AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, BOIS CITRONNIER AND TRELLIS PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (Lots 59 - 60)

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, BOIS CITRONNIER AND TRELLIS PARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE

Inlaid overall with rosette-trellis within boxwood and ebony borders, the pierced Vitruvian-scroll three-quarter galleried rectangular top above a panelled frieze enclosing a green leather-lined slide above a well and three compartments, the laurel-swagged rectangular tapering legs inlaid with simulated flutes, above a concave-fronted stretcher with similar gallery and ormolu sabots, bearing the false stamp DUBOIS and JME twice
22¼in. (56.5cm.) wide; 23½in. (59cm.) high; 16¼in. (41cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Identical marquetry appears on a sécrétaire à abattant by Dubois that was sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 8 December 1991, lot 83. Closely related marquetry is also shared with a sécrétaire in the Getty Museum, Malibu (no. 72DA60)

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