MID-19TH CENTURY, IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE

Details

A French ormolu-mounted kingwood, tulipwood and marquetry bureau-plat
Mid-19th Century, in the Louis XV style
The underside of the frieze drawer stamped 'B932' and inscribed in pencil '08445', with a later paper property label for Princess Margaret
29¼ in. (74 cm.) high; 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Placed in the Drawing Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The Louis XV style table has its elegantly serpentined top parquetried in Roman-mosaic, and relates to the manufactures of the celebrated Parisian ébénistes Messrs. Sormani, whose establishment in the rue Charlot was opened in 1867.

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