The Property of the Late Miss F S S Davidson,
Sold on Behalf of the Executors
A French mahogany, giltmetal mounted and Vernis Martin lady's writing desk of Louis XVI design, the rectangular superstructure with three drawers painted with putti and trailing floral garlands, the cylinder fall and hinged flap decorated with 18th Century figures and pastoral landscapes enclosing a baize-lined fitted interior above a drawer on square tapering legs headed by gilt trailing foliage, the upper cylinder operated by the drawer action -- 35in (89cm.) wide.
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A French mahogany, giltmetal mounted and Vernis Martin lady's writing desk of Louis XVI design, the rectangular superstructure with three drawers painted with putti and trailing floral garlands, the cylinder fall and hinged flap decorated with 18th Century figures and pastoral landscapes enclosing a baize-lined fitted interior above a drawer on square tapering legs headed by gilt trailing foliage, the upper cylinder operated by the drawer action -- 35in (89cm.) wide.
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