Lot Essay
Joseph Stockel maître, in 1775.
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BY JOSEPH STÖCKEL, CIRCA 1780
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD BONHEUR DU JOUR
BY JOSEPH STÖCKEL, CIRCA 1780
The upper case with a pierced gallery above a tambour door, above a tooled-leather writing slide above a flat surfaceand four drawers, the right frieze drawer further fitted with a tooled-leather writing surface, inkwells and compartments, on tapering legs joined by a medial shelf, stamped J STÖCKEL JME twice to the underside of the front right corner, with Ford Inventory No. LH-1
38 ¾ in. (98.5 cm.) high, 39 ¾ in. (101 cm.) wide, 16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep
BY JOSEPH STÖCKEL, CIRCA 1780
The upper case with a pierced gallery above a tambour door, above a tooled-leather writing slide above a flat surfaceand four drawers, the right frieze drawer further fitted with a tooled-leather writing surface, inkwells and compartments, on tapering legs joined by a medial shelf, stamped J STÖCKEL JME twice to the underside of the front right corner, with Ford Inventory No. LH-1
38 ¾ in. (98.5 cm.) high, 39 ¾ in. (101 cm.) wide, 16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) deep
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