CIRCA 1760

Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH AND TULIPWOOD TABLE-EN-CHIFFONIERE
CIRCA 1760
The kidney-shaped eared top above a waved frieze fitted with a drawer and a green leather-lined writing slide, on foliate-headed slender cabriole legs joined by a shaped undertier and terminating in foliate sabots, the reverse of undertier with white stencilled monogram 'V' beneath a Royal crown, with old paper label inscribed 'Kaiser Friedrich Palais Zimmer No.244 Lfde. No.16' and a further label inscribed '4'
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (38.5 cm.) wide; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) deep

Provenance

Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901), later known as Empress Frederick.
René Fribourg Collection, sold Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1963, lot 185, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

This table was formerly in the collection of Queen Victoria's eldest child, The Princess Royal who in 1858 married Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia (1831-1888) and became widely known as 'Empress Frederick' after her husband's death.

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