Lot Essay
Sold in these Rooms, 1 November 1989, lot 76.
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LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DUTCH
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARQUETRY BONHEUR-DU-JOUR
Late 18th Century, probably Dutch
The rectangular superstructure with three-quarter pierced gallery inlaid with writing utensils and floral sprays above two central drawers inlaid and mounted sans traverse with a lyre medallion flanked by tambour doors over two short drawers above a hinged top inlaid with an ivory oval portrait medallion flanked by floral bouquets, opening to a velvet-lined writing surface and enclosing compartments, above a central frieze drawer and kneehole flanked by two drawers, on square tapering legs with lambrequin foliate sabots
41½in. (104cm.) high, 31½in. (80cm.) wide, 20in. (51cm.) deep
Late 18th Century, probably Dutch
The rectangular superstructure with three-quarter pierced gallery inlaid with writing utensils and floral sprays above two central drawers inlaid and mounted sans traverse with a lyre medallion flanked by tambour doors over two short drawers above a hinged top inlaid with an ivory oval portrait medallion flanked by floral bouquets, opening to a velvet-lined writing surface and enclosing compartments, above a central frieze drawer and kneehole flanked by two drawers, on square tapering legs with lambrequin foliate sabots
41½in. (104cm.) high, 31½in. (80cm.) wide, 20in. (51cm.) deep