The Property of
The late MRS DORA BOLINGBROKE-KENT
Sold by Order of the Executors
(Lots 279 - 280)
AN ENGLISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, EBONY, EBONISED, AMBOYNA AND PARCEL-GILT WRITING-TABLE, with canted rectangular top inlaid with a Vitruvian-scrolled border and foliate sprays to the angles, the moulded frieze with arcaded demi-patera on a pounced ground and a mahogany-lined frieze drawer to each end, on foliate-inlaid and husk-garlanded Ionic capitals and fluted tapering legs with chandelles and splayed feet with brass castors, second half 19th Century
Details
AN ENGLISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, EBONY, EBONISED, AMBOYNA AND PARCEL-GILT WRITING-TABLE, with canted rectangular top inlaid with a Vitruvian-scrolled border and foliate sprays to the angles, the moulded frieze with arcaded demi-patera on a pounced ground and a mahogany-lined frieze drawer to each end, on foliate-inlaid and husk-garlanded Ionic capitals and fluted tapering legs with chandelles and splayed feet with brass castors, second half 19th Century
56¼in. (144cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 30in. (76.5cm.) deep
56¼in. (144cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 30in. (76.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Mrs Mary Morgan, 14 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1, sold J.& R. Edmiston, 5-6 May 1950, possibly lot 1071