Lot Essay
Nicolas Petit, maître in 1761.
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BY NICOLAS PETIT
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOIS SATINE AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE
By Nicolas Petit
Crossbanded overall in tulipwood and kingwood, the eared rectangular top with a central ribbon-tied floral cartouche above a leather-lined writing-slide to the front and a frieze-drawer to the side, on square tapering sycamore-panelled legs headed by foliate panels and joined by a lower tier with a central foliate spray, on square cap feet, The underside stamped twice 'N.PETIT' and twice 'JME' and with a fragmentary paper label inscribed in ink '567' and inscribed in chalk '277', the undertier lowered
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 26¾ in. (68 cm.) wide; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) deep
By Nicolas Petit
Crossbanded overall in tulipwood and kingwood, the eared rectangular top with a central ribbon-tied floral cartouche above a leather-lined writing-slide to the front and a frieze-drawer to the side, on square tapering sycamore-panelled legs headed by foliate panels and joined by a lower tier with a central foliate spray, on square cap feet, The underside stamped twice 'N.PETIT' and twice 'JME' and with a fragmentary paper label inscribed in ink '567' and inscribed in chalk '277', the undertier lowered
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 26¾ in. (68 cm.) wide; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's New York, 16 May 1987, lot 137.