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A Victorian ormolu mounted ebony and ebonised library table
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A Victorian ormolu mounted ebony and ebonised library table

BY HOLLAND AND SONS, CIRCA 1855

Details
A Victorian ormolu mounted ebony and ebonised library table
By Holland and Sons, Circa 1855
Surmounted by a rectangular top centred by a gilt-tooled leather writing surface, above a frieze drawer stamped to the top Holland and Sons supported by four monopodia lions, joined by a stretcher, on four bun feet
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 42 in. (107 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Provenance
Jacques Blumental, music teacher to Queen Victoria's children;
Then by descent to the present owner.
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

This library table was modelled after a design by Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) which was exhibited with a porcelain-mounted cabinet top at the 1855 Great Exhibition in Paris. Now in the Victoria & Albert museum.

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