Lot Essay
Bernard II Van Risenburgh, maître before 1730.
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ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1745
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1745
The cartouche form top with a later tooled leather writing surface above a conforming frieze with opposing drawers, one with compartments, with spurious 'C' couronné poinçon to one shell mount, largely remounted, with red-painted Wrightsman inventory number 119
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high, 28 ¼ in. (48.5 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD II VAN RISENBURGH, CIRCA 1745
The cartouche form top with a later tooled leather writing surface above a conforming frieze with opposing drawers, one with compartments, with spurious 'C' couronné poinçon to one shell mount, largely remounted, with red-painted Wrightsman inventory number 119
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high, 28 ¼ in. (48.5 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, 1953.
Literature
F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. II, Greenwich, 1966, p. 312, no. 153.
Special notice
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