Lot 128
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A MID-VICTORIAN ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINÉ BUREAU PLAT
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A MID-VICTORIAN ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINÉ BUREAU PLAT

OF LOUIS XV STYLE

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A MID-VICTORIAN ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINÉ BUREAU PLAT
Of Louis XV style
Crossbanded on the sides in tulipwood, the serpentine green leather-lined top with foliate corner mounts, above three mahogany-lined frieze drawers with conforming simulated-drawers on the reverse, the sides each with a bacchic mask, on cabriole legs headed by C-scroll and foliate mounts, on foliate and shell sabots with castors
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 65½ in. (166.5 cm.) wide; 33¾ in. (85.5 cm. deep)
Provenance
Almost certainly bought by George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) for Hackwood Park, Hampshire and latterly at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire and by descent at Kedleston.
Literature
R. Harling, The Great Houses and Finest Rooms of England, New York, 1969, p. 133 (shown in situ in the State Boudoir).
J. Lees-Milne, 'Adam's Glory', House and Garden, November 1986, p. 247 (shown in situ in the centre of the Great Drawing Room).
O. Garnett, Kedleston Hall, Guidebook, London, 1999, p. 13 (shown in situ in the Great Drawing Room).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

During the 19th Century such elegant Louis XV style bureaux plats became increasingly popular furnishings for the centre of drawing-rooms. This bureau was amongst the French furniture introduced to Kedleston by George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925). He brought it from Hackwood Park, Hampshire which he rented from 1905 until his death in 1925.

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