19TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XIV-STYLE BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID EBONY AND EBONISED BIBLIOTHEQUE
19TH CENTURY
The fossil marble top above a pair of glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, on toupie feet, inlaid overall with strapwork and scrolling foliage
45 in. (114 cm.) high; 29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (31.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 21 June 2006, lot 217.

Literature

Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 131, 133-4 & 137.

Special notice

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