BY ETIENNE AVRIL, CIRCA 1770

Details

A LOUIS XVI TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD CROSSBANDED BUREAU PLAT
BY ETIENNE AVRIL, CIRCA 1770
With leather-lined rectangular top with moulded ormolu border, with a slide to each side, above three frieze drawers on ormolu-capped square tapering legs, stamped twice E AVRIL JME, restorations, the legs slightly reduced, some mounts replaced
28 ¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 44 ½ in. (113 cm.) wide; 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 December 1986, lot 120.

Special notice

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