Stuttgart, the underside with a paper label printed O. N. VILLA
44¾ in. (113.7 cm.) wide; 49 in. (124.4 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) deep
In the Louis XV Style, Third quarter 19th Century
Of serpentine outline, the superstructure with a three-quarter galleried top surmounted to each angle by a putto, above a shelf with a central compartment, flanked to either side by four pigeon-holes with four turned baluster finials within an open carved spire on small rounded protruding platforms, above a central recess centred by a porcelain plaque, flanked to either side by an 'S'-shaped block of two drawers, the lower section with a red velvet central writing surface, above an undulating frieze fitted with three drawers decorated with further porcelain plaques, on espagnolette-headed cabriole legs terminating in foliate scrolling sabots, the locks inscribed Ernst Kienle/Stuttgart, the underside with a paper label printed O. N. VILLA
44¾ in. (113.7 cm.) wide; 49 in. (124.4 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) deep
Provenance
Olga Nikolaievna, Grand Duchess of Russia and Queen of Württemberg (d. 1892), second daughter of Tsar Nicholas I, Villa Berg, Stuttgart
Vera Konstantinovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand-daughter of Tsar Nicholas I and Duchess of Württemberg (d. 1912), niece of the above Thence by descent
Vera Konstantinovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand-daughter of Tsar Nicholas I and Duchess of Württemberg (d. 1912), niece of the above Thence by descent