A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-STRUNG EBONISED BUREAU PLAT
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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-STRUNG EBONISED BUREAU PLAT

CIRCA 1730

Details
A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-STRUNG EBONISED BUREAU PLAT
CIRCA 1730
The rectangular top with moulded edge and gilt-tooled brown leather writing-surface, above a frieze drawer flanked by two short drawers to one side and conforming dummy drawers to the other side, on cabriole legs terminating in hoof sabots
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Provenance
With François Léage, Paris, November 1989.
Literature
J.W. Nyffeler, Nyffeler Architecte d’Intérieur – Décorateur, Geneva 2006, p. 234.
Special notice
This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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