THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD AND PARQUETRY WRITING-TABLES of Louis XVI style, each with leather-lined rectangular top in a banded border with moulded edge, the frieze inlaid with trellis and inset with three panelled mahogany-lined drawers flanked by ribbed panels, on square tapering legs inlaid with panels and headed by guttae, one with castors and the other with bun caps, minor variations in size, second half 19th Century
Details
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINWOOD AND PARQUETRY WRITING-TABLES of Louis XVI style, each with leather-lined rectangular top in a banded border with moulded edge, the frieze inlaid with trellis and inset with three panelled mahogany-lined drawers flanked by ribbed panels, on square tapering legs inlaid with panels and headed by guttae, one with castors and the other with bun caps, minor variations in size, second half 19th Century
the larger 49¾in. (126.5cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 28¾in. (73cm.) deep
the smaller 50¼in. (127.5cm.) wide; 29½in. (75cm.) high; 29in. (74cm.) deep (2)
the larger 49¾in. (126.5cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 28¾in. (73cm.) deep
the smaller 50¼in. (127.5cm.) wide; 29½in. (75cm.) high; 29in. (74cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Purchased by the vendor at Sotheby's in 1945