A SWEDISH GUSTAF III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINBIRCH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY WRITING-TABLE in the manner of Georg Haupt, crossbanded with amaranth, the rectangular top with central medallion of Cupid with bow and quiver playing the flute, the angles with scissors, a sealed letter, a quill and a ball of yarn within a frame of geometric interlaced lines, above a panelled frieze drawer with central scallop-shell flanked by Vitruvian scrolls, the panelled back and sides with inlaid shadowed fluting, on panelled square tapering legs headed by paterae and with brass caps | Christie's

Lot 558

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A SWEDISH GUSTAF III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINBIRCH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY WRITING-TABLE in the manner of Georg Haupt, crossbanded with amaranth, the rectangular top with central medallion of Cupid with bow and quiver playing the flute, the angles with scissors, a sealed letter, a quill and a ball of yarn within a frame of geometric interlaced lines, above a panelled frieze drawer with central scallop-shell flanked by Vitruvian scrolls, the panelled back and sides with inlaid shadowed fluting, on panelled square tapering legs headed by paterae and with brass caps

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A SWEDISH GUSTAF III ORMOLU-MOUNTED SATINBIRCH, SYCAMORE AND MARQUETRY WRITING-TABLE in the manner of Georg Haupt, crossbanded with amaranth, the rectangular top with central medallion of Cupid with bow and quiver playing the flute, the angles with scissors, a sealed letter, a quill and a ball of yarn within a frame of geometric interlaced lines, above a panelled frieze drawer with central scallop-shell flanked by Vitruvian scrolls, the panelled back and sides with inlaid shadowed fluting, on panelled square tapering legs headed by paterae and with brass caps
29in. (74cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 18in. (45.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The central medallion relates to several commodes by Georg Haupt of 1779 and 1780 (see: M. Lagerquist, Georg Haupt, Ebéniste du Roy, Stockholm, 1979, cat. 46, 50, 51 and 53)

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