CIRCA 1750

Details

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU
CIRCA 1750
The top opening to a leather lined writing surface and an arrangement of document drawers and pigeonholes, stamped to underside EHB
34 ¾ in. (88 cm.) high, 36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Bernard Steinitz, New York.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The brand 'EHB' is that of Edward Holmes Baldock (d.1846), the renowned London dealer or marchand-mercier who traded as 'Antique Furniture and Ornamental China Dealer' from 1808-1844, and was patronized by George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria. Baldock was responsible for forming many of the greatest 19th Century English collections of French furniture, including those of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Northumberland, William Beckford and George Byng.

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