Lot Essay
Another table of this pattern was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 1992, lot 132.
IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Details
A French ormolu-mounted kingwood, tulipwood and foliate marquetry bureau plat
In the Louis XV style, Second half 19th Century
The serpentine-shaped top with gilt-tooled leather-lined writing surface, above three frieze drawers, the reverse with three apparent drawers, on square shaped cabriole legs headed by caryatids, with a pair of cavalier masks and a pair of female masks with feather head-dress, with foliate and drapery-cast mount, on pierced foliate-cast sabots
60½in. (153.5cm.) wide; 32½in. (82.5cm.) high; 30¼in. (77cm.) deep
In the Louis XV style, Second half 19th Century
The serpentine-shaped top with gilt-tooled leather-lined writing surface, above three frieze drawers, the reverse with three apparent drawers, on square shaped cabriole legs headed by caryatids, with a pair of cavalier masks and a pair of female masks with feather head-dress, with foliate and drapery-cast mount, on pierced foliate-cast sabots
60½in. (153.5cm.) wide; 32½in. (82.5cm.) high; 30¼in. (77cm.) deep
Further details
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