BY JEAN-CHARLES ELLAUME, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND AMARANTH BUREAU PLAT
BY JEAN-CHARLES ELLAUME, MID-18TH CENTURY
The serpentine top with tooled leather inset above three frieze drawers opposed by conforming faux drawers on cabriole legs, stamped J C Ellaume, JME; possibly remounted in England in the first half of the 19th Century
29 ¼ in. (74 cm.) high; 50 ½ in. (128 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Jean-Charles Ellaume, maître in 1754.

A related bureau plat by Ellaume was sold Christie's, New York, 18 April 2012, lot 131 ($23,750 inclusive of premium).

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