Lot 79
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A REGENCY 'BOULLE' BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL MARQUETRY AND ROSEWOOD PANEL MOUNTED ON A LATER ROSEWOOD LABURNUM AND SIMULATED ROSEWOOD LOW TABLE**
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A REGENCY 'BOULLE' BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL MARQUETRY AND ROSEWOOD PANEL MOUNTED ON A LATER ROSEWOOD LABURNUM AND SIMULATED ROSEWOOD LOW TABLE**

THE TOP FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE BASE OF A LATER DATE

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A REGENCY 'BOULLE' BRASS AND TORTOISESHELL MARQUETRY AND ROSEWOOD PANEL MOUNTED ON A LATER ROSEWOOD LABURNUM AND SIMULATED ROSEWOOD LOW TABLE**
The top first quarter 19th Century, the base of a later date
The rectangular panel inlaid with a première-partie vasiform reserve containing a bearded chinaman before a flaming urn on stand surrounded by scrolling and flowering vines and further contre partie angles with figures and birds with rocaille scrolls and vines, set into an oval top with brass-inlaid stringing, the top with a molded brass edge, on a turned vasiform stem and incurved quatripartite base on volute-headed splayed legs with brass lions' paw caps.
19½in. (51.5cm.) high, 36½in. (96.5cm.) wide, 32¼in. (85cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This elaborately inlaid top exemplifies the revival of 'buhl' patterns in early 19th century England based on late 17th century French prototypes by royal ébeniste Andre-Charles Boulle and the designs of Jean Berain. Similar patterns appear on furniture produced by firms such as Town & Emanuel, Thomas Parker and Louis Le Gaigneur, the latter two makers who supplied furniture to George IV.

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