Lot Essay
François Henri Buchette, maître in 1770
Details
A TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A OUVRAGE by François Henri Buchette, the circular top with pierced gallery and central circular panel of domestic utensils above a door with similar inlay enclosing three tulipwood-fronted drawers, the sides with similar panels, on squared cabriole legs joined by a circular undertier and on foliate sabots, the angles formerly mounted
13in. (33cm.) diam.; 28¾in. (73cm.) high
13in. (33cm.) diam.; 28¾in. (73cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs Meyer Sassoon; by descent to her daughter
Mrs Derek Fitzgerald, sold Sotheby's London, 30 April 1965, lot 98 (#2,600 to Partridge)
Bought from Partridge on 26 May 1965 for #2,730 amd subsequently restored by them for #35 10s
Mrs Derek Fitzgerald, sold Sotheby's London, 30 April 1965, lot 98 (#2,600 to Partridge)
Bought from Partridge on 26 May 1965 for #2,730 amd subsequently restored by them for #35 10s