A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XV/XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MAHOGANY TABLES DE NUIT

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A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XV/XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND MAHOGANY TABLES DE NUIT
IN THE MANNER OF F. OEBEN

The first with an eared rectangular violet and white marble top above a frieze drawer, the legs with scrolling foliate mounts ending in hairy-paw feet, connected by a tier with three-quarter pierced gallery and a shaped apron with an applied shell--31¾ in. high, 19½ in. wide, 14½ in. deep; the second with an eared rectangular violet and white marble top above a frieze drawer and door opening to a white marble lined compartment, on cabriole legs with scrolling foliate mounts ending in hairy-paw feet--31¾in. (81.2cm.) high, 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide, 14¼in. (35.5cm.) deep (2)

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The offered lot is based on a table de toilette attributed to Jean-François Oeben, or Jean-François Leleu, that resides in the Wallace Collection, and is illustrated in F.J.B. Watson's Wallace Collection catalog, 1956, pl. 100.

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