Lot Essay
André Antoiné Lardin, maître in 1750.
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STAMPED LARDIN JME JME, CIRCA 1775
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AMARANTH AND PARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
Stamped LARDIN JME JME, circa 1775
The canted rectangular white-veined marble top, above a frieze drawer and fall-front enclosing a large pigeon hole above two pigeon holes and a small pigeon hole flanked by six short drawers, above a gilt-tooled black leather-lined writing surface and two half-veneered doors, enclosing a shelf above a divided shelf, flanked by cross-veneered canted angles, the sides similarly-decorated, on bracket legs, bearing a printed label inscribed LE GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/18, Rue St Augustin/44147/REDEL & Cie., remounted
56½in. (1'43.5cm) high, 38¼in. (97cm) wide, 15in. (38cm) deep
Stamped LARDIN JME JME, circa 1775
The canted rectangular white-veined marble top, above a frieze drawer and fall-front enclosing a large pigeon hole above two pigeon holes and a small pigeon hole flanked by six short drawers, above a gilt-tooled black leather-lined writing surface and two half-veneered doors, enclosing a shelf above a divided shelf, flanked by cross-veneered canted angles, the sides similarly-decorated, on bracket legs, bearing a printed label inscribed LE GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/18, Rue St Augustin/44147/REDEL & Cie., remounted
56½in. (1'43.5cm) high, 38¼in. (97cm) wide, 15in. (38cm) deep